The Healthiest Thing at McDonald's

Scored on how much nutrition each item gives you for its calories, using the US government's own nutrient data.

Filet-O-FishCAverage

Best nutrition score of the 19 single-serving meals on the McDonald's menu with published nutrient data. It carries 11 g of protein and 434 mg of sodium.

19meals scored

11best NRF9.3 score

3median score

3meals scoring negative

The next six

Item	Score	Calories	Protein
	CAverage	263	13 g
263calories 13 gprotein 10 gfat 30 gcarbs 487 mgsodium 2 gfiber Cscore: Average Full nutrition for Hamburger →
	DPoor	256	16 g
256calories 16 gprotein 12 gfat 22 gcarbs 374 mgsodium 1 gfiber Dscore: Poor Full nutrition for Quarter Pounder →
	DPoor	262	17 g
262calories 17 gprotein 16 gfat 14 gcarbs 476 mgsodium 1 gfiber Dscore: Poor Full nutrition for Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese →
	DPoor	275	12 g
275calories 12 gprotein 15 gfat 23 gcarbs 607 mgsodium 1 gfiber Dscore: Poor Full nutrition for Crispy →
	DPoor	273	10 g
273calories 10 gprotein 13 gfat 28 gcarbs 624 mgsodium 1 gfiber Dscore: Poor Full nutrition for McChicken Sandwich →
	DPoor	282	16 g
282calories 16 gprotein 16 gfat 18 gcarbs 617 mgsodium 1 gfiber Dscore: Poor Full nutrition for Double Cheeseburger →

A grade of E means an item's salt, saturated fat, and sugar outweigh the nutrition it provides. 3 of the 19 scored McDonald's meals land there. How we work this out.