Options for Families

McDonald’s^® restaurants in Canada offer a range of menu options to meet your family’s nutritional needs. When it comes to eating with your kids at McDonald’s, you can feel good knowing that Happy Meal^® choices contain important nutrients that growing kids need.

Simple Steps toward Smart Choices for Kids

McDonald’s^® restaurants offer a variety of choices to help your child achieve the right balance between the number of calories consumed and those used during physical activity. McDonald’s offers a variety of kid-friendly menu items, including Apple Slices, 1% partly skimmed milk (white or chocolate) and apple juice with added Vitamin C.

Busy kids benefit from snacks that provide them with energy and nutrients to keep them going all day. Choices like the Fruit ‘n Yogurt Parfait, made with blueberries, strawberries and yogurt, provide calcium and Vitamin C.

By ordering Apple Slices and a Garden Fresh Side Salad, you get approximately 3 ½ of the 4-6 servings of fruits and vegetables recommended for children aged 2-13 in Canada’s Food Guide.

McDonald’s Snack Options at 200 calories and under:

• Original Recipe McDonaldland^® Cookies
  Calories 190
  
  
• 1% Partly Skimmed Chocolate Milk (250 mL)
  Calories 170
  
  
• Fruit ‘n Yogurt Parfait
  Calories 180
  
  
• Apple Slices with Caramel Dip
  Calories 100
  
  
• Orange Juice – small (235 mL)
  Calories 110
  
  
• Apple Juice – small (177 mL)
  Calories 80
  
  
• Fruitopia® Strawberry Passion Awareness^® – child (250 mL) 
  Calories 120
  
  
• Chicken Fajita
  Calories 200
  
  
• Garden Fresh Side Salad with ½ packet Renée’s™ Balsamic Dressing
  Calories 95
  
  
• Mighty Caesar Side Salad with ½ packet Renée’s™ Mighty Caesar Light Dressing 

  Calories 185

Happy Meal^®
Parents can feel good that Happy Meals provide important nutrients for growing kids. Happy Meal combinations are comparable to meals your children eat elsewhere.

For example, a McDonald’s hamburger with small French fries and 1% partly skimmed milk (white, 250 mL) provides 580 calories and 21 grams of fat. This compares favourably to a popular lunch of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich with potato chips and 1% partly skimmed white milk, which provides 592 calories and 22 grams of fat.

Popular menu combinations that supply about 1/3 of a child’s estimated daily caloric requirements:

• Grilled Cheese Sandwich
  Apple Slices with Caramel Dip
  Fruitopia^® Strawberry Passion Awareness® – child (250 mL)
  Calories 480
  
  
• 4-piece white meat Chicken McNuggets^®
  Small French fries
  Dasani^® Bottled water (591 mL)
  Calories 430
  
  
• Cheeseburger 
  Apple Slices with Caramel Dip
  Apple Juice (177 mL)
  Calories 480
  
  
• 4-piece white meat Chicken McNuggets^® 
  Apple Slices with Caramel Dip
  1% Partly Skimmed Chocolate Milk (250 mL)
  Calories 480
  
  
• Apple Slices with Caramel Dip
  1% Partly Skimmed Chocolate Milk (250 mL) 
  Calories 480

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