McDonald's US Reduced Sugar Low Fat Chocolate Milk Jug: calories and sugar by portion, age and sex

Nutrition information: McDonald's US Reduced Sugar Low Fat Chocolate Milk Jug

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 Reduced Sugar Low Fat Chocolate Milk Jug is moderate on sugar, salt and saturated fat

McDonald's US Reduced Sugar Low Fat Chocolate Milk Jug contains 6% of the daily sodium limit for a child aged 4 to 8, 3g of added sugar and 8% of the saturated fat Daily Value.

FDA Daily Values (2,000-calorie diet)

Where the sugar comes from: McDonald's US Reduced Sugar Low Fat Chocolate Milk Jug

3g of the 14g counts as added sugar, or about 0.8 teaspoons. The other 11g is naturally occurring.

Added sugars come from

• sugar

Naturally occurring sugars come from

• lactose in the reduced sugar low fat chocolate milk

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 Reduced Sugar Low Fat Chocolate Milk Jug

McDonald's US Reduced Sugar Low Fat Chocolate Milk Jug is a single manufactured product. Reading the ingredient list closely, it contains thickeners and gums, flavourings and non-nutritive sweeteners. These are not there to add nutritional value. They make industrial production and distribution possible.

Boone classifies McDonald's US Reduced Sugar Low Fat Chocolate Milk Jug 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 Reduced Sugar Low Fat Chocolate Milk Jug

The 6 manufactured ingredients

carrageenan, corn starch, monk fruit extract, natural flavor, vitamin a palmitate, vitamin d3.

The 5 raw ingredients

cocoa, milk, processed with alkali, 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 Reduced Sugar Low Fat Chocolate Milk Jug

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 Reduced Sugar Low Fat Chocolate Milk Jug

Contains non-nutritive sweeteners, which UK rules would require to be flagged as “with sweeteners”. 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.