May 16 2008
McDonalds Nutrition Facts
Here’s the skinny on McDonalds . I for one love McDonalds, but you can’t eat there everyday, or can you. Let’s look at some of the lower calorie options you can get when you eat out at McDonalds.
A Big Mac is a whopping 540 calories and the Quarter Pounder with cheese is 510 calories. If you only want a McDonalds hamburger you’re still going to get 250 calories. That’s half as many calories as the bigger alternatives, but it still tastes good and is a much better option. Add cheese to that hamburger for another 50 calories. If you get the hamburger with an order of small fries then you’re going to add another 250 calories.
Other lower calorie options at McDonalds are:
- 4 piece Chicken McNuggets 170 calories, 6 piece 250 calories
- Ranch Snack Wrap (Grilled) 270 calories
- Honey Mustard Snack Wrap (Grilled) 260 calories
- Chipotle BBQ Snack Wrap (Grilled) 260 calories
- Premium Southwest Salad (without chicken) 140 calories, with grilled chicken 320 calories
- Premium Asian Salad (without chicken) 150 calories, with grilled chicken 300 calories
- Premium Bacon Ranch Salad (without chicken) 140 calories, with grilled chicken 260 calories
- Premium Caesar Salad (without chicken) 90 calories, with grilled chicken 220 calories
- Side Salad 20 calories
* calories for salads are without dressing
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hi. i dont mean to be overly critical, but calories arnt everything in a diet.
yeah, 6 chicken nuggets are 170 calories. but they have 10grams of fat in there. and the honet mustard grilled thing has 800mg of sodium in them… shouldnt you be encouraging people to look at ALL aspects of the food they eat, not just the calories.
Thank you for your post, it brings up a really good point.
You’re right that fat and sodium play a big role in health, not just weight loss. The purpose of this post was to look at what you can eat that’s low calorie instead of ordering the Big Mac meal and stuffing yourself with over a days worth of calories in one meal.
Chicken nuggets may not be the healthiest thing to eat. But if you’re really in the mood for McDonalds, it’s better than some of the alternatives.