Pub chain slammed for 1,966-calorie creation, served with beef, bacon and cheese sandwiched between two DOUGHNUTS

Made from two beef burgers topped with melted cheese, four smoked streaky bacon rashers and sandwiched between two grilled, glazed ring doughnuts, this massive burger has been described as a 'heart attack on a plate,'

The 1,966-calorie Double Donut Burger is the crazy creation of pub-restaurant chain Hungry Horse and comes with the tagline 'So Wrong It's Right.'

Mel Wakeman,  a nutritionist and senior lecturer in applied physiology at Birmingham City University slammed the chain for introducing the calorific creation. 

She said: 'Hungry Horse obviously have no conscience and no doubt both their wallet and the size of their customers will be getting fatter by the week.'

Made from two beef burgers topped with melted cheese, four smoked streaky bacon rashers and sandwiched between two grilled, glazed ring doughnuts, this massive burger has been described as a 'heart attack on a plate,'

The 1,966-calorie Double Donut Burger is the crazy creation of pub-restaurant chain Hungry Horse and comes with the tagline 'So Wrong It's Right.'

Mel Wakeman,  a nutritionist and senior lecturer in applied physiology at Birmingham City University slammed the chain for introducing the calorific creation. 

She said: 'Hungry Horse obviously have no conscience and no doubt both their wallet and the size of their customers will be getting fatter by the week.'

The £8.99 Double Donut Burger has 98 per cent of a woman's guideline daily amount of calories, 53 grams of saturated fat (well over double the 20 grams daily allowance for women and children) and 8.2 grams of salt.

The burger is part of a new menu at the family-friendly pub-restaurant chain and comes with the tag line 'So Wrong It's Right'.

'To me, this is simply ludicrous and irresponsible. I am no killjoy but why is this sort of food available? Ms Wakeman said. 

'This burger is literally a heart attack on a plate.'

The chain advertises the burger as 'bizarre but brilliant' on their Facebook page, asking their page fans to tell them what food they have tried that 'shouldn't really work but really, really does.' 

Ms Wakeman added: 'This so-called family friendly pub chain offers a huge range of highly processed food that is entirely unhealthy. 

'Taking the children to an eatery like this will guarantee we continue to reinforce unhealthy eating habits, contribute to the obesity epidemic and increase the risk of developing high blood pressure, heart disease and type 2 diabetes at an earlier age. 

'Why can't they include on the menu what the customer would need to do to burn all those calories off? 

'In the case of this Double Donut Burger, around three hours of continuous running should just about do it.'

The burger is part of the chain's seemingly more American-style menu; which includes chicken New Yorker batons, a 20 onion ring horseshoe stacker, crispy battered jalapeños and cookie dough cheesecake. 

According to Ms Wakeman a portion of twister fries from the menu contains 637 calories and 37 grams fat per portion.

And those who want to to end their meal with the cookie dough cheesecake will consume 900 calories, 46 grams of fat, 23 grams of saturated fat and 41 grams of sugar.  

Founded in 1995, Hungry Horse is a chain of 220 pubs around the UK, promoting itself as offering an extensive variety of food at low prices for families and groups. 

A spokesperson for Hungry Horse Steve Jebson said to MailOnline Food: All the nutritional information for our menu is available on our website and in our pubs, so that our customers are able to make informed decisions about what they choose to eat.'

'Our menu caters for a variety of tastes and appetites and includes everything from lower calorie options through to the indulgent occasional treat.'

THE ORIGINS OF THE HUNGRY HORSE 

The Double Donut Burger is a variation of the Luther Burger (pictured), an American creation of a  ham or cheeseburger made with doughnuts in place of the bun. 

Legend has it that the burger was named after Luther Vandross and was first created in Mulligans Bar in Decatur, Georgia. 

The restaurant, which has since closed, also created the hamdog, a hotdog wrapped in ground beef and then deep fried before being placed on a sub and topped with chilli, grilled onions and a fried egg. 

Source: Dailymail