McDonald’s Happy Meals Are Getting A Healthy Makeover

McDonald’s Happy Meals Are Getting A Healthy Makeover
McDonald’s Happy Meals Are Getting A Healthy Makeover

McDonald’s is pledging to make its popular Happy Meal menu healthier by 2022.

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The chain announced Thursday that by the end of 2022, at least 50 percent or more of the Happy Meals listed on menus will have less than or equal to 600 calories, 10 percent of calories from saturated fat, 650mg of sodium and 10 percent of calories from added sugar.

McDonald’s says 28 percent of Happy Meal combinations currently offered on menus in 20 major markets meet the new nutrition criteria.

McDonald’s USA Happy Meal Changes

  • Listing only the following entrée options: Hamburger, 4-piece and 6-piece Chicken McNuggets. The Cheeseburger will only be available at a customer’s request.
  • Replacing the small French fries with kids-sized fries in the 6-piece Chicken McNugget meal – decreasing the calories and sodium in the fries serving by half.
  • Reformulating chocolate milk to reduce the amount of added sugar. Chocolate milk will no longer be listed on the Happy Meal menu, but will be available at a customer’s request.
  • Later this year, bottled water will be added as a featured beverage choice on Happy Meal menus.
  • In December 2017, McDonald’s USA completed the transition to Honest Kids Appley Ever After organic juice drink, which has 45 less calories and half the total sugar than the prior 100 percent apple juice served in the U.S.

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