McDonald's US McNuggets & McCrispy Strips: calories, sugar and sodium for every item
Healthiest McDonald's US McNuggets & McCrispy Strips 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.
Plain McNuggets carry no added sugar at all, so the dip decides the sugar. Sodium scales with the box, from 340mg for 4 pieces to 850mg for 10. The McCrispy Strips are the saltiest per portion: the smaller serving carries 1,320mg for about the same calories as 10 McNuggets.
The 11 items in this section range from 170 calories for the McDonald's US Chicken McNuggets (4 piece) up to 1,950 calories for the McDonald's US Spicy Chicken McNuggets (40 piece). 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
This menu, ranked
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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