McDonald's US McCrispy: calories, sodium and protein by portion, age and sex

Nutrition information: McDonald's US McCrispy

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 McCrispy carries a large share of a child’s daily sodium

McDonald's US McCrispy contains 1,140mg of sodium, which is 76% of the daily limit for a child aged 4 to 8.

FDA Daily Values (2,000-calorie diet)

Where the sugar comes from: McDonald's US McCrispy

7g of the 9g counts as added sugar, or about 1.8 teaspoons. The other 2g is naturally occurring.

Added sugars come from

• sugar in the crispy chicken fillet
• sugar, honey, dextrose in the potato roll

Naturally occurring sugars come from

• lactose in the salted 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 McCrispy

McDonald's US McCrispy is assembled from 4 separately manufactured components, combined and served at the point of sale. Reading the ingredient list closely, it contains dextrose, maltodextrin, modified starches, emulsifiers, thickeners and gums, flavourings, flavour enhancers, colours, preservatives, phosphates and raising agents, firming agents, hydrogenated or interesterified oils 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 McCrispy 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 McCrispy

The 33 manufactured ingredients

acetic acid, ascorbic acid, calcium chloride, datem, dextrose, enzymes, extractives of paprika, faba bean protein, folic acid, gum arabic, hydrogenated soybean oil, inactive yeast, maltodextrin, modified corn starch, modified food starch, monocalcium phosphate, monosodium glutamate, natural flavor, niacin, pea protein, polysorbate 80, potato protein, reduced iron, riboflavin, sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate, sodium benzoate, sodium phosphate, thiamine mononitrate, wheat gluten, wheat protein, wheat starch, yeast extract.

The 23 raw ingredients

baking soda, canola and or sunflower oil, canola oil, chicken breast fillets with rib meat, corn oil, cream, cucumber, distilled vinegar, honey, malted barley, malted barley flour, paprika, potato flour, salt, soybean oil, spice, sugar, turmeric, vinegar, water, wheat flour, yeast, yellow corn flour.

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 McCrispy

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 McCrispy

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.