{"id":13454,"date":"2012-09-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-17T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=13454"},"modified":"2023-09-04T21:36:33","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T07:36:33","slug":"news-mcdonalds-testing-healthier-egg-mcmuffin-called-egg-white-delight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2012\/09\/17\/news-mcdonalds-testing-healthier-egg-mcmuffin-called-egg-white-delight\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWS: McDonald&#8217;s Testing Healthier Egg McMuffin Called Egg White Delight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/collinmesser\/4567026566\/\" title=\"McDonald's by Messercn, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4007\/4567026566_4e6211219e.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"McDonald's\"\/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grubgrade.com\/2012\/09\/13\/the-egg-white-delight-an-egg-mcmuffin-with-egg-whites\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to Grub Grade<\/a>, the Golden Arches is testing a new breakfast sandwich that might appeal to those looking for healthier options beyond McDonald&#8217;s oatmeal, fruit parfait, and fruit &#038; walnut salad. It&#8217;s called the Egg White Delight and it has 260 calories, which is just 40 less than a regular Egg McMuffin.<\/p>\n<p>I could write more about it in normal paragraph form, but its name is begging it to be explained using the following song lyrics:<\/p>\n<p><i>Thinking of you&#8217;s working up my appetite<br \/>\nLooking forward to a little Egg White Delight<br \/>\nA whole grain muffin, Canadian bacon, cheddar and an egg white <br \/>\nand the thought of eatin&#8217; you is getting so exciting<\/p>\n<p>Egg McMuffin Lite<br \/>\nEgg White Delight<\/i><\/p>\n<p>For those of you who do not get the song reference, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elyrics.net\/read\/s\/starland-vocal-band-lyrics\/afternoon-delight-lyrics.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grubgrade.com\/2012\/09\/13\/the-egg-white-delight-an-egg-mcmuffin-with-egg-whites\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grub Grade<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><small><\/p>\n<div xmlns:cc=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/ns#\" about=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/collinmesser\/4567026566\/\"><a rel=\"cc:attributionURL\" href=http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/collinmesser\/4567026566><\/a>Image via flickr user Messercn \/ <a rel=\"license\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/deed.en\">CC BY 2.0<\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Grub Grade, the Golden Arches is testing a new breakfast sandwich that might appeal to those looking for healthier options beyond McDonald&#8217;s oatmeal, fruit parfait, and fruit &#038; walnut salad. It&#8217;s called the Egg White Delight and it has 260 calories, which is just 40 less than a regular Egg McMuffin. I could [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1429],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fast-food-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14784,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2013\/04\/24\/review-mcdonalds-egg-white-delight-mcmuffin\/","url_meta":{"origin":13454,"position":0},"title":"REVIEW: McDonald&#8217;s Egg White Delight McMuffin","author":"Marvo","date":"April 24, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"When I saw the marketing photos of McDonald's new Egg White Delight, I thought it looked as if someone took a photo of a regular McDonald's Egg McMuffin and then added a sepia tone or an Instagram photo filter to it. 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