Nutrition for Big Mac

Big Mac Nutrition Summary

One burger of big mac (219 grams or 0.5 lb) contains 563 calories and 25.9 grams of protein. Big mac consist of 51% water, 20% carbohydrates, 12% protein, and 15% fat.

Big mac is an excellent source of many nutrients, including carbohydrates, dietary fiber, protein, Vitamin A, calcium, iron, potassium, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin and Vitamin B12. It also contains significant amounts of magnesium, folate, phosphorus, zinc, copper and manganese.

In one burger of big mac:

• Calories: 563
• Protein: 25.9 g
• Sugar: 8.7 g
• Dietary fiber: 3.5 g
• Fat: 32.8 g, (Saturated: 8.3 g)
• Cholesterol: 78.8 mg
• Sodium: 1007.4 mg

See the Big Mac Nutrition Chart for complete recommended daily values.
The specific nutritional values from USDA is for: McDONALD'S, BIG MAC.

Calories in Big Mac

Big mac has 563 calories per burger or 257 calories for every 100 grams. Most of its calories are from fat, carbohydrates and protein.

51% of calories in big mac are from fat, 31% of calories are from carbohydrates and 18% of calories are from protein.

Calories from Carbs

Calories from Fat

Calories Similar to Big Mac

Some other fast foods with similar calories to big mac by weight:

• Quarter Pounder: -28 calories
• Filet O Fish: +55 calories
• Fries: +120 calories

Protein in Big Mac

An excellent source of protein, a single burger of Big Mac contains 52% of recommended daily values or 25.9 grams of protein. However, the protein in big mac is not complete, meaning it does not contain all 9 essential amino acids. Specifically, big mac is low in tryptophan, threonine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, valine and histidine.

• Protein: 25.89 g

There is no significant amounts of tryptophan, threonine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, valine or histidine in big mac.

Protein Similar to Big Mac

Some other fast foods with similar amounts of protein to big mac by weight:

• Filet O Fish: -1.2 grams
• Quarter Pounder: +5 grams
• Fries: -18 grams

Vitamins and Minerals in Big Mac

An good source of many nutrients, big mac contains abundant amounts of Vitamin A, calcium, iron, potassium, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin and Vitamin B12. In fact, a single burger of big mac contains 80% of recommended daily values or 1.9 ug of Vitamin B12. Also an excellent source of niacin, a single burger of big mac contains 53% of recommended daily values or 7.4 milligrams of niacin.

Vitamins in big mac (1 burger):

• Vitamin a: 123.7 ug
• Thiamin: 0.4 mg
• Riboflavin: 0.5 mg
• Niacin: 7.4 mg
• Vitamin c: 0.9 mg
• Folate: 100.7 ug
• Vitamin b12: 1.9 ug

Minerals in big mac (1 burger):

• Calcium: 254 mg
• Potassium: 396.4 mg
• Iron: 4.4 mg
• Magnesium: 43.8 mg
• Zinc: 4.2 mg
• Phosphorus: 267.2 mg
• Copper: 0.2 mg
• Manganese: 0.5 mg

There is no significant amounts of selenium, choline, pantothenic acid, vitamin b6, vitamin e or vitamin k in big mac.

Similar to Big Mac for Vitamin B12

Here are some other fast foods with similarly abundant amounts of Vitamin B12 to big mac:

• Filet O Fish: +0.44 UG
• Quarter Pounder: +0.88 UG
• Fries: -1.9 UG

Big Mac Nutrition Chart