McDonald's Burgers: calories, sugar and salt for every item

Saturated fat is the figure that separates these, not calories. A Big Arch with Bacon carries 28g, which is 175% of the daily guideline for a child aged 4 to 6, while a Hamburger carries 4.5g.

The 21 items in this section range from 255 kcal for the McDonald's Hamburger up to 1103 kcal for the McDonald's Big Arch with Bacon. Boone separates free sugars from the sugars that occur naturally in milk and whole fruit, which NHS daily limits do not count, and measures every figure against the guideline for a specific age and sex rather than an adult average.