McDonald's Calories: Official Numbers for the Orders People Actually Get

A typical McDonald's meal lands between 450 and 1,200 calories, and the classic Big Mac meal alone is about 1,170. McDonald's publishes nutrition for every US menu item; here are the official numbers for the orders people actually get, with the math shown. All figures come from mcdonalds.com product pages, cited at the bottom.

Official menu data

Burgers:

Item	Calories	Protein
Cheeseburger	300	15g
McDouble	390	22g
Quarter Pounder with Cheese	520	30g
Big Mac	580	*
Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese	740	48g

*Big Mac protein is not shown on its current official product page, so it is omitted rather than filled in from elsewhere.

Chicken and fish:

Item	Calories	Protein
Filet-O-Fish	380	16g
McChicken	390	14g
10-piece Chicken McNuggets	410	23g
McCrispy	470	26g

Fries and breakfast:

Item	Calories	Protein
Hash Browns	140	2g
Egg McMuffin	310	17g
World Famous Fries, medium	320	5g
World Famous Fries, large	480	7g
Sausage McMuffin with Egg	480	20g

Desserts and drinks:

Item	Calories	Protein
Sweet Tea	130	1g
Vanilla Cone	200	5g
Medium Coca-Cola	270	0g
OREO McFlurry, regular	410	10g

How to build a low-calorie order

Ranked by impact, from the official numbers:

1. Water or a zero-calorie drink instead of a medium Coke: saves 270. The drink is the quiet third of the meal.
2. Skip the fries or go without: saves 320 to 480.
3. McDouble instead of a Big Mac: saves 190 (390 vs 580) and it still has two patties.
4. Cheeseburger instead of a Quarter Pounder with Cheese: saves 220 (300 vs 520).
5. Vanilla cone instead of an OREO McFlurry: saves 210 (200 vs 410).
6. Egg McMuffin is the strongest breakfast pick: 310 calories with 17g of protein, versus 480 for the Sausage McMuffin with Egg.

Five orders under 550 calories

1. The McChicken solo: 390 calories, 14g protein
2. The classic breakfast: Egg McMuffin + Hash Browns. 310 + 140 = 450 calories, 19g protein
3. The cheeseburger and tea: Cheeseburger + Sweet Tea. 300 + 130 = 430 calories, 16g protein
4. The double and tea: McDouble + Sweet Tea. 390 + 130 = 520 calories, 23g protein
5. The nugget order: 10-piece McNuggets + Sweet Tea. 410 + 130 = 540 calories, 24g protein

Five highest-protein orders

1. Double QPC + medium fries: 740 + 320 = 1,060 calories, 53g protein
2. QPC + 10-piece McNuggets: 520 + 410 = 930 calories, 53g protein
3. McCrispy + McDouble: 470 + 390 = 860 calories, 48g protein
4. Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese alone: 740 calories, 48g protein
5. QPC + medium fries: 520 + 320 = 840 calories, 35g protein

Real-world orders, broken down

The lean order: "egg mcmuffin and a hash brown"

Component	Calories
Egg McMuffin	310
Hash Browns	140
Total	450

19g protein. The best-known McDonald's meal is also one of its most reasonable.

The standard order: "big mac, medium fries, medium coke"

Component	Calories
Big Mac	580
Fries, medium	320
Coca-Cola, medium	270
Total	1,170

The Coke is nearly a quarter of the meal, and swapping it for water turns this into a 900-calorie lunch.

The indulgent order: "double quarter pounder with cheese, large fries, medium coke, oreo mcflurry"

Component	Calories
Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese	740
Fries, large	480
Coca-Cola, medium	270
OREO McFlurry	410
Total	1,900

65g protein and most of a day's calories. The McFlurry and Coke together are 680 of it.

How to log this in Nouri

McDonald's is the easiest possible case for any tracker, the menu is the same everywhere, and it is still faster to type. "Big mac, medium fries, medium coke" is the entire log in Nouri, and the item-by-item breakdown comes back matching the numbers above closely enough to check at a glance. That legibility is the reaction I hear most from people trying it: it looks like the calorie app Apple would have made.

I built Nouri because the app you keep using beats the app with the perfect database, and one typed sentence is the version of logging I still do on week twelve. Nouri is iPhone (iOS only), and you can try it free.

In the drive-thru you do not even need to type: "Hey Siri, track food in Nouri," with the phone locked, then the order, and the calories show up on the lock screen. Photographing the tray works too, and you can check the drink size in the sentence Nouri writes before it counts.

On Sunday evening, that Big Mac meal is already folded into your Nouri Report: average calories against your target, days on target for your goal, and one clear focus for the week ahead, so a drive-thru night reads as one data point, not a failure.

FAQ

How many calories in a Big Mac?

580 calories per the current official McDonald's product page. A Big Mac meal with medium fries and a medium Coke totals 1,170.

How many calories in 10-piece Chicken McNuggets?

410 calories with 23g of protein, before sauces.

How many calories in medium McDonald's fries?

320 calories for the medium, 480 for the large.

How many calories in an Egg McMuffin?

310 calories with 17g of protein, one of the strongest protein-per-calorie items on the menu.

How many calories in a Quarter Pounder with Cheese?

520 calories with 30g of protein. The Double is 740 with 48g.

How many calories in an OREO McFlurry?

410 calories for the regular size, with 10g of protein. The vanilla cone is 200.

What is the healthiest order at McDonald's?

For a meal shape, the Egg McMuffin with a hash brown at 450 calories, or a McDouble with a zero-calorie drink at 390. For protein per calorie, the Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese at 48g for 740.

How many calories in a Big Mac meal?

About 1,170 with medium fries and a medium Coke, using official per-item numbers. Swap the Coke for water and it drops to 900.

How many calories in a McChicken?

390 calories with 14g of protein.

What McDonald's burger has the most protein?

The Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese at 48g, for 740 calories. The regular Quarter Pounder with Cheese is 30g for 520.

How many calories in McDonald's Sweet Tea?

130 calories, versus 270 for a medium Coca-Cola.

How many calories in a McDonald's hash brown?

140 calories.

What is the easiest way to track McDonald's calories?

Type the order into Nouri the way you said it at the speaker, or tell Siri from the lock screen. Calories and macros come back instantly with the reasoning shown per item, and your weekly Nouri Report shows how those meals fit into the rest of your week.

Pick your usual from the tables above, then log it in Nouri as the sentence you said at the speaker, drink included. If you are just starting, Calorie Counting 101 is the foundation, TDEE Explained tells you what your daily budget actually is, our In-N-Out, Burger King, and Five Guys guides cover the other burger runs, and Nouri vs Cal AI covers the tracking-app question.

Sources

• McDonald's official US product pages, e.g. mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/product/big-mac.html, quarter-pounder-with-cheese.html, chicken-mcnuggets-10-piece.html, and the equivalent page per item (all checked August 29, 2026)
• All combo totals are sums of the official per-item values above; Big Mac protein is not published on its current product page and is omitted