Hamburgers: The Economics of America's Favorite Food

HAMBURGERS THE ECONOMICS OF AMERICA'S FAVORITE FOOD mint. .com WHAT ARE AMERICANS SAYING ABOUT THEIR FAVORITE BURGER? FAVORITE BURGER BUN HOW MUCH OF EACH INGREDIENT IS CONSUMED ANNUALLY? POTATO ROLL 31% * U.S. PRODUCTION AND VALUE SESAME SEEDS 23% FOR EACH INGREDIENT ANNUALY WHITE 16% KAISER ROLL 10% FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSTARD BRIOCHE 9% OTHER 5% CIABATTA 3% ENGLISH MUFFIN 3% YELLOW: 55% BROWN: 20% DIJON: 19% OTHER: 4% SWEET: 2% I 134.6 POUNDS PER PERSON 41.3 MILLION POUNDS ★ OF MUSTARD VALUED AT * ONE BILLION BUSHELS $18.0 MILLION USED FOR FLOUR VALUED AT $6.64 BILLION 20.0 POUNDS 71 POUNDS PER PERSON PER PERSON 7.4 BILLION POUNDS * OF ONIONS VALUED AT $843 MILLION * 12 MILLION TONS OF KETCHUP VALUED AT $901 MILLION 20.3 POUNDS PER PERSON * 14 MILLION TONS OF TOMATOES VALUED AT $1.2 BILLION 28.0 POUNDS PER PERSON 9 BILLION POUNDS * OF LETTUCE VALUED AT $2.2 BILLION FAVORITE CHEESE FAVORITE BURGER SIZE 7 0Z. OR MORE 32% 6 OZ. 16% ........... 5 0Z. 28% 4 0Z. OR LESS 24% 61.2 POUNDS I PER PERSON IN 2009, THE U.S. CONSUMED 26.9 BILLION LBS. OF BEEF 26.1 BILLION POUNDS ★ OF BEEF PRODUCED VALUED AT 32.4 POUNDS PER PERSON $2.2 BILLION AMERICANS SPEND $270 PER PERSON ON BEEF EACH YEAR. * 10.1 BILLION POUNDS OF CHEESE VALUED AT $14 BILLION SOURCES: AHT.SERIOUSEATS.COM ERS.USDA.GOV * USDA.MANNLIB.CORNELL.EDU AGMRC.ORG PHOTO: JIMMY PHAM AMERICAN : 32 % ● 学 中 小心 中心 中 净 享 PEPPER JACK: 9% ***1 000000C0040 %LE: 00 %6:3N18 SWISS : 8 % ● 争 GOUDA: 3% %7 :Y3H10 %7:IV09 MOZZARELLA: 1% MONTEREY JACK: 1%