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

This is the strongest category on the menu. Seven of the nine plain McCafé drinks contain no free sugar at all, because the sugar in them is milk lactose, which daily limits do not count. Only the Hot Chocolate and Toffee Latte break that, and both are syrup-based rather than milk-based.

The 21 items in this section range from 1 kcal for the McDonald's Espresso up to 399 kcal for the McDonald's Caramel Iced Frappé (Large). 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.