McDonald’s USA

is on a food journey.
We understand that now more than ever, people Aug 2015 July 2016 Aug 2016
Buttermilk Antibiotics Commitment Breakfast Changes
care about their food – where it comes from, what Crispy Chicken for Chicken
Artificial preservatives were removed

goes into it and how it’s prepared. Introduced Buttermilk Crispy Chicken
sandwich made with real buttermilk
and all white-meat chicken filet.
That’s why we have been making changes to our
Reached commitment to serve chicken
not treated with antibiotics important to
human medicine* nearly a year ahead of
schedule.
*Farmers still use ionophores, a class of
antibiotics that are not prescribed to people,
to help keep chickens healthy.
from breakfast pork sausage patty,
omelette-style eggs and scrambled
eggs served on breakfast platters.
Sausage Biscuit and Sausage Biscuit
with Egg (regular and scratch biscuits)
contain no artificial preservatives,
no artificial flavors and no artificial
colors.

national food menu of choices that our customers

can feel good about. June 2016
Refreshed Salads May 2018
Added Tuscan red leaf lettuce and
carrot curls to the romaine lettuce,
baby kale and baby spinach blend
added in June 2015.
Fresh Beef
Switched to new 100% fresh beef,
cooked-when-you-order beef patties
on our quarter-pound* burgers. Our
Sept 2015 May 2017
beef patties are seasoned with just
salt and pepper.
Cage-Free Eggs Soft Serve *Weight before cooking 4 oz. Available at most
restaurants in contiguous U.S. Not available in Alaska,
Committed to sourcing 100% Hawaii, and U.S. Territories.
cage-free eggs by 2025 Announced that our vanilla
in the U.S. and Canada. soft serve is made with
no artificial preservatives,
artificial flavors or added
April 2014 March 2015 April 2015 colors from artificial sources.*
Fish Sustainability
McDonald’s announces all of the
Changes to Milk
and Go-GURT ®
New Artisan Chicken
Introduced the Artisan Grilled Chicken
Aug 2016 *Change made in October 2016.

whitefish, including Alaska pollock, used
for the Filet-O-Fish® globally is sourced
from sustainably managed fisheries.
New McNuggets®
Milk in our milk jugs and Go-GURT®** filet made with all white-meat chicken
filet and no artificial preservatives.
low fat yogurt is sourced from cows
not treated with rbST,* an artificial
growth hormone.
*No significant difference shown between
rbST-treated and non-rbST-treated cows.

**Go-GURT is a registered trademark of YOPLAIT

Announced that Chicken McNuggets®
MARQUES (France) used under license.
have no artificial preservatives; still do
not have artificial colors and flavors
June 2015 and are made with chicken not treated
with antibiotics important to
Aug 2016
New Buns
Sept 2018
The Classics

Real Butter
All seven classic burgers—the hamburger,
human medicine*. High fructose corn syrup removed cheeseburger, double cheeseburger,
from buns used on Big Mac , Quarter
® McDouble , Quarter Pounder with
® ®*

Pounder , hamburger, cheeseburger,

® Cheese, Double Quarter Pounder®*
McChicken and Filet-O-Fish with Cheese and the Big Mac —have®
*Farmers still use ionophores, a class of antibiotics that are
® ®

sandwiches. no artificial preservatives, no artificial

not prescribed to people, to help keep chickens healthy.
Switched from using margarine flavors and no added colors from artificial
sources. Our pickle contains an artificial
to real butter on our Egg McMuffin® preservative, so skip it if you like.

and all of our breakfast sandwiches. *Weight before cooking 4 oz. National sandwiches
only. Excludes local and limited options.

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018