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Look up named menu items by region; restaurant meals are not Amazon grocery products. Products with incomplete labels are shown alongside reviewed records and remain unscored.
Research · Restaurant food
What our research found about restaurant food
Restaurant records are looked up by menu item and region, and are not groceries you can buy online. Large chains publish ingredient and allergen details on their own websites, and U.S. menu-labeling rules require calorie information at larger chains. Ingredients and recipes change by country and over time, so a verdict for one region does not transfer to another.
Use these pages as a starting point and confirm the current statement with the restaurant before relying on it, especially for allergies.
- Products
- 43 brands
- Full labels recorded
- 250% of the shelf
- Maker says organic
- 0maker’s claim
- List an added sweetener
- 1of 2 labels
- List a seed oil
- 1of 2 labels
- Typical label length
- 3ingredients (median)
Counts use complete, current ingredient labels only. Records without a published label stay unknown and are never counted as clean.
What to compare
- Region. Recipes and oils differ between countries; check the matching region.
- Allergen guide. Use the restaurant’s current allergen guide for allergies.
- Frying oil. Frying oil and shared fryers are separate from the menu item recipe.
References
- Menu labeling requirements U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- Food allergies and allergen labeling U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- Reading food labels for allergens Food Allergy Research & Education
No listed matches for the nine checked groups
Current recorded statements have no listed matches for our nine default additive groups. This does not rank nutrition, allergies, safety, or sourcing quality.
All Restaurant food Records (4)
Chicken Sandwich (Standard Recipe)
Chicken (boneless, skinless chicken breast with rib meat, water, enriched bleached flour [with malted barley flour, niacin, iron thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], fully refined peanut oil [with dimethylpolysiloxane {an anti-foam agent} added], sugar, salt, monosodium glutamate, pasteurized nonfat dry milk, leavening [sodium bicarbonate, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate], spices, soybean oil, paprika, pasteurized egg), bun (bleached and unbleached enriched flour [wheat flour {malted barley flour, reduced iron, niacin, thiamin mononitrate (Vitamin B1), riboflavin (Vitamin B2), folic acid}], water, sugar, yeast, soybean oil, vital wheat gluten, salt, cultured wheat flour, vinegar, calcium propionate [preservative], organic acids, monoglycerides, sesame flour, DATEM, soy lecithin, enzymes, wheat flour, calcium carbonate, ascorbic acid [dough conditioner], wheat starch, citric acid, potassium iodate, buttered flavored oil [soybean oil, palm kernel oil, soy lecithin, natural flavor, beta carotene]), pickles (cucumbers, water, vinegar, salt, calcium chloride, potassium sorbate [preservative], turmeric extract [color], natural flavor, dill pickle spice, beta carotene [color], garlic emulsion)
Caffè Americano (Standard Recipe)
Water, Brewed Espresso.
Small World Famous Fries (US)
Unknown
Fries (Australia, Standard Recipe)
Potatoes, Canola Oil (Acidity Regulator (330)), Dextrose Monohydrate (Preservative (220)), Mineral Salt (450), Antifoam (Non-ionic polyalkylene glycol), Preservative (223). OR Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (Canola, Soybean, Cottonseed), Mineral Salt (450), Dextrose (from Maize). FRIES are cooked in McDonald’s Vegetable Oil blend and may be cooked using the same equipment as products containing Gluten, Wheat, Milk, Soy. Salt added.
What Additives Are Monitored in Restaurant food?
When assessing restaurant food, common culprits include industrial seed oils, synthetic food dyes, MSG, and artificial preservatives. Explore our detailed ingredient guides to learn more: