McDonald's gluten-free in Europe - Vivere Senza Glutine

McDonald’s gluten-free

On vacation McDonald’s may be a convenient and inexpensive option for lunch or dinner, but if you’re celiac everything gets more complicated, since not in all countries McDonald’s offers gluten-free options. Let’s see in which European countries you can find the gluten-free hamburger.

Austria
Denmark
Finland
Hungary
Italy
Norway
Netherlands
Portugal
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland

Austria

In all Austrian McDonald’s you can find gluten-free (glutenfrei) hamburgers, with a choice of 7 types: Hamburger, Cheeseburger, Doppio Double Cheeseburger, Triple Cheeseburger, Cheeseburger TS, Royal TS, Big’n’Tasty

In addition, you can order French fries and in the McCafè there is also a gluten-free chocolate and red fruits brownie

French fries are gluten-free at the origin, but there may be risk of cross-contamination in the kitchen, so ask in each store how they handle them and if there is any risk that they are contaminated.

Here you can read our detailed review.

Denmark

In all Danish McDonald’s you can find gluten-free (glutenfri) hamburgers, with a choice of 6 types: hamburger, cheeseburger, Quarter Pounder, Bic Mac, McFeast o Big Tasty Bacon.

Finland

In all Finnish McDonald’s you can find the gluten-free (gluteeniton) bread with which they will prepare the hamburger of your choice, among those achievable gluten-free (with safe ingredients). Even French fries and most sauces are guaranteed gluten-free.

Italy

In Italian McDonald’s you can find only one gluten-free (senza glutine) hamburger (in collaboration with Schar), a double cheeseburger. The hamburger is already made and frozen: at the time of order, it’s thawed directly in its packaging, in absolute safety with regard to contamination. In Italian McDonald’s the sauces and ice creams aren’t gluten-free.

French fries are gluten-free at origin, but there may be a risk of cross-contamination in the kitchen, so the company doesn’t guarantee them, but you can ask at any point of sale how they handle them and whether there is a risk of contamination or not.

Here you can read our detailed review.

Norway

Even in Norwegian McDonald’s you can have a gluten-free (glutenfritt) hamburger with beef, cucumber, onion, mustard, ketchup and a slice of cheese.

Netherlands

McDonald’s in Netherlands offers 3 gluten-free (glutenvrij) hamburgers: hamburger, cheeseburger and the Quarter Pounder. But you can’t find the gluten-free hamburger in every McDonald’s in the country.

At this link you can find all McDonald’s: type the city and then click on each restaurant, only those with the symbol of the association have gluten-free – green crossed ear between two cutlery.

Portugal

In all McDonald’s in Portugal you can find 6 gluten-free (sem glúten ) hamburgers: Hamburger, Cheeseburger, Double Cheeseburger, Big Mac, McRoyal Deluxe, McRoyal Cheese.

Spain

McDonald’s in Spain offers the possibility to have all kinds of hamburgers (except those containing fried products) with gluten-free (sin gluten) bread.
You can also have French fries, both classic and deluxe (also with the addition of BBQ sauce and cheese).
In the McCafè you can have toasted bread with butter and jam or with tomato and oil (typical Spanish breakfast), also McMuffin with sausage, cheese and egg.

Here you can read our detailed review.

Sweden

McDonald’s in Sweden offers 4 gluten-free (glutenfritt) hamburgers: hamburger, cheeseburger, QP Cheese and McFeast.

Switzerland

In Swiss McDonald’s, as in the Italian ones, you can find only one gluten-free hamburger (in collaboration with Schar), a double cheeseburger. The hamburger is already made and frozen: when you order it’s thawed directly in its packaging. For French fries, even in Switzerland, the rule is to ask in every restaurant if they are at risk of being contaminated or if they have dedicated fryers “away from gluten”. In addition, in the McCafè, you can also find gluten-free banana muffins with chocolate chips (individually packaged).

Hungary

Also in Hungarian McDonald’s you can have 3 hamburgers in the gluten-free (gluténmentes) version, accompanied by French fries: double cheeseburger, McRoyal and Mcfarm.