How do I track McDonald's macros?

Describe the full order, including burger or sandwich, fries size, drink size, nuggets, sauces, desserts, and how much you ate.

What gets missed in McDonald's logs?

Drinks, fries, sauces, McFlurries, coffee drinks, and size changes are commonly missed or undercounted.

Restaurant Macros

McDonald's macro tracking only works if the drink and fries stay in the log.

Fast food tracking is simple in theory and messy in practice. Users often type a full order, but apps sometimes anchor on one item and miss the rest. Forge AI is built to keep the burger, fries, drink, sauce, and dessert together.

Log McDonald's in Forge AI

Try: "McDonald's Quarter Pounder with cheese, medium fries, and a Coke."

What to include

Main item

Big Mac, Quarter Pounder, McChicken, nuggets, breakfast sandwich, or fish sandwich.

Sides and size

Small, medium, or large fries; apple slices; extra sandwich; shared items.

Drinks and desserts

Coke, Sprite, McFlurry, shake, iced coffee, sauce, or pie.

Why McDonald's is a good test case

A McDonald's order exposes whether a food logger can keep multiple items together. If it logs the burger but drops the Coke, the estimate can look clean while being wrong. That kind of bug is exactly why Forge AI has to treat add-ons as first-class parts of the meal.

For known chain items, source-backed nutrition should be used where possible. For custom orders, mixed meals, or vague descriptions, AI estimation fills the gap and should clearly preserve what the user typed.

Better McDonald's prompts

Include size words whenever possible: small, medium, large, single, double, six-piece, ten-piece. "Quarter Pounder meal" is useful, but "Quarter Pounder with cheese, medium fries, medium Coke, and one barbecue sauce" is much better.

If you are tracking macros while still eating fast food occasionally, the goal is not judgment. The goal is to make the real meal visible so the rest of the day can adjust intelligently.