AIM The study was devoted to a comparison of multichannel electrogastrograms obtained after induction of the postprandial pattern of the gastric myoelectrical activity (GMA) with two solid test meals. MATERIAL AND METHODS Eighteen healthy, Helicobacter pylori negative volunteers (9F, 9M, aged 24.4±0.9 years) ingested in random order on two separate days: a pancake of 350 kcal energy content or a 370 kcal sandwich of scrambled eggs (SES) and 200 ml water. The GMA was registered for 30 min during the interdigestive state and during 120 min of the fed period by means of a four-channel electrogastrographic system. RESULTS After intake of the pancake the normogastria time share increased during the fi rst 30 min of the postprandial period when compared to the fasted state (86.3% vs 77.4%). The postprandial increase in dominant frequency lasted longer after the pancake than after the SES. Also the net meal-induced increment in dominant power was greater after ingestion of the pancake than with the SES. The SES elicited a slight decrease in the average percentage of slow wave coupling (APSWC). An opposite trend was found with the pancake, the ingestion of which brought about an increase in the APSWC during the fi rst half an hour of the postprandial observation (82.4% vs 73.6% in the fasted state). CONCLUSION From among the two solid meals of similar energy content the pancake off ers a more effi cient stimulation of the postprandial pattern of the gastric myoelectrical activity which implies its choice as a test meal for a multichannel electrogastrographic examination.