McDonald’s Egg McMuffin: 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 (83%), protein (34%), sodium (33%) and saturated fat (30%) and is low in potassium and added sugars. Add it up with other items in the McDonald’s nutrition calculator.

Allergens

According to McDonald’s, the Egg McMuffin contains milk, egg, wheat and soy. It may also contain sesame through shared equipment or preparation.

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

English Muffin: Enriched flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamine, riboflavin, folic acid), water, yeast, yellow corn meal (degermed yellow corn meal and corn flour), contains 2% or less: sugar, soybean oil, salt, dough conditioners (mono-, di- and tricalcium phosphate, DATEM, ascorbic acid, enzymes, ethylated mono and diglycerides), wheat gluten, cultured wheat flour, citric acid, baking soda, fumaric acid. May contain: sesame. | Egg: USDA Grade A eggs. | Canadian Bacon: Pork cured with: water, sugar, salt, contains 2% or less: sodium lactate, sodium phosphate, natural flavor, maltodextrin, sodium diacetate and sodium nitrite (preservatives). | Pasteurized Process American Cheese: Milk, cream, water, sodium citrate, salt, cheese cultures, citric acid, enzymes, soy lecithin, color added. | Salted Butter: Cream, salt. | Clarified Butter: Pasteurized cream (butterfat).

Other items in Breakfast at McDonald’s

By calories, the Egg McMuffin ranks 3 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, 4 have fewer calories and 123 have the same or more than the Egg McMuffin, comparing each at its first listed size; portions differ, so check the serving on each item’s page.

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