Low-Cal Big Mac Sauce
The drive-thru's best-kept secret, minus the secret shame.
Special-Sauce Lore
It was never "special." It was just mayo wearing a disguise. We kept the tang, the color, the pickle-y punch — and sent the 90-calorie fat bomb back through the window. (Lives inside the Hamburger Pinwheel Spirals page — now it has its own home so you can put it on everything else too.)
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Low-Cal Big Mac Sauce
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Real batch is ~2.8 oz — nobody eats 12 oz of burger sauce. This is the per-ounce math scaled up so you can size any batch and still trust the numbers.
Macros: USDA FoodData Central + label data (light mayo, Greek yogurt) • as written.
The Numbers Up Front
Yield: ~2.8 oz / 80 g (about 5 tbsp)
Default Portion: 2 tbsp
Per 2 tbsp: 25 cal • 2g protein • 2g fat • 2g carbs (about 13 cal per single tbsp — the way it actually rides on a burger)
✂️ Trim Trim Trim
Nothing to trim, everything to swap. The whole move is splitting the base: mostly nonfat Greek yogurt, just a tablespoon of light mayo for the classic mouthfeel. That single swap is a ~65-calorie, 7g-fat cut per 2 tbsp versus real special sauce.
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📊 Before & After(per 2 tbsp)
| Calories | Protein | Fat | Carbs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classic Special Sauce | 90 | 0g | 9g | 3g |
| ⭐ Low-Cal Big Mac Sauce | 25 | 2g | 2g | 2g |
| You Saved / Gained | −65 cal | +2g protein | −7g fat | −1g carb |
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