Aerial view of Buenos Aires and the Obelisco

Nota

El nuevo BK Stacker Quintuple llega a Buenos Aires

![](/wp-media/2011/06/bk-stacker-quintuple.png «BK Stacker Quintuple»)¿No te bastaban cuatro filetes de carne con 1.000 calorías, 68 g de grasa (30 g de las cuales eran saturadas) y 1.800 mg de sodio?

¿O te molestó que solo pudieras pedir tres filetes de carne en tu Burger King de EE. UU. después de que retiraran el BK Stacker Quad del menú?

Pues no te preocupes, porque [BK Argentina](http://burgerking.com.ar/ «Burger King Argentina») acaba de añadir el BK Stacker Quintuple a los menús de sus restaurantes de Buenos Aires.

Sin temer la misma reacción negativa relacionada con la salud que sufrió BK cuando lanzó su sándwich «Quad Stacker» en EE. UU. (aquí llevan ya algún tiempo con un «Quad Stacker» en el menú), decidieron que la gente quiere más carne y queso, y que cuatro filetes simplemente no eran suficientes.

Esta monstruosidad de cinco filetes de carne incluye dos panes, cinco lonchas de queso, mucho beicon y salsa Stacker. Han prescindido de la lechuga, el tomate y la cebolla porque, tal y como explicó Denny Marie Post, directora de concepto de Burger King, con motivo de su anterior lanzamiento en EE. UU.: «Satisfacemos a los auténticos amantes de la carne prescindiendo de las verduras y dejando que sean ellos quienes decidan exactamente cuánta carne y queso pueden comer». También brilla por su ausencia en los anuncios o en la página web argentina de BK cualquier información nutricional. Suponemos que la han omitido porque no quieren que los «auténticos amantes de la carne» tengan que preocuparse por todos esos detalles.

¿Es de extrañar que [la obesidad en Argentina se esté convirtiendo en un problema tan grave](http://www.argentinaindependent.com/currentaffairs/newsfromargentina/expanding-waistlines-obesity-in-argentina-/ «El problema de la obesidad en Argentina») y que [los restaurantes hayan retirado los saleros](http://www.laht.com/article.asp?CategoryId=14093&ArticleId=395491 «Los restaurantes de Buenos Aires retiran los saleros») de las mesas? Además, en esta tierra de la buena carne, ¿quién va a Burger King de todos modos? (Lo sé, lo sé… siempre están llenos de gente. Todavía no he conseguido entender por qué.)

Comentarios de lectores

Dale11/06/2011
I don&#039t think you could attribute obesity in Argentina to the rise of fast food here. Yes, Mcdonalds and burger king are popular in Buenos Aires, but percent wise, they make up nothing of the total restaurant base. And its not like this is "cheap food" here. Approaching 40 pesos for a lot of the value meals!!
Its not like Empanadas, Pizza, loads of bread, medialunas, milenesas, etc are healthy at all.....
At least in the states you have a lot of healthy options to choose from. In Argentina to eat healthy you have to spend a large amount in a restaurant or shop at the grocery store. Not a lot of healthy options for a quick lunch, etc.
Leandro11/06/2011
Hi, let me start saying that you have a great blog!
I recently moved back to Argentina after living 11 years in US.
One thing that I don&#039t know if you comment before (I&#039m a new follower), that always call my attention is the price in BK and Mc D.
They are not cheap! BK used to be my poor days food in the US! Here is almost a luxury.
Keep writing.
Best,
L.
DaVe14/06/2011
Hey Leandro,
Yeah the prices are not cheap either! I&#039m not sure why anyone would choose this...
Juan Pablo13/06/2011
let me start out by complementing the blog entry. I live in argentina, and today, when i saw the add for the new quintuple bk stacker i wondered how many calories were in the hamburger. to my surprise you cant find any caloric values on the bk website, and i doubt they have them at the restaurants. this is most likely illegal, (i know in the US by law they have to have the caloric and nutricional information), but then again, who is going to pursue any action against it? or who has the time these days. A sidenote to the fact that obesity is becoming a problem. Its not because of the fast food chains (which are quite expensive to the average argentine) but its due to the low quality of nutrition the kids get these days. facing inflating prices and salaries that stay the same the lower classes have to feed their kids bread, polenta, and other low quality meals that are high in calories.
Very good blog entry though. funny how i had to find the only info on the bk quadruple stacker on a foreign blog haha, and having lived in the US for a few years it still dazzles me how having the premium meat quality we have here people still eat at these fast food places.
veronica15/06/2011
Let me tell you why... cause here, meat for regular consumers is not as good as the meat you may have tried. that is meat for export, and that is not sold internally here :(
valeria16/06/2011
Sorry, but in Argentina you can ask for a salad and a steak or a zucchini cake for $20 or less!!!!
Sal26/06/2011
Having lived in Santa Fe for years, I can honestly say that Argentina does not exactly face an "obesity problem" at least no where near like in Canada (where I grew up) or just as likely the US.
There are obviously overweight teens and pre-teens but nothing like I&#039m used to in Canada, where another comment here was made that in Argentina there are less choices for healthy eating, i bed to differ.
In Argentina, people take more time to eat home cooked meals rather than store bought prepared junk labelled as "organic" or "healthy". Also, people walk and are outdoors more than in North America.
And let&#039s be honest, to anyone who has lived ANYWHERE in North America: Have you EVER seen so many beautiful women before?