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Did McDonald's Big Tasty, single patty (France) shrink?

Size FactsDid it shrink? Yes
Before354 g
After225 g
−36.4%smaller
Price per 100 g · if the price stayed the same+57.3%Hypothetical: the size cut alone. The source recorded no shelf prices.

How big a cut? The largest of 10 documented fast food & restaurants cuts; a bigger cut than 95% of all 1,366 cases in the library. See the biggest cuts →

When
2023 · reported 14 Sep 2023
Country
France
Brand
McDonald's
Category
Fast Food & Restaurants
Source
franceinfo.fr

Source and evidence

VIDÉO. "Shrinkflation" : on a vérifié si les burgers de McDonald's étaient devenus plus petits pour le même prix – franc franceinfo.fr

Source fetched 2026-10-20.

McDonald's France's site still listed the single-patty Big Tasty at 354 g; franceinfo's new-recipe burger weighed 225 g. McDonald's calls it a 'new recipe' and says the price fell; franceinfo found only a small price cut. franceinfo also says the Big Mac patties, historically 45 g, now weigh 33 g.

Evidence
Typebroadcaster test (franceinfo weighed the burger against McDonald's published weight)
Confidencemedium

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What the source says

“…Il s'agit là de l'ancienne version du burger. Parce que désormais, une fois sur la balance, le Big Tasty ne pèse plus que 225 grammes, soit une différence de 37%. Pour le Big Mac, la différence entre le poids indiqué et celui constaté aujourd'hui, n'est que de 8,7%.”

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ShrinkRadar, “Did McDonald's Big Tasty, single patty (France) shrink? 354 g → 225 g”, https://shrinkradar.com/cases/mcdonald-s-big-tasty-single-patty-france-fr-2023.html, accessed 2026-11-05. Original source: VIDÉO. "Shrinkflation" : on a vérifié si les burgers de McDonald's étaient devenus plus petits pour le même prix – franc (https://www.franceinfo.fr/economie/inflation/video-shrinkflation-on-a-verifie-si-les-burgers-de-mcdonald-s-etaient-devenus-plus-petits-pour-le-meme-prix_6060378.html).

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