International availability of McDonald's products

McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD) is the world's largest chain of fast food restaurants, serving around 68 million customers daily in 119 countries.

In order to cater to local tastes and culinary traditions, and often in respect of particular laws or religious beliefs, McDonald's offers regionalized versions of its menu among and within different countries.

During the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, a special menu is offered for the breaking of the fast, including local specialties such as dates, milk, and harira.

[6] In addition to the McArabia, Bahraini locations offer, beginning in March 2009, the McCrispy, a meal consisting of up to four chicken fingers with a choice of barbecue, ketchup, sweet and sour, or garlic sauce.

McDonald's fried chicken, McRice, and fruit tea are sold together as PaNas (paket nasi or "rice package") with an additional sachet of sambal chili sauce.

Regular menu items in Japanese McDonald's include the Teriyaki McBurger, with ground pork patties, mayonnaise, lettuce, and teriyaki sauce; Shaka Shaka Chicken, a fried chicken strip served in a paper pouch, with cheese or pepper seasonings to shake in the bag; and the Fillet-O-Ebi (shrimp), with a fried shrimp patty and mustard.

Among the local bestsellers in the Malaysian market is the Ayam Goreng McD, originally branded as McDonald's Fried Chicken, introduced in March 1986.

Since 1994, McDonalds Malaysia launched Prosperity Burger during the Chinese New Year festival,[33] the menu was then introduced to Brunei, Singapore, Indonesia, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

[41] In March 2019, McDonald's introduced a new food item in Pakistan named Bun Kabab (a local variation of Anday Wala Burger).

In 2011, due to congestion at the United States' West Coast ports, the popular curry sauce dip for Chicken McNuggets was unavailable for a period of time,[48] causing a public outcry.

[60][61] On 24 March 2024, Colombo Commercial High Court issued an enjoining order preventing Abans from using McDonald's name in their business marketing and promotional purposes.

Between October 1 and 13, 2013, or until supplies ran out, McDonald's offered a "McVeggie" burger to coincide with the tradition of many people of Chinese descent only eating vegetarian food during the annual "Kin J" period.

McDonald's launched the Pho-flavoured burger to celebrate the Vietnam's National Day in 2020,[67] consisting of beef patties, cilantro, eggs, onion and special Phở-flavoured sauce.

The McCountry sandwich is a regular menu item in Croatian McDonald's restaurants, consisting of two pork sausage patties on a bun with cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion, and a special sauce.

[85][86] As of Mid-February 2013, McDonald's Germany started selling the McCurrywurst with bread roll or Fries, a hot sausage with tangy tomato sauce and Curry powder in mild and spicy.

In the Netherlands, McDonald's sells the McKroket, a deep-fried roll containing beef ragout, similar to the Dutch "kroket" or the smaller "bitterballen" sold in virtually all snack bars.

The ChickenSaté burger was also offered, consisting of fried chicken with peanut sauce; this popular food is inspired by the Netherlands' historical connection to Indonesia.

[115] Before it terminated its operations in the country, McDonald's sold special burgers with ingredients 100% made in Russia such as cheese, bread, tomatoes, beef, bacon, and lettuce.

They were launched in 2015 under the "Биф А-ля Рус (Beef à la Russe)" name, designed to be authentic Russian native hamburgers.

[121] In Slovakia, McDonald's offers the McSyr during seasonal campaigns, a sandwich containing breaded fried cheese and tartar sauce which emulates the Slovak dish vyprážaný syr.

[129] Swedish McDonald's offer gluten free buns at no extra cost, and occasionally, when there is a time-limited campaign, serve the El Maco.

From 2003 to 2005, menus included the Quorn Premiere, a vegetarian burger with sweet chilli sauce, light Hellmann's mayonnaise, tomato, and lettuce in a focaccia bun.

For breakfast, Mexican McDonald's locations serve the McMollete, which is made on an English muffin spread with beans, topped with a slice of melted cheese and pico de gallo.

Except for saimin, Hawaiian and selected Asian specialty items can also be found in McDonald's in the US territories of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.

During Easter time, Hawaii, Guam and the CNMI all feature the Double Filet-O-Fish meal due to having a heavy concentration of Catholics (mostly people who immigrated from the Philippines) in that region.

McDonald's Costa Rica also sells fried chicken, McPinto (gallo pinto is the national breakfast which includes rice and beans, sour cream, eggs, sausage, tortilla).

The McOz is a quarter-pounder burger with lettuce, tomato, cheese, mustard, ketchup and the so-called Australian ingredients of beetroot and cooked onion served on a sesame seed bun.

Some unique items include the Kiwiburger, a beef patty with McMuffin egg, tomato, lettuce, cheese, onion, beetroot, ketchup, and mustard.

To celebrate National Day in 2013, the restaurant served empanadas de pino[174] (stuffed with beef, olives, onions, raisins, and boiled eggs) as special side dishes.

[179] Discontinued breakfast products include local versions of two Chilean sandwiches: Barros Jarpa, whose basis is ham and molten cheese on bread, and Lomo Palta,[180] an avocado paste along a slice pork.