McDonald's US Fries & Sides: calories, sugar and sodium for every item
Healthiest McDonald's US Fries & Sides options for you
Added sugar across the menu
Each dot is one item. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025 to 2030 say a meal should have no more than 10g of added sugar, so anything past the line is over the limit on its own.
Item images are illustrations created by Boone, not photographs.
None of these contain added sugar, and the fries are lower in sodium than most people expect: 260mg for a medium, 17% of the daily limit for a child aged 4 to 8. Each ketchup packet alongside adds 90mg of sodium and 2g of added sugar. US fries are not vegetarian: the frying oil includes natural beef flavour made with wheat and milk.
The 5 items in this section range from 15 calories for the McDonald's US Apple Slices up to 480 calories for the McDonald's US Fries (Large). Boone measures added sugar against the US per-meal limit and sodium against limits by age and sex, and the calculator on every page can switch to UK guidance.
What a typical order adds up to
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Every item in order, for the question you are asking.
The restaurant’s own numbers, checked and put in context
Source.
Corrections. Figures that cannot be right are corrected, and added sugar is worked out from the ingredients where a chain publishes total sugar only.
Guidelines. Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025 to 2030: no more than 10g of added sugar in a meal, none for children under 10, sodium limits by age and saturated fat under 10% of calories. Every item page can also switch to UK NHS guidance.
Allergens. Always check with the restaurant if you have an allergy.
Images. Item images are illustrations created by Boone, not photographs.
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