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McDonald's US Honey: calories and sugar by portion, age and sex

Boone’s analysis puts McDonald's US Honey at 2% of an adult’s daily calories, 0% of the daily sodium limit for a child aged 4 to 8 and 2.8 teaspoons of added sugar.

How many calories are in McDonald's US Honey? It contains 50 calories, 0g of fat (0g saturated), 11g of added sugar and 0mg of sodium.

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Use the Boone meal calculator to build a full meal rather than view this item on its own. Add fries, a drink, dips and a dessert, then choose your age and sex, and switch between US and UK guidance, for a more accurate view of how Honey fits into a day.

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Nutrition information

Nutrition information: McDonald's US Honey

Calories50
Total fat0g
of which saturated0g
Trans fat0g
Carbohydrate12g
Total sugars11g
Includes added sugars11g
Fibre0g
Protein0g
Sodium0mg

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 Honey contains 50 calories, which is 2% of the 2,000-calorie Daily Value used on US food labels. It provides 0g of total fat, of which 0g is saturated, 11g of total sugars (11g added), 0mg of sodium, 0g of protein and 0g of fibre.

McDonald's US Honey is made from honey, with none of the additives Boone uses to flag an ultra-processed food.

McDonald's US Honey is over the US per-meal added sugar limit

McDonald's US Honey contains 11g of added sugar, 1.1 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)

Calories2,000
Total fat78g
Saturated fat20g
Carbohydrate275g
Added sugars50g
Fibre28g
Sodium2,300mg
Protein50g

Added sugar vs total sugar

Where the sugar comes from: McDonald's US Honey

Effectively all 11g counts as added sugar, or about 2.8 teaspoons against the 10g per-meal limit.

Added sugars come from

  • grade a pure honey

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.

Ultra-processed food: what is really in it

Processing and additives: McDonald's US Honey

McDonald's US Honey is made from honey. The ingredient list names none of the additives Boone uses to flag an ultra-processed food.

Boone classifies McDonald's US Honey as NOVA group 2, a processed culinary ingredient. NOVA groups foods by how far they are from their whole-food form, not by how nutritious they are. Read from the published ingredient list, September 2026.

McDonald's US Honey contains at least 1 distinct ingredients: 1 raw and 0 manufactured. Ordered as a full meal with a dip and a dessert that reaches 54, of which 28 are manufactured. Raw means something you could buy and cook with at home; manufactured means a substance that only exists as an output of industrial processing.

Ingredient count by order: McDonald's US Honey

What you orderRawManufacturedTotal% manufactured
McDonald's US Honey on its own1010%
McDonald's US Honey + medium fries641040%
McDonald's US Honey + fries + a dip16132945%
McDonald's US Honey + fries + dip + a medium Coca-Cola17153247%
McDonald's US Honey + fries + dip + drink + an OREO McFlurry26285452%

The 1 raw ingredients

grade a pure honey.

What those ingredients are, by type

Sugars and syrups1

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

McDonald's US Honey is listed by McDonald’s USA as a single component.

Ingredients by component: McDonald's US Honey

Honey

Grade A Pure Honey.

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.

Allergens at a glance

McDonald's US Honey does not declare any of the nine major US allergens.

Allergen information: McDonald's US Honey

AllergenStatus
MilkNot declared
EggsNot declared
FishNot declared
Crustacean shellfishNot declared
Tree nutsNot declared
PeanutsNot declared
WheatNot declared
SoybeansNot declared
SesameNot declared

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.

Frequently asked questions

How many calories are in McDonald's US Honey?+

Boone calculates that McDonald's US Honey contains 50 calories, which is 2% of the 2,000-calorie Daily Value and 3% of the daily needs of a moderately active child aged 4 to 8.

How much added sugar is in McDonald's US Honey?+

Boone calculates that McDonald's US Honey contains 11g of added sugar, about 2.8 teaspoons, which is 22% of the 50g FDA Daily Value.

Is McDonald's US Honey within US sugar guidance for children?+

The Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025–2030 recommend no added sugar for children aged 10 and under and no more than 10g per meal from age 11. With 11g of added sugar, McDonald's US Honey is over both.

Is McDonald's US Honey ultra-processed?+

No. Boone classifies McDonald's US Honey as NOVA group 2: its ingredient list names none of the additives that mark a food as ultra-processed.

Is McDonald's US Honey suitable for children?+

Boone’s analysis flags that its 11g of added sugar is above the Dietary Guidelines advice of no added sugar for children aged 10 and under. That does not make it off limits, but it does mean Honey uses up a large share of a young child’s day in one item.