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A McDonalds hashbrown costs $2.69 and carries 140 calories. It is also not vegetarian, not gluten free and not dairy free, and the ingredient list explains exactly why.
A McDonalds hashbrown contains 140 calories, 8g of fat and 1g of protein, and costs $2.69 at the national midpoint. It is an official Under $3 Menu item, and it contains wheat, milk and beef flavouring despite being a potato patty.
The hashbrown is the most ordered side on the McDonald's breakfast menu and the one people know least about. This page covers what it costs, the full nutrition, the complete ingredient list, and why it is not suitable for vegetarian, gluten free or dairy free diets. Prices for every other item are on our McDonald's breakfast menu, and serving cut-offs are on breakfast hours.
Our surveyed national midpoint is $2.69. Because this is an official Under $3 Menu item, McDonald's advertises it below three dollars at participating restaurants, but does not publish one fixed nationwide price. Franchisees set their own board, so the real spread runs from about $2.19 to $3.59.
One hashbrown is 140 calories. That figure is consistent across McDonald's own data and every major database, which makes it one of the few items on this menu where nobody disagrees. It is also the lightest hot item on the breakfast board.
A McDonalds hashbrown is the lightest hot option by a wide margin. A Sausage McMuffin is 400 calories and a Sausage, Egg & Cheese McGriddle is 550. Adding a McDonalds hashbrown to either takes the meal to 540 or 690.
A McDonalds hashbrown is shredded potato formed into an oval patty and flash-fried. That is the short version, and it is also incomplete. The published ingredient list runs to nine items, and three of them are the reason this page exists.
This applies to the United States only. McDonald's uses different oil formulations in other markets, and hash browns in the UK and several European countries are certified vegetarian. Full US ingredient detail on McDonald's own product page.
No to all three in the United States, and the reason is the same in each case. The natural beef flavour puts beef derivatives, wheat and milk into a product that looks like plain fried potato. Shared fryers then add a second layer of risk on top.
On price per calorie it is the most expensive thing on the breakfast menu, at roughly 1.9 cents per calorie against 0.7 for a Sausage McMuffin. That is the wrong way to look at a side, but it does mean buying a McDonalds hashbrown on its own rarely makes sense when a meal deal includes it.
140 calories, with 8g of fat, 16g of carbohydrate and 1g of protein. That figure is consistent across McDonald's own data and every major nutrition database, which is unusual on this menu.
$2.69 at the national midpoint. It is an official Under $3 Menu item, so participating restaurants price it below three dollars, but franchisees set their own board and the real spread runs from about $2.19 to $3.59.
Not in the United States. The frying oil contains natural beef flavour, which makes the product unsuitable for vegetarian and vegan diets despite being a potato patty. Hash browns in the UK and several European markets are certified vegetarian, because the oil formulation differs.
No. The natural beef flavour uses hydrolyzed wheat as a starting ingredient, so wheat is a declared allergen. They are also cooked in shared fryers alongside wheat-breaded items, which adds cross-contact risk on top.
Potatoes, a vegetable oil blend containing natural beef flavour, corn flour, dehydrated potato, salt, dextrose, sodium acid pyrophosphate and black pepper extract. Declared allergens are wheat and milk, both from the beef flavouring rather than the potato.
The natural beef flavour in the frying oil uses hydrolyzed wheat and hydrolyzed milk as its starting ingredients. It is the same flavouring used in McDonald's US fries, which became widely known after litigation in 2001 over how those fries were described.
Yes. It is one of five breakfast items on it, alongside the Sausage McMuffin, Sausage Biscuit, Sausage Burrito and a medium Premium Roast Coffee.
No. They are breakfast only, and most restaurants stop serving between 10:30am and 11:00am. All Day Breakfast ran from 2015 to 2020 and has not returned nationally. Times are on our breakfast hours page.
It is the lightest hot item on the breakfast menu at 140 calories, with only 1.5g of saturated fat and no added sugar. It also carries almost no protein at 1g, so it does very little for satiety. As a side it is fine; as a breakfast it is not.
No. There is no multi-buy on hash browns, so two costs $5.38. Buy One, Add One for $1 used to cover them but was discontinued in April 2026. The $4 Breakfast Meal Deal includes one alongside a sandwich and a coffee, which is the better route.
Prices shown are based on typical U.S. McDonald’s menu prices as of August 2026 and may vary by location. Check your local restaurant or McDonald’s app for the latest prices.
Timing questions are answered on breakfast hours .