Editing Hamburger (section)

===Australia and New Zealand===
[[File:Hamburger in New Zealand.jpg|thumb|right|This hamburger in a fast food restaurant in [[Auckland]], New Zealand, contains [[beetroot]] for flavor.]]
Fast food franchises sell American-style fast-food hamburgers in Australia and New Zealand. The traditional [[Australasia]]n hamburgers are usually bought from [[fish and chip shop]]s or milk bars rather than from chain restaurants. These traditional hamburgers are becoming less common as older-style fast food outlets decrease in number. The hamburger meat is almost always ground beef, or "mince", as it is more commonly referred to in Australia and New Zealand. They commonly include tomato, lettuce, grilled onion, and meat as minimum—in this form, known in Australia as a "plain hamburger", which often also includes a slice of beetroot—and, optionally, can include cheese, [[beetroot]], pineapple, a fried egg, and bacon. If all these optional ingredients are included, it is known in Australia as a "burger with the lot".<ref>{{cite news
|title=Fed: Tough to swallow inflationary hamburgers
|work=Australian Associated Press General News
|publisher=[[Australian Associated Press]]
|date=July 26, 2006
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
|first=Donna|last=Hay
|title=The new burger
|work=[[Sunday Herald Sun]]
|publisher=[[The Herald and Weekly Times]]
|date=November 24, 2002
}}</ref>

In Australia and New Zealand, as in the United Kingdom, the word ''sandwich'' is generally reserved for two ''slices'' of bread (from a loaf) with fillings in between them – unlike in American English where a ''sandwich'' is fillings between two pieces of any kind of bread, not only slices of bread – as such ''burgers'' are not generally considered to be ''sandwiches''.<ref name="Unilever">{{Cite web|title=Recipes for tasty, crunchy & saucy American style sandwiches|url=https://www.unileverfoodsolutions.com.au/chef-inspiration/trends-on-plate/americana/pick-it-up-and-shove-it-in.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209073308/https://www.unileverfoodsolutions.com.au/chef-inspiration/trends-on-plate/americana/pick-it-up-and-shove-it-in.html|archive-date=2022-02-09|access-date=2022-02-09|website=Unilever Food Solutions|language=en-AU|quote=Expect a blank look if you're in the States and ask for a chicken burger 'cause they ain't got a clue what the hell you're talking about... It's just what we call burgers, which Americans call sandwiches...}}</ref> The term ''burger'' is applied to any cut bun with a hot filling, even when the filling does not contain beef, such as a chicken burger (generally with chicken breast rather than chicken mince), salmon burger, pulled pork burger, veggie burger, etc.

The only variance between the two countries' hamburgers is that New Zealand's equivalent to "The Lot" often contains a steak (beef). The condiments regularly used are barbecue sauce and [[Tomato sauce#Australia, New Zealand and South Africa|tomato sauce]]. The traditional Australasian hamburger never includes mayonnaise. The [[McDonald's]] "McOz" Burger is partway between American and Australian style burgers, having beetroot and tomato in an otherwise typical American burger; however, it is no longer a part of the menu. Likewise, McDonald's in New Zealand created a [[Kiwiburger]], similar to a Quarter Pounder, but features salad, beetroot, and a fried egg. The [[Hungry Jack's]] ([[Burger King]]) "Aussie Burger" has tomato, lettuce, onion, cheese, bacon, beetroot, egg, ketchup, and a meat patty, while adding pineapple is an upcharge. It is essentially a "Burger with the lot" but uses the standard HJ circular breakfast Egg rather than the fully fried egg used by local fish shops.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hungryjacks.com.au/menu |title=Hungry Jack's menu |access-date=March 10, 2012}}</ref>