Tap items from burgers, fries, McNuggets, breakfast and drinks and watch the running total change. Numbers come from McDonald's own published US menu data. Not affiliated with McDonald's.
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Sourced from McDonald's published US nutrition data. Local remakes and substitutions will shift these numbers.
Going from medium to large fries adds 170 calories, more than the 90-calorie gap between small and medium. If you are trying to trim a combo, sizing down from large to medium is the single most efficient fry-related move available.
A Quarter Pounder with Cheese has 510 calories with 27 grams of protein. A Big Mac has 550 calories with 25 grams of protein. The Quarter Pounder gives slightly more protein for fewer calories, largely because it skips the second bun and special sauce.
A medium Coca-Cola adds 200 calories with no protein or fiber to offset them. Switching to water or a Diet Coke removes all 200 calories from the order without changing anything else, making it one of the easiest cuts on the whole menu.
It can be. An Egg McMuffin at 310 calories runs lighter than most lunch sandwiches. But a hotcakes-and-sausage combo climbs well past 1,000 calories, so breakfast swings just as widely as lunch depending on what lands on the tray.
A Big Mac, a medium fries and a medium Coke lands around 1,070 calories. That total is not one big number, it is three medium-sized ones stacked together, and the tool above lets you swap any single piece to see which change moves the needle most.
Fries carry more weight than most people budget for. Medium fries add 320 calories and large fries add 490. That 170-calorie gap between medium and large is bigger than the jump from small to medium, so downsizing from large is the more efficient trim if you are ordering fries either way.
A few published figures worth knowing directly, pulled from the same data behind the calculator above:
| Item | Calories | Protein | Sodium |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Mac | 550 | 25 g | 1,010 mg |
| Quarter Pounder with Cheese | 510 | 27 g | 730 mg |
| McChicken | 400 | 17 g | 560 mg |
| 10-piece McNuggets | 380 | 21 g | 730 mg |
| Medium Fries | 320 | 4 g | 230 mg |
Figures compiled from McDonald's published US nutrition data, last checked July 2026.
Naomi Foster cross-referenced every burger, side and drink figure on this page against McDonald's own published US menu data before this tool went live.