Some authors question whether the Hamburg America Line was part of this, arguing that the hamburger was created to meet needs that arose amongst immigrants already in the New World.
Neki autori dovode u pitanje da li je linija Hamburg—Amerika bila deo ovoga, zagovarajući hipotezu da je hamburger napravljen da bi se zadovoljile potrebe koje su se javile među imigrantima već u Novom svetu.