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

Nutrition information: McDonald's US Sausage McGriddles

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 Sausage McGriddles carries a large share of a child’s daily sodium

McDonald's US Sausage McGriddles contains 990mg of sodium, which is 66% of the daily limit for a child aged 4 to 8. It is also high in added sugar.

FDA Daily Values (2,000-calorie diet)

Where the sugar comes from: McDonald's US Sausage McGriddles

13g of the 14g counts as added sugar, or about 3.2 teaspoons. The other 1g is naturally occurring.

Added sugars come from

• sugar, dextrose, brown sugar in the griddle cakes
• dextrose, sugar in the sausage patty

Naturally occurring sugars come from

• lactose in the griddle cakes

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 Sausage McGriddles

McDonald's US Sausage McGriddles is assembled from 2 separately manufactured components, combined and served at the point of sale. Reading the ingredient list closely, it contains dextrose, modified starches, emulsifiers, flavourings, colours, phosphates and raising agents 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 Sausage McGriddles 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 Sausage McGriddles

The 15 manufactured ingredients

buttermilk powder, caramel color, dextrose, folic acid, modified tapioca starch, monocalcium phosphate, natural flavor, niacin, reduced iron, riboflavin, rosemary extract, sodium acid pyrophosphate, soy lecithin, thiamine mononitrate, whey powder.

The 11 raw ingredients

baking soda, bleached wheat flour, brown sugar, palm oil, pork, rice flour, salt, soybean oil, spice, 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 Sausage McGriddles

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 Sausage McGriddles

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.