McDonald's US Egg & Cheese Biscuit: calories and sugar by portion, age and sex

Nutrition information: McDonald's US Egg & Cheese Biscuit

Nutrition figures are McDonald’s USA published data, per item as sold and before any optional sauces or extras. Boone converts them to the portion and age comparisons on this page.

McDonald's US Egg & Cheese Biscuit carries a large share of a child’s daily sodium

McDonald's US Egg & Cheese Biscuit contains 1,110mg of sodium, which is 74% of the daily limit for a child aged 4 to 8. It is also high in saturated fat.

FDA Daily Values (2,000-calorie diet)

Where the sugar comes from: McDonald's US Egg & Cheese Biscuit

1g of the 3g counts as added sugar, or about 0.2 teaspoons. The other 2g is naturally occurring.

Added sugars come from

• sugar in the biscuit

Naturally occurring sugars come from

• lactose in the biscuit
• lactose in the folded egg
• lactose in the pasteurized process American cheese
• lactose in the salted butter
• lactose in the clarified butter

Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025–2030: no more than 10g of added sugar per meal from age 11 and none for children aged 10 and under. FDA Daily Value: 50g a day. Sources are read from the published ingredient list for each component.

Processing and additives: McDonald's US Egg & Cheese Biscuit

McDonald's US Egg & Cheese Biscuit is assembled from 5 separately manufactured components, combined and served at the point of sale. Reading the ingredient list closely, it contains modified starches, emulsifiers, thickeners and gums, processed cellulose, flavourings, colours, phosphates and raising agents, emulsifying and buffering salts and protein and dairy fractions. These are not there to add nutritional value. They make industrial production and distribution possible.

Boone classifies McDonald's US Egg & Cheese Biscuit as NOVA group 4, ultra-processed, based on the additives named above. NOVA groups foods by how far they are from their whole-food form, not by how nutritious they are. A group 4 food is not automatically unhealthy, and a group 1 food is not automatically healthy. Read from the published ingredient list, September 2026.

Ingredient count by order: McDonald's US Egg & Cheese Biscuit

The 21 manufactured ingredients

carrageenan, citric acid, color added, enzymes, folic acid, locust bean gum, modified cellulose, modified food starch, mono and diglycerides, monocalcium phosphate, natural flavor, niacin, nonfat dry milk, reduced iron, riboflavin, sodium aluminum phosphate, sodium citrate, soy lecithin, thiamine mononitrate, wheat protein isolate, xanthan gum.

The 12 raw ingredients

baking soda, bleached wheat flour, cream, cultured skim milk, cultures, egg, milk, palm kernel oil, palm oil, salt, sugar, water.

What those ingredients are, by type

Boone counts every distinct named ingredient on McDonald’s published component lists, including sub-ingredients, and removes duplicates, so salt appearing in four components counts once. Additive class names are dropped and the named substance kept, so “leavening (baking soda)” counts baking soda once. Ice and water added at the counter are not counted. Raw covers whole foods and basic kitchen staples such as flour, sugar, salt and oil. Manufactured covers substances that only exist as an output of industrial processing. Every figure here is a minimum. The build uses a Sweet ’n Sour sauce.

Ingredients by component: McDonald's US Egg & Cheese Biscuit

Ingredients taken from the McDonald’s USA product pages, retrieved September 2026, with obvious spelling errors corrected. Recipes change - always check in restaurant before ordering if you have an allergy.

Allergen information: McDonald's US Egg & Cheese Biscuit

Contains = declared by McDonald’s USA. May contain = McDonald’s states the allergen may be present. McDonald’s prepares food in shared kitchens, so no item can be guaranteed allergen free. UK rules also require barley, oats, mustard, celery and sulphites to be declared; these are shown where the ingredient list names them. Retrieved September 2026.