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
England
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.
England
McDonald’s in the UK currently does not have the classic gluten-free hamburger, but they have recently introduced the “Veggie Dippers“: a blend of red pepper and sundried tomato pesto, all coated in crispy breadcrumbs. They are gluten-free and fried separately, so both these and the fries can be eaten by the coeliac. Important: always ask if they are fried separately from the other ingredients with gluten (this is usually the case, but it’s always better to ask for confirmation in each venue!).
Denmark
In all Danish McDonald’s you can find gluten-free (
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 (
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
Netherlands
McDonald’s in
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
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.
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
Which one of these burgers have you tried? Did you like it?