Our Dietitians

Meet the team and learn about their favorite ingredients and nutrition initiatives.

Making informed and mindful food choices

We’re dedicated to providing our customers with more delicious menu options, starting with the ingredients we use to make them. That’s why we involve food experts, like Our SuppliersOur Chefs, and Our Registered Dietitian Nutritionists, who lead us in staying food-forward, keeping ingredients and nutrition in mind. Meet the team and learn about their favorite ingredients and nutrition initiatives.

Meet our Dietitians

Cynthia Goody

PhD, MBA, RDN, LDN, CFS

As a mom and registered dietitian nutritionist, I’m proud to have contributed to McDonald’s Happy Meal® developments such as the reformulation of the Fat Free Chocolate Milk Jug, choice of sides (Cuties® and Yoplait Go-GURT Low Fat Strawberry Yogurt), and inclusion of kids fries (110 calories).

Favorite McDonald’s menu item

Quarter Pounder®* with Cheese

*Weight before cooking 4 oz.                

Emily Bowman

MBA, RDN, LDN

I love having the opportunity to educate family, friends, and the community about what’s in our food. I enjoy working closely with our supplier partners to develop ingredient statements and answer questions about food allergies. Providing ingredient, allergen, and nutrition information in order to help consumers make informed choices when visiting our restaurants is the most rewarding part of my job!

Favorite McDonald’s menu item

McCafé® Shamrock Shake®

Stephanie Sieving

RDN, LDN

I love seeing the impact of my contribution. This ranges from leading the posting of calories on menu boards to offering Buttermilk Crispy Tenders with no artificial colors, flavors or preservatives and our Bacon Ranch Salad and Southwest Salad made with more than 2.5 cups of vegetables.

Favorite McDonald’s menu item

Hot Fudge Sundae

Denise Abts

RDN

I am delighted to be able to provide our customers with the knowledge and information they need to make informed choices.  It is exciting not only as a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist but also as a mom, to share and educate others about our commitment to quality for all of our menu offerings.

Favorite McDonald’s menu item

Hamburger

Our Commitment to Quality

We're dedicated to improving the way we prepare our quality food and the ingredients that go into it.

Our Chefs

Every day, culinary masters are cooking up new tastes in our kitchens.

Supplier Stories

Meet some of the people who provide the ingredients for your favorite menu items.

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