McDonald’s offers chicken for breakfast with the release of their new Chicken McGriddles. According to the chain’s website, the new breakfast item, which clocks in at just 390 calories, has no artificial preservatives and no colors from artificial sources.
The Chicken McGriddle features a two soft, warm griddle cakes with the sweet taste of maple, holding a crispy chicken breast fillet. It’s basic, but it gets the job done — and tastes delicious.
To burn off the calories in a Chicken McGriddle, you can go jogging on a treadmill for 35 minutes or you can jump rope at a moderate pace for 28 minutes or so.
McDonald’s Chicken McGriddles Nutritional Information
As mentioned above, the new breakfast item has 390 calories and most of those calories come from carbs.
Calorie Breakdown: 32% fat, 52% carbohydrates, and 16% protein.
Here’s the full calorie and nutrition breakdown including, protein, carbs, sugar, fat and fiber for one Chicken McGriddle from McDonald’s.
| Nutrition Facts | |
|---|---|
| Calories | 390 |
| Calories From Fat | 126 |
| Total Fat | 14g |
| Saturated Fat | 4.5g |
| Trans Fat | 0g |
| Cholesterol | 30mg |
| Sodium | 980mg |
| Carbohydrates | 51g |
| Fiber | 2g |
| Sugars | 14g |
| Protein | 14g |
Full List of Ingredients
Griddle Cakes:
Water, Sugar, Palm Oil, Dextrose, and Enriched Flour made with Bleached Wheat Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid.
Griddle Cakes also contain 2% or less of the following ingredients:
- Salt
- Brown Sugar
- Buttermilk Powder
- Modified Tapioca Starch
- Rice Flour, Whey Powder
- Natural Flavors
- Soybean Oil
- Caramel Color
- Soy Lecithin
- Baking Powder (Baking Soda, Monocalcium Phosphate, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate)
McChicken Patty:
Boneless Chicken, Water, Sea Salt, Spice, Salt, Paprika, Wheat Flour, Modified Corn Starch Bleached Wheat Flour, and a Vegetable Oil that consists of Corn Oil, Soybean Oil, Canola Oil, and Hydrogenated Soybean Oil.
It also has the following ingredients:
- Dextrose
- Sodium Phosphates
- Potassium Chloride
- Wheat Gluten
- Yeast
- Corn Starch
- Garlic Powder
- Natural Flavors with Extractives of Paprika
- Leavening (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Baking Soda, Ammonium Bicarbonate, and Monocalcium Phosphate)
Allergens
The Chicken McGriddle contains the following allergens:
- Wheat
- Milk
- Soy
