Are you a hardcore McDonald’s fast food lover who always craves their meals daily? It will be great to take note of some of the unhealthy meals on the McDonald’s menu.
As a healthy-conscious individual, it will enable you to sort out the kind of meal you can order and those you should avoid. We present to you the top 10 unhealthiest things at McDonald’s. It is not that you cannot order the food on this list; you may just avoid eating them consistently for your health’s sake.
- Big Breakfast With Hotcakes
The big breakfast with hotcakes belongs to the McDonald’s breakfast menu. This overly sweet meal comes with loads of calories and lots of sugar. The recommended daily calorie intake for women is 2000 and 2500 for men. Eating a meal that contains a total of 1340 calories at a go is unhealthy. Won’t you eat any other meal for the rest of the day? Of course, you will. And the meal may be packed with lots of calories too.
The big breakfast with hotcakes comprises hash browns, warm biscuits, hot sausage, scrambled eggs, butter, and hotcakes.
Calories; 1340
Fat; 63 g
Protein; 36 g
Carbs; 158 g
Sodium; 2070 mg
Total sugar; 48 g
- McCafe Chocolate Shakes
Chocolate shakes can be found on the McDonald’s sweet and treat menu. This delicious chocolate dessert is made with chocolate syrup, whipped cream, and vanilla reduced-fat iced cream.
Chocolate Shake is a special McDonald’s dessert that comes in 3 different sizes with varying calorie content. The smallest size has 520 calories, which can still be considered high for a single cup of drink. The medium size has 650 calories. The largest size of McDonald’s chocolate shake has 800 calories.
Calories; 800
Total fat; 20 g
Total carbs; 134 g
protein; 18 g
Sugar 86
Sodium; 390 mg
- Hotcakes and Sausage
Hotcakes and Sausage is one of the special breakfast deals on McDonald’s menu. We considered this breakfast sandwich to be unhealthy because of its high calories, sodium, and sugar. You may even increase your sugar consumption when you pair hotcakes and sausage with a soft drink.
Hotcakes and Sausage features three golden brown hotcakes, or should we say pancakes? The meal also comes with salted whipped butter, McDonald’s sausage patty, and hotcakes syrup.
Calories; 770
Total fat; 33 g
Total carbs;
Protein; 15 g
Sodium; 810 mg
Sugar; 46 g
- Double Quarter Pounder With Cheese
Right there on the McDonald’s burger menu is the giant double-quarter pounder with cheese. You cannot take a bite of this burger without opening your mouth as wide as you can. The meal contains seven layers in total. It has two quarter-pounder buns, 2 melted cheeses, two layers of beef patties and pickles online, plus pepper slices.
The pickles used for double quarter pounder with cheese contain artificial preservatives. Apart from that, all other ingredients contain zero artificial flavors, preservatives, or colorings.
Calories; 740
Proteins; 48 g
Total fat; 42 g
Total carbs; 43 g
Sodium; 1360 mg
Sugars; 8 g
- Frappe Mocha
Coffee lovers will know more about the McDonald’s frappe mocha than anyone else. Frappe mocha is a cold, creamy coffee with more of a chocolate taste than coffee. This McCafe recipe is a blend of ice, coffee, and chocolate, topped with whipped cream and drizzles of chocolate flavor.
The smallest size of frappe mocha contains 430 calories, while the largest cup contains 660 calories. Drinking 2 of the largest cup of frappe mocha daily is totally unhealthy. Although drinking the smallest cup is still considered healthy, provided you do not drink more than a cup per day.
Calories; 660
Total fat; 17 g
Protein; 7 g
Total carbs; 61 g
Sodium; 12o mg
Sugar; 51 g
- McFlurry (M&M)
The McFlurry with soft, crunchy M&M chocolate candies is a special feature on the McDonald’s sweet and treat menu. The drink combines iced, reduced-fat, creamy vanilla with soft, crunchy mini milk chocolate candies.
This sweet, delicious McDonald’s drink is considered unhealthy due to its high calories and sugar content. Unlike other McDonald’s sweets and treats that come in different sizes, McFlurry has only one regular size. That regular size contains 640 calories per serving.
Calories; 640
Total fat; 21 g
Protein; 21 g
Total carbs; 96 g
Sugars; 69 g
Sodium; 200 mg
- Big Mac
Can you mention the most popular burger at McDonald’s without the Big Mac? This iconic burger has been on the McDonald’s menu for many years. The burger is also widely welcomed in many countries worldwide.
Even with its popularity, we still consider this giant burger unhealthy and shouldn’t be consumed frequently. Why? It is high in sodium and also slightly high in calories for a single meal. You may also pair the Big Mac with other drinks for lunch. It will also increase your calorie and sugar intake, though.
The McDonald’s Big Mac is a wide-mouth kind of burger. The Big Mac is an 8-layer burger. This giant burger comes with three Bun, one bottom, middle, and one top of the burger.
It also has two beef patties. One below the middle Big Mac bun and the other below the top Big Mac bun. The other ingredients include American cheese, pickles, shredded lettuce, Big Mac sauce, and onion.
Calories; 590
Total carbs; 46 g
Protein; 25 g
Total fat; 34 g
Sugar; 7 g
Sodium; 1050 mg
- McDonald’s Sausage Biscuit With Egg
Sausage biscuit with egg is a popular sandwich on the McDonald’s breakfast menu. The recommended daily sodium or salt intake for Americans is pegged at 2300 mg per day. The McDonald’s sausage Biscuit with egg has 1190 mg of sodium, which can be considered too high for a breakfast meal.
McDonald’s Sausage biscuit with egg is a simple 4 layer breakfast sandwich. The meal features two flaky biscuits, one below and the other on top. In between these biscuits are folded egg and pork sausage patty.
Calories; 530
Total fat; 35 g
Total carbs; 38 g
Protein; 17 g
Sugar; 1 g
Sodium; 1190 mg
- Deluxe McCrispy
The deluxe McCrispy entered our list of unhealthy things on the McDonald’s menu due to its high sodium content. Deluxe McCrispy is found on the McDonald’s chicken and fish sandwiches menu. The meal has an average amount of protein. It is low in sugar and fat.
Deluxe McCrispy is a 4 layers chicken sandwich with two potato rolls, one at the bottom and the other on top of the sandwich. The inner filet features one chicken filet, Roma tomato, shredded lettuce, and mayonnaise.
Calories; 530
Protein; 27 g
Sugar; 7 g
Sodium; 1050
Total fat; 26 g
Total carbs;48 g
- Quarter Pounder With Cheese Deluxe
The quarter pounder with cheese deluxe is one of the top features on the McDonald’s burger menu. The McDonald’s quarter pounder with cheese deluxe is as popular as the Big Mac on the burger menu. We consider this semi-giant burger unhealthy due to its high sodium and calorie content.
Quarter Pounder with Cheese Deluxe is a six-layer burger. It has two quarter-pounder buns, beef patties and melted cheese.
The other sandwiched filets include Roma tomato, ketchup, shredded lettuce, mayonnaise, mustard, onions, and pickles. The pickles used for McDonald’s fast food usually contain artificial preservatives.
Calories: 630
Protein; 30 g
Total carbs 44 g
Total fat 37 g
Sugar; 8 g
Sodium; 1210 mg