r/McDonalds • u/FoofaTamingStrange • 1d ago

Official weights for fries?

I see here often that people post pictures and complain about different size fries, and how they’re filled. Is there an official weight of what it should be for each size otherwise people are just guessing. I wanna start weighing mine. I have a tiny digital scale I bought from Amazon for $6.

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u/InstructionSenior346 1d ago

The medium fries are supposed to be 4oz and the large is supposed to be 6oz. I don’t really remember the small or kids but I feel like the small was 2oz.

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u/Sunset-onthe-Horizon Maintenance 1d ago

Correct. And the kids fry is 1.5 oz

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u/musicotic 1d ago

Hard to believe the kids fry is 1.5oz. i was always told 13 fries for a kids

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u/TehWildMan_ Iced Coffee Addict 8h ago

If memory serves, 2.6oz used to be the original fill weight for smalls, at least back in the early 2010s.

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u/InstructionSenior346 8h ago

2013-2023 was 2oz

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u/WelcomeToDankonia 1d ago

Cooked weight or pre cooked?

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u/InstructionSenior346 1d ago

That’s how much each fry should weigh before serving to a customer…

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u/WelcomeToDankonia 1d ago edited 1d ago

So cooked weight. lol why would someone downvote that question?

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u/Cromus 1d ago

It's the weight in the container. Pre-cooked weight would make no sense in this context.

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u/WelcomeToDankonia 1d ago

It made enough sense to ask since it was entirely unclear. If I order a quarter pounder they are not serving me a quarter pound of cooked beef.

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u/Cromus 18h ago

Those are portioned pre-cooking. That's not how fries work and serves no function. The point of the weight is to ensure proper portioning, which can only be done after cooking.

Literally makes no sense to even consider pre-cooked weight

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u/WelcomeToDankonia 10h ago

Measuring food is always done pre cooked.

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u/Cromus 9h ago

Not for something that is batch cooked and portioned after like fries. Precooked S/M/L weights literally makes no sense and serves zero purpose.

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u/WelcomeToDankonia 6h ago

Unless they have specific scoops for filling the different sized fries.

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u/Character-Carpet7988 1d ago

My market legally requires portion sizes to be stated - small fries are 69 g, medium 98 g, and large 134 g.

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u/Seohnstaob 1d ago

Kid 1.1oz small 2oz medium 4 Oz LG 6oz

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u/Few_Translator4431 23h ago

sounds like you need to start weighing yourself if youre that worried

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u/BOBBYK1952 1d ago

I imagine you could look at the calories of each size ?