$5.00 recorded, 990 calories published, and a build that mirrors its McChicken twin exactly.
The McDonald's McDouble Meal Deal price was recorded at $5.00 across the readings taken in August 2026, and the company itself prints no figure anywhere on the meal page. Calories are published: 990 for a McDouble, 4 piece Chicken McNuggets, small Fries and a small Coca-Cola. That matches the McChicken build to the calorie, because McDonald's counts both sandwiches at 390 each. Four items, one price.
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What you need
5 itemsThe McDouble Meal Deal price and calories
| Item | Typical price | Price range | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| The McDouble Meal Deal | $5.00 | — | 990 Cal |
If something goes wrong
Two meal deals show identical calorie totals
- Cause
- They are identical. A McDouble and a McChicken are both 390 calories on the company's count, and the other three items in each tray are the same, so both land on 990.
- Fix
- Pick by taste. Anyone counting calories can treat the two builds as interchangeable.
The deal costs more than $5.00 here
- Cause
- McValue advertises the tier as starting at $5, which is a floor. Around 95% of US restaurants are franchised and each operator prices its own board.
- Fix
- Check the app with the restaurant selected, and compare against the four items priced individually.
The sandwich alone seems close to the deal price
- Cause
- A McDouble on its own was recorded at $3.59 or $3.89 typically, on a band running to $4.59. At the top of that band the sandwich is most of the deal price by itself.
- Fix
- Where the sandwich is dear locally, the deal is the obvious order, since it adds nuggets, fries and a drink for the difference.
The meal page carries no price
- Cause
- McDonald's prices the tier on its deals page and leaves the individual pages blank. The figure here comes from checking rather than from the company.
- Fix
- Treat $5.00 as the market figure and read the local one in the app before ordering.
Two builds, one calorie total, and which side of the tier to take
McValue runs this build and The McChicken Meal Deal as a matched pair. Both were recorded at $5.00 in August 2026. Both carry a sandwich, a 4 piece Chicken McNuggets, a small Fries and a small Coca-Cola. Both come to 990 calories on the company's own count, because a McDouble and a McChicken are each 390. Choosing between them is a question about beef or chicken and nothing else.
The parts tell a slightly different story. A McDouble was recorded at $3.59 or $3.89 typically against $3.59 or $3.79 for a McChicken, so the beef build starts from a dearer sandwich and lands at the same deal price. Priced item by item at August figures, the four lines come to roughly $11.26, with the nugget portion ranging between $2.79 and $3.19. Against a recorded $5.00 that is a saving of about $6.26, and it is larger than the chicken version manages.
What's in it?
A McDouble, a 4 piece Chicken McNuggets, a small World Famous Fries and a small Coca-Cola. The calorie total breaks down as 390, 170, 230 and 200, which reconciles precisely with the 990 McDonald's publishes. Dips are chosen separately and counted separately. Nothing below the calorie line could be read, because fat, sodium, carbohydrate, protein and the allergen list are delivered by a calculator that runs in the browser after the page loads.
Is it worth it?
As a way to feed one person on a budget, this is the strongest thing McDonald's sells. Four items and 990 calories for a recorded $5.00 works out near 198 calories a dollar, against roughly 97 on a Big Mac at $5.99. Read as a meal rather than as fuel, the picture is less flattering: 990 calories is around half a day's intake on the 2,000-calorie reference US menu labelling uses, and the tray reaches that total mostly through the fries, the drink and the nuggets rather than the sandwich.
One structural point is worth keeping. This tier is the descendant of the standalone $5 Meal Deal, which now lives inside McValue alongside the $4 breakfast builds, and McDonald's words it as starting at $5 rather than costing $5. Where a franchisee prices above the floor, the deal still beats its own parts by a wide margin. Prices here were recorded from published US listings in August 2026, and the 990 belongs to McDonald's.
The McDouble Meal Deal at a glance
- McDonald's price
- not published
- Calories
- 990, from McDonald's
- Typical price
- $5.00
Questions people ask
How much is The McDouble Meal Deal?
$5.00 on the readings recorded from published US listings in August 2026. McDonald's prints no price on the meal page and advertises the tier as starting at $5.
How many calories are in The McDouble Meal Deal?
990, published by McDonald's: 390 for the McDouble, 170 for the nuggets, 230 for small Fries and 200 for a small Coca-Cola.
Is it the same as the McChicken version?
Same price, same calorie total, same three companions. Only the sandwich differs, and the two sandwiches are counted at 390 calories each.
What would the four items cost separately?
Roughly $11.26 at the typical figures recorded in August 2026, taking the nugget portion at its lower end. The deal removes more than half of that.
Is this page an official McDonald's price list?
No. HelpMeLogin is independent of McDonald's and publishes nothing on its behalf. The 990-calorie count is the company's; the $5.00 was recorded from published US listings and checked on 19 August 2026.
Can this site tell me the price at my local McDonald's?
No. Roughly 95% of US restaurants are franchised, and the tier is worded as a floor rather than a fixed price. The McDonald's app, set to a restaurant, gives that restaurant's figure.