McDonald's is one of the world's largest fast food chains, founded in 1940 in San Bernardino, California, and incorporated in Des Plaines, Illinois, in 1955.
The Hamburger (formerly known as the Burger in some countries) consists of a meat patty, ketchup, mustard, dill pickle slices and re-hydrated onions on a toasted bun.
[6] The Double Cheeseburger consists of two 1.6-ounce (45 g) ground beef patties, with 0.125 ounces (3.5 g) ketchup, mustard (except in all or much of the New York City area), two slices of dill pickle, rehydrated onions, and two pieces of cheese on a toasted bun.
For instance, in January 2024, it announced the reintroduction of the Double Big Mac, which contains four beef patties instead of two, for a limited period on a nationwide basis.
As with burgers made with the smaller 1.6-ounce (45 g) patties, the Quarter Pounder is prepared without mustard in all or a large portion of the New York City region.
Big N' Tasty, introduced in 1997 in California,[14] was a 4-ounce (110 g) beef patty with ketchup, cheese, mayonnaise with grilled, diced onions, pickles, leaf lettuce, and tomatoes.
[15] It is also known as the Big Xtra in Slovenia and most of Canada; the McXtra in Quebec, Canada; the McFeast Deluxe in Australia; the Big Tasty (without the 'N') in Brazil, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Italy (without ketchup), Ireland, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Sweden and the United Kingdom; the Quarter Pounder Deluxe in South Africa; and the McNifica (a play on Spanish magnifica, 'wonderful') in Mexico and Latin America.
The larger sandwich was replaced with the Crispy Chicken Deluxe in 1996, and brought back in 1998 in the current smaller size, and marketed as the Cajun (Style) McChicken.
They are small, breaded and seasoned chicken chunks served with dipping sauces of barbecue, sweet n' sour, honey, and hot mustard.
In 2011, five new dipping sauces were introduced and added to the line-up: sweet chili, honey mustard, spicy buffalo, and creamy ranch.
This deal features a selection of wraps, including options such as grilled, BBQ, and crispy chicken, available on different weekdays throughout the week.
Both are served with lettuce, tomatoes, onions, and garlic mayonnaise in addition to two small patties of grilled chicken or kofta, all wrapped in an Arabian-style pita bread.
This creates a juicier product than the Selects, as well as reduces cook time,[38] though immediate supply issues caused them to effectively be removed from the menu until the end of December 2017.
[61] Szechuan Sauce returned to the cultural spotlight almost twenty years later after being referenced numerous times in "The Rickshank Rickdemption", the Season 3 premiere of the Adult Swim animated comedy Rick and Morty.
[66] On July 23, 2024, McDonald's France released a campaign for the Olympics called "Croquez le monde" (Bite the world), which offered re-issues of seven iconic products, including the Szechuan Sauce.
Specially selected varieties mean our apple slices are always crisp and juicy, making for a tasty snack with 15 calories per labelled serving.
The original happy meal consisted of a regular sized burger, keebler cookies, a soda, and a cracker jack surprise toy.
[87] At the time, it was billed as the first crab sandwich sold by a fast food chain in the United States, though the company had previously offered the McCrab.
In McDonald's UK, EotF (Experience of the Future) restaurants offer the premium Signature Collection, which consist of The Spicy, The Classic and The BBQ.
[101] McDonald's offers a line of breakfast sandwiches: bagels (introduced in 1999), biscuits, and a special type of maple flavored pancake called McGriddles.
[103] Australian restaurants also introduced in 2018 the Big Brekkie Burger which consists of a sesame seed bun, BBQ sauce, two rashers of bacon, an egg, a hash brown, a slice of Aussie Jack cheese and two 10:1 patties.
[106][102] Introduced to New Zealand in 2001, breakfast bagels are available in the form of the NYC Benedict (hollandaise, bacon, egg, cheese), and BLT (dressed with mayonnaise).
A few American regional variations exist, in Hawaii and Guam McDonald's offers local breakfast items such as Spam, Portuguese sausage and fresh-cut pineapple.
McDonald's primary soft drink supplier is The Coca-Cola Company, except in restaurants which fall under an overall contract with PepsiCo such as the Crypto.com Arena and the University of Maryland, College Park Student Union.
McCafe is an umbrella term for lattes, espresso, iced coffee, hot chocolate, mocha, malts, smoothies, and other drinks that are sold in several markets worldwide.
[119] Permanent flavors are vanilla, strawberry, and chocolate; regional or seasonal flavors include eggnog (during Christmas), honeycomb, Arctic Orange (sherbet), orange cream, Shamrock Shake (a green, spearmint limited-time offer shake for St. Patrick's Day), chocolate mint, and Rolo (available only in Canada and the UK.
In the U.S., starting in February 2010, Triple Thick Shakes were rebranded under the McCafe name, along with the addition of whipped cream, and a cherry on top, and a significant reduction in size.
[120] Beer of different brands (varies locally) is available at McDonald's in Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, and Spain.
Wine, Santa Julia of the Malbec varietal, is available at McDonald's restaurants in the province of Mendoza, Argentina, as part of a special menu called Sabores Mendocinos ('Mendoza flavours').
As of 2018 there are now eight permanent Fanta flavours available (at most restaurants) including raspberry, blueberry, grape, lime, vanilla, mango, pineapple and peach.