McDonald's Fry Oil by Country

Canola oil blend (canola oil, high-oleic canola oil and sunflower oil) for frying fries, hash browns, nuggets and other fried items; palm-oil-free since February 2015. Confirmed 2026-09-18 by the chain's own Australian ingredient lines - McNuggets canola plus sunflower, the McCrispy patty "Vegetable Oil (Canola, Sunflower)", buns canola, fries 8% saturated. One item the palm-free line does not cover: the Hot Apple Pie pastry margarine names palm and soybean oil.

sunflower oil only in the restaurant fryers: McDonald's Azerbaijan FAQ 'Qizartma ucun palma yagi istifade olunur? Xeyr. Qizartma ucun yalniz gunebaxan yagi istifade olunur' (Is palm oil used for frying? No. Only sunflower oil is used for frying); fries 'hidrogenlesdirilmemis bitki yaginda qizardilir' (fried in non-hydrogenated vegetable oil). High-oleic is not stated, so conventional sunflower is assumed

sunflower and canola oil blend in the fryers at all GCC restaurants (McDonald's GCC statement on its Qatar site, 2017: 'completed the transition of its cooking oil to a sunflower and canola oil blend at all of its 500+ restaurants in the GCC')

canola/corn/soybean oil blend (fries, hash browns, nuggets, fried chicken): the chain's own per-item statement reads "high oleic low linoleic canola and/or canola, corn, soybean, hydrogenated soybean oil"; hydrogenated soybean oil also carries the fry flavour. Corn added 2026-09-18 from that statement. The chain's own Canadian fries print a 13-14% saturated share, far above pure canola's ~7%, so the blend is not canola-dominant in practice and those rows are pooled as an unspecified vegetable oil.

blend of non-hydrogenated vegetable oils in the restaurant fryers, chain-stated: the Croatian fries statement reads 'mješavina nehidrogeniziranog biljnog ulja (suncokret, visoko oleinski suncokret, uljana repica, visoko oleinska uljana repica)' (sunflower, high-oleic sunflower, rapeseed, high-oleic rapeseed); McNuggets/McChicken/McCrispy coatings 'biljna ulja (suncokret, uljana repica)'; rapeseed (and sunflower) in the buns and rapeseed in most sauces

non-hydrogenated vegetable oil in the restaurant fryers ('Prepared in the restaurants using non-hydrogenated vegetable oil' on every fried item); the chain's own Cyprus ingredient statements name the fries as par-fried in 'a blend of non-hydrogenated vegetable oil (high oleic sunflower, sunflower, rapeseed, high oleic rapeseed)', the hash brown 'Blend of Non-Hydrogenated Vegetable Oils (Sunflower, Rapeseed)', the McNuggets / chicken patties / vegan patty 'vegetable oils (sunflower, rapeseed)', the mozzarella sticks sunflower oil; sunflower oil in the buns, rapeseed oil in the sauces, palm + rapeseed in the Apple Pie pastry

rapeseed and sunflower oil blend in the restaurant fryers (McDonald's ČR: 'Hranolky se fritují ve směsi řepkového a slunečnicového oleje s obsahem transnenasycených mastných kyselin pod 2 %' = fries are fried in a blend of rapeseed and sunflower oil with under 2 % trans fats); other fats (buns, sauces, bakery) not named on the Czech site

sunflower and rapeseed oil: the chain's own Danish statements give the fries as 'Kartofler (94%), solsikkeolie, rapsolie' and the in-restaurant fryer oil as 'Vegetabilske olier (solsikke, rapsfroe)'; McNuggets/McChicken/McCrispy coatings 'solsikkeolie, rapsolie'; rapeseed oil in buns, mayo and dips; palm + rapeseed in donuts and the cinnamon roll

Chain-stated but in conflict: McDonald's Fiji's FAQ says 'We use only 100% vegetable oil (palm-olein)' for frying, while its own item pages print canola for the fried foods ('Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (Canola Oil) ... cooked in McDonald's Vegetable Oil blend'; 'Hash Brown is cooked in canola oil blend') and its printed nutrition panels for fries, hash browns and nuggets carry a saturated share (about 8% of the fat for fries) that fits canola, not palm olein (the FAQ says the food is imported mainly from McDonald's supplier in New Zealand). The locally breaded Hot & Spicy Chicken panel shows 34% saturated, which does fit a palm-olein fryer. Scored on each item's own label and panel: canola for fries, hash browns, nuggets and pie (higher-PUFA-wins); sauces are soybean oil (Big Mac sauce, McChicken sauce, mayonnaise, tartare) per the ingredient statements; bun and muffin oil is canola. If palm olein is ruled for the fryers, fried-item PUFA falls by about 60%.

sunflower and rapeseed oil: every fried product's Finnish statement names 'Paistoöljy (Walter Rau, Saksa): Auringonkukka- ja rapsiöljyt, vaahdonestoaine (E900). Täysin kovettamatonta kasviöljyä'; fries pre-fried in 'kovettamaton kasviöljy (auringonkukka- ja rapsiöljy)'; McNuggets/McChicken coating 'kasviöljyt (auringonkukka, rapsi)'; rapeseed oil in buns and sauces; palm + rapeseed in the donuts, cookie and new cinnamon bun

sunflower and rapeseed oil blend in the restaurant fryers: McDonald's France's own fries page says 'nos frites sont cuites sur place dans de l'huile vegetale composee de tournesol et colza' (fries pre-fried at the supplier in vegetable oil); the fries panels print 9% saturates (Moyenne Frite 1.5 g of 16 g), consistent with that blend and not palm

sunflower oil in the restaurant fryers ('a special sunflower oil ... heat resistance and low saturated-fat content' per McDonald's Georgia's quality page; not stated as high-oleic); hash brown par-fry blend sunflower + high-oleic sunflower + rapeseed; buns sunflower oil; emulsified sauces rapeseed oil

sunflower and rapeseed oil: the chain's own German ingredient statements give the fries as 'Kartoffeln, pflanzliche Oele (Sonnenblumen, Raps)', the Potato Dippers 'Sonnenblumenoel, Rapsoel', and the McNuggets/McChicken/McCrispy/McWings coating 'pflanzliche Oele (Sonnenblume, Raps)'; rapeseed oil in buns and sauces; mayonnaise 'Rapsoel, Sojaoel'; palm + rapeseed in the hot pies

sunflower and rapeseed vegetable oil: McDonald's Hungary's own ingredient statements give the fries 'Burgonya, növényi olaj (napraforgó olaj, repceolaj)', the McNuggets / McChicken / McCrispy coating 'növényi olajok (napraforgó, repce)', the spiral fries 'napraforgó, repce változó arányban' and the onion rings 'napraforgóolaj'; refined rapeseed oil in the Big Mac / McChicken / tartar sauces, sunflower oil in the mayonnaise and garlic sauce; palm + rapeseed in the pies and donuts

palm oil (RSPO-certified) in the restaurant fryers: McDonald's Indonesia's own FAQ 'Apa jenis minyak goreng yang digunakan di McD?' says it uses halal palm (kelapa sawit) cooking oil, trans-fat free; the burger beef patties are cooked without oil

non-hydrogenated blend of sunflower and rapeseed oil in the restaurant fryers (fries: 'Blend of Non-Hydrogenated Vegetable Oils (Sunflower, Rapeseed)'; hash brown '(Sunflower, Rapeseed, in varying amounts)'; McNuggets/McChicken/Selects 'Vegetable Oils (Sunflower, Rapeseed)', each 'Prepared in the restaurants using non-hydrogenated vegetable oil'); rapeseed in buns, muffins and mayo dips; palm + rapeseed in the Apple Pie pastry and donut

Cargill high-oleic canola oil in the restaurant fryers, chain-stated: McDonald's Israel's own 'Canola oil' page prints the oil's fatty-acid profile as C16:0 4%, C18:0 2%, C18:1 80%, C18:2 12%, C18:3 4% (about 16% polyunsaturated, vs 38% for regular canola on the same page)

Olio vegetale (girasole, colza, in proporzione variabile) = a sunflower and rapeseed blend in variable proportion, the restaurant frying oil named for fries, McNuggets, wings, panzerotti and crocchette in McDonald's Italia's own ingredient sheet (Data revisione 28/09/2026); fries arrive pre-fried in 'olio vegetale (girasole e colza)'; buns use sunflower oil, mayonnaise and dips rapeseed oil

beef tallow + palm oil blend in the fryers (McDonald's Japan FAQ: 'フライオイルは牛脂と、パーム油をブレンドして使用'); the allergen chart also marks soy (大豆) as a frying-oil ingredient for fries and nuggets; undisclosed vegetable oil in buns and sauces

sunflower and canola oil (McDonald's Jordan Food Quality page: 'a new 100% vegetable cooking oil ... the sunflower and canola oil adds better nutritional value'; Ingredients page: 'All frying procedures are done using vegetable oil')

sunflower and canola oil blend in the fryers at all GCC restaurants (McDonald's GCC statement on its Qatar site, 2017: 'completed the transition of its cooking oil to a sunflower and canola oil blend at all of its 500+ restaurants in the GCC')

blend of sunflower and rapeseed (canola) oil, chain-stated for Mauritius: the McDonald's Mauritius FAQ says the fries are 'cooked in dedicated frying vats in a non-hydrogenated blend of sunflower and rapeseed oil' and the veggie patty is 'fried in high quality 100% vegetable oil blend'. The blend ratio is not stated, so fried items are scored at a vegetable-oil PUFA share (~0.58 of the oil fat), between rapeseed (0.32) and sunflower (0.68), leaning high per higher-PUFA-wins. The wording mirrors McDonald's UK's FAQ, but it is published on the Mauritius site.

non-hydrogenated vegetable-oil blend in the restaurant fryers: the fries statement reads 'niet-gehydrogeneerde plantaardige olie (high oleic zonnebloemolie, zonnebloemolie, koolzaadolie, high oleic koolzaadolie)' (high-oleic sunflower, sunflower, rapeseed, high-oleic rapeseed); chicken coatings 'plantaardige oliën (zonnebloem, raapzaad)'; eggs cooked in sunflower oil ('bakken en braden: zonnebloemolie'); rapeseed in buns, mayonnaise and fritessaus; palm fat in the McKroket and cheese snacks

rapeseed and sunflower oil blend in the restaurant fryers: McDonald's Nouvelle-Calédonie's own nutrition page says its fries 'sont cuites dans une huile végétale composée de colza et de tournesol' (cooked in a vegetable oil made of rapeseed and sunflower). The chain's own fries panels print 10 to 11% saturates (Frites moyenne 1.9 g of 17.6 g), which fits that blend and not palm. No oil is named for the buns, sauces or bakery items; those are scored as an undisclosed vegetable oil.

Canola (McDonald's NZ quoted in the NZ Herald: fries contain 'the canola oil they are cooked in'; the NZ guide says fried items are 'cooked in a McDonald's Vegetable Oil blend' and the fries, nuggets, McBites and spicy fillet statements print canola)

blend of sunflower and rapeseed oil in the restaurant fryers (MacFries: "Poteter (93,8 %), Solsikkeolje, Rapsolje"; Hashbrown "vegetabilsk olje (raps og solsikkeolje)"; McNuggets "vegetabilsk oljer (solsikke og raps)"; McVeggie, Vegetar Nuggets and Eplepai "fritert i vegetabilsk frityrolje: Vegetabilsk olje (solsikke og raps)"); rapeseed oil in buns, sauces and dips; palm + rapeseed in the apple pie pastry and donuts

sunflower and canola oil blend in the fryers at all GCC restaurants (McDonald's GCC statement on its Qatar site, 2017: 'completed the transition of its cooking oil to a sunflower and canola oil blend at all of its 500+ restaurants in the GCC')

sunflower-rapeseed vegetable oil in the restaurant fryers: McDonald's Polska says its fries 'sa smazone w oleju roslinnym (slonecznikowo-rzepakowym)'; rapeseed oil in the buns; palm oil in its cookies, cakes, croissants and ice-cream sprinkles (same page)

100% vegetable oil of rapeseed (colza) and sunflower (girassol) in the restaurant fryers: McDonald's Portugal's own quality leaflet 'A nossa comida' (2023): 'Utilizamos nos nossos restaurantes oleo 100% vegetal, de colza e girassol'; bun, sauce and bakery fats not disclosed (ordinary sunflower used as the stand-in, higher-PUFA rule)

sunflower and canola oil blend in the fryers at all GCC restaurants (McDonald's GCC statement on its Qatar site, 2017: 'completed the transition of its cooking oil to a sunflower and canola oil blend at all of its 500+ restaurants in the GCC')

sunflower and rapeseed oil in the restaurant fryers: McDonald's Romania's ingredient statements give the fries, McNuggets and wings 'ulei pentru prajit [ulei vegetal (floarea soarelui, rapita, in proportii variabile)]'; the hash brown 'floarea soarelui, rapita, rapita oleic ridicat, floarea soarelui oleic ridicat'; sunflower oil in the buns; rapeseed in the sauces, rapeseed + soybean in the mayonnaise; palm + rapeseed in pies and McPops

sunflower and canola oil blend in the fryers at all GCC restaurants (McDonald's GCC statement, 2017: 'completed the transition of its cooking oil to a sunflower and canola oil blend at all of its 500+ restaurants in the GCC'); Riyadh fries panels (about 8% saturates) agree

canola blend in the restaurant fryers (McDonald's Singapore FAQ: 'We use Canola Blend oil to fry our products in our restaurants.'); the fries, hash brown and apple pie panels print saturates up to 29% of fat, so a palm component is modelled for those

rapeseed and sunflower oil blend in the restaurant fryers (McDonald's Slovakia: 'Hranolky sa fritujú v zmesi repkového a slnečnicového oleja s obsahom transnenasýtených mastných kyselín pod 2 %' = fries are fried in a blend of rapeseed and sunflower oil with under 2 % trans fats); other fats (buns, sauces, bakery) not named on the Slovak site

blend of sunflower and rapeseed oil in the restaurant fryers (chain-stated for the fries: 'Krompirček je ocvrt v 100-odstotnem rastlinskem olju (mešanica sončničnega in repičnega olja)'); beef patties grilled with no added oil or fat; oils in buns, sauces and pastries not named

sunflower oil in the fryers: McDonald's Spain told merca2.es (2018) 'El que usamos en McDonalds Espana es aceite refinado de girasol 100% y antiespumante E900' (supplier Cargill); a 2014 statement to the consumer association OCU said 'aceite de girasol alto oleico', so the oil may be high-oleic, but the newer statement does not say so and ordinary sunflower is used (higher-PUFA rule). Extra-virgin olive oil on the breakfast toasts (chain's own product text); bun and sauce oils not disclosed (sunflower stand-in)

sunflower and rapeseed oil: every fried product's Swedish statement ends 'Produkten friteras i vegetabilisk frityrolja: Vegetabilisk olja (solros och raps)'; fries pre-fried in 'vegetabilisk olja (raps, solros)'; McNuggets/McCrispy coating 'vegetabiliska oljor (solros, raps)'; rapeseed oil in buns and sauces; palm + rapeseed in the apple pie pastry, donuts and cinnamon bun

canola oil blend for the fries, chain-stated on the Trinidad and Tobago site: every fries row on mcdonalds.com.tt/menu/fries reads 'cooked in our Canola oil blend for zero grams of trans fat per serving'. The other oils in the blend are not named, and no oil is stated for McNuggets, Crispy Chicken or the Classic Chicken Sandwich (assumed the same fryer blend). The site's product data prints calories, total fat, carbohydrate, protein and sodium but no saturated or trans fat. Every pufa here = the chain's own printed total fat x a share for the kind of food: fries 0.42 (canola 0.30 with an unnamed share of other oils, higher-PUFA-wins); McNuggets 0.40; Crispy Chicken pieces 0.33 (chicken fat plus fryer oil); Classic Chicken Sandwich 0.45 (fried patty plus mayonnaise); Big Mac and Hamburger 0.28; McNifica 0.20 (mayonnaise); cheeseburger 0.16; Quarter Pounders 0.15; McFlurry 0.08-0.10; sundaes and cone 0.05-0.06; Apple Pie 0.35. McFlurry Crossover prints no figures and is scored as the McFlurry Oreo row. Crispy Chicken 3 pieces prints 1309 calories against 66 g fat, 30 g carbohydrate and 6 g protein, which does not add up; its fat (1.5 x the 2-piece row) was used.

sunflower and canola oil blend in the fryers at all GCC restaurants (McDonald's GCC statement, 2017: 'completed the transition of its cooking oil to a sunflower and canola oil blend at all of its 500+ restaurants in the GCC'); UAE fries panel 2 g saturated in 23 g fat agrees (not palm)

canola-corn-soybean oil blend with natural beef flavoring (fries); no US beef tallow switch as of 2026 despite 2025 speculation

non-hydrogenated blend of sunflower and rapeseed oil, used across the fryers (fries, hash browns, chicken items, mozzarella dippers, Filet-O-Fish) — UK/Ireland fries and fried menu are vegan (no beef flavouring, unlike the US)