McDonald’s Bacon, Egg & Cheese McGriddles: nutrition and allergens

Nutrition facts

Percentages are the share of the FDA Daily Value for adults and children 4 and over, worked out from McDonald’s published amounts (how % Daily Value works). A dash means McDonald’s does not publish that value for this item.

Using the FDA’s rule of thumb that 5% of the Daily Value or less per serving is low and 20% or more is high, one serving is high in cholesterol (72%), sodium (53%), saturated fat (45%), protein (34%), fat (27%) and added sugars (26%) and is low in potassium. Add it up with other items in the McDonald’s nutrition calculator.

Allergens

According to McDonald’s, the Bacon, Egg & Cheese McGriddles contains milk, egg, wheat and soy.

McDonald’s provides supplier ingredient information for the nine major US food allergens (egg, milk, wheat, soy, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish and sesame), but warns that its kitchens share cooking and preparation areas, equipment and utensils, so any item may come into contact with other foods, including allergens. It does not claim any US menu item as vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, halal or kosher.

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Ingredients

Griddle Cakes: Water, enriched flour (bleached wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, dextrose, palm oil, contains 2% or less: brown sugar, baking powder (baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate, monocalcium phosphate), modified tapioca starch, rice flour, whey powder, salt, natural flavors, buttermilk powder, soybean oil, caramel color, soy lecithin. | Folded Egg: Eggs, nonfat milk, modified food starch, salt, citric acid. | Pasteurized Process American Cheese: Milk, cream, water, sodium citrate, salt, cheese cultures, citric acid, enzymes, soy lecithin, color added. | Thick Cut Applewood Smoked Bacon: Pork bellies cured with water, salt, sugar, natural smoke flavor, sodium phosphate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite. | Clarified Butter: Pasteurized cream (butterfat).

Other items in Breakfast at McDonald’s

By calories, the Bacon, Egg & Cheese McGriddles ranks 8 of 22 in McDonald’s Breakfast section, from lowest to highest. The table shows the 9 items nearest to it; each item is compared at its first listed size.

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Breakfast sandwiches at other chains

McDonald’s is one of 14 chains on this site that sell breakfast sandwiches. Of the 127 at other chains, 35 have fewer calories and 92 have the same or more than the Bacon, Egg & Cheese McGriddles, comparing each at its first listed size; portions differ, so check the serving on each item’s page.

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