Beginning this month through early September, McDonald’s customers across the country can enjoy a returning favorite — the Asian Salad. Joining McDonald’s existing line of Premium Salads, the refreshing summertime meal choice offers customers a unique flavor experience delivering some essential vitamins and minerals — all for less than 400 calories when served with grilled chicken.
“The return of the Asian Salad to our menu is an example of McDonald’s commitment to listening and responding to our customers’ needs, by providing well-balanced and great-tasting meal choices,” said Senior Director of Nutrition Cindy Goody, PhD, MBA, RD, LDN. “With about three cups of vegetables per salad, our Premium Salads are delicious and convenient choices that make it easier for our guests to incorporate this important food group into their day.”
McDonald’s Asian Salad is a mouth-watering blend of vegetables including premium greens, tender edamame and snow peas, red bell peppers, and sweet mandarin oranges, as well as sliced, toasted almonds. Served with a packet of Newman’s Own Low-fat Sesame Ginger Dressing, it’s available with a warm orange-glazed grilled or crispy white meat chicken breast filet.
“From edamame to mandarin oranges, each ingredient in the Asian Salad comes together to create an outstanding combination of tastes, colors and textures,” says Chef Dan Coudreaut, Senior Director of Culinary Innovation, McDonald’s USA. “The inspired, unique ingredients of the salad are beautifully balanced with Sesame Ginger Dressing to give our guests a refreshing experience that is on trend with their evolving tastes.”
The Asian Salad with grilled chicken delivers about 360 calories when tossed in one packet of Newman’s Own Low Fat Sesame Ginger Dressing and customers can choose to have their salad without chicken for only 240 calories.
Additionally, one serving of the Asian Salad delivers essential nutrients including:
- 21 percent of the Daily Value per serving for dietary fiber
- 70 percent of the Daily Value per serving for vitamin C
- 160 percent the Daily Value per serving for vitamin A
“The Asian Salad is another example of McDonald’s commitment to offering accessible and affordable vegetable choices, an important food group encouraged by the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010,” said Elizabeth Pinvoka, PhD, RD, President of Produce for Better Health Foundation. “We recently commended McDonald’s as the first quick-service restaurant to receive our Role Model recognition for extraordinary support of the Fruits & Veggies-More Matters national public health initiative to help consumers eat more of these important food groups.”
The quality ingredients in McDonald’s Premium Salads come from a select group of trusted, industry-leading suppliers. All of McDonald’s Premium Salads are made fresh daily.