McDonald's US Fruit & Maple Oatmeal: calories and sugar by portion, age and sex

Nutrition information: McDonald's US Fruit & Maple Oatmeal

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 Fruit & Maple Oatmeal is over the US per-meal added sugar limit

McDonald's US Fruit & Maple Oatmeal contains 18g of added sugar, 1.8 times the 10g per-meal limit in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. The same guidelines recommend no added sugar at all for children aged 10 and under.

FDA Daily Values (2,000-calorie diet)

Where the sugar comes from: McDonald's US Fruit & Maple Oatmeal

18g of the 31g counts as added sugar, or about 4.5 teaspoons. The other 13g is naturally occurring.

Added sugars come from

• brown sugar in the oatmeal
• sugar in the cranberry raisin blend

Naturally occurring sugars come from

• lactose in the light cream
• sugars naturally present in the diced apples
• sugars naturally present in the cranberry raisin blend

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 Fruit & Maple Oatmeal

McDonald's US Fruit & Maple Oatmeal is assembled from 4 separately manufactured components, combined and served at the point of sale. Reading the ingredient list closely, it contains modified starches, emulsifiers, thickeners and gums, flavourings, colours, preservatives, phosphates and raising agents and emulsifying and buffering salts. These are not there to add nutritional value. They make industrial production and distribution possible.

Boone classifies McDonald's US Fruit & Maple Oatmeal 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 Fruit & Maple Oatmeal

The 12 manufactured ingredients

barley malt extract, calcium ascorbate, caramel color, carrageenan, datem, magnesium oxide, modified food starch, natural flavor, sodium citrate, sodium phosphate, sodium stearoyl lactylate, sulfur dioxide.

The 12 raw ingredients

apple, brown sugar, california raisins, cranberry, cream, golden raisins, milk, oats, salt, sugar, sunflower oil, 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 Fruit & Maple Oatmeal

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 Fruit & Maple Oatmeal

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.