--- description: McDonald's is going to make McMuffins with real butter, reports suggest. title: McDonalds is Making a Big Change to the McMuffin image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt00cd7fd7c56a1b10/698861c7196cf4083a037d5f/mcmuffin.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Health](/section/health/) ## Health Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Diet & Nutrition](/tag/dietnutrition/) ## Diet & Nutrition Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # McDonalds is Making a Big Change to the McMuffin by [Alexandra Sifferlin](/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 31, 2015 9:12 PM CUT  An Egg McMuffin meal is pictured at a McDonald's restaurant in Encinitas, Calif. on Aug. 13, 2015. An Egg McMuffin meal is pictured at a McDonald's restaurant in Encinitas, Calif. on Aug. 13, 2015.Mike Blake—Reuters by [Alexandra Sifferlin](/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 31, 2015 9:12 PM CUT McDonald’s is going to make McMuffins with real butter. Instead of using liquid margarine, [CNBC reports](http://www.cnbc.com/2015/08/31/mcdonalds-is-messing-with-your-mcmuffin-embracing-butter.html "undefined") that McDonald’s is changing how it makes its biscuits, English muffins and bagels and is transitioning to using the real stuff. Some stores are already advertising the change. According to CNBC, one sign at a Manhattan McDonald’s location said: “We’re proud to cook breakfast items on the grill with real butter and we toast our English Muffins, biscuits and bagels with real butter too.” McDonald’s has not responded to requests for confirmation or comment. It was unclear how long the chain has been using real butter on its breakfast items. \[[_CNBC_](http://www.cnbc.com/2015/08/31/mcdonalds-is-messing-with-your-mcmuffin-embracing-butter.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4017929/mcdonalds-mcmuffin-change/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4017929/mcdonalds-mcmuffin-change/"},"headline":"McDonalds is Making a Big Change to the McMuffin","datePublished":"2015-08-31T21:12:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:35:37.129Z","description":"The McMuffin will soon be made with real butter","url":"https://time.com/4017929/mcdonalds-mcmuffin-change/","keywords":["Diet & Nutrition","Food","Mcdonald's"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt00cd7fd7c56a1b10/698861c7196cf4083a037d5f/mcmuffin.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alexandra Sifferlin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt00cd7fd7c56a1b10/698861c7196cf4083a037d5f/mcmuffin.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Egg McMuffin McDonald's","caption":"Egg McMuffin McDonald's","creditText":"Mike Blake—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/dietnutrition/","name":"Diet & Nutrition"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4017929/mcdonalds-mcmuffin-change/","name":"McDonalds is Making a Big Change to the McMuffin"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Should I Eat French Fries?","description":"A record number of experts weighed in on this one, and regretfully, 7 out of the total 9 give French fries a firm thumbs down.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/kL7utfHP/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-10T22:49:27.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/kL7utfHP.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4017929/mcdonalds-mcmuffin-change/","duration":"PT2M30S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4017929/mcdonalds-mcmuffin-change/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```