Why this score
easy to overeatFat and refined carbohydrate converging the way engineered food does; dense calories with little protein, volume or fiber to fill you up.
Three routes to fullness — one is enough
What pulls it down
Per
- Calories
- 381
- Protein
- (23%)
- 22 g
- Fat
- (53%)
- 22 g
- Carbohydrates
- (25%)
- 23 g
- of which sugar
- 1 g
- Fiber
- 0 g
- Sodium
- 651 mg
Percentages are the share of calories from each macronutrient.
Alternatives
McDonald'sHigher-scoring, from McDonald's own “Chicken fish” in Australia.
The same item, other countries
Same name, same chain, different kitchen. This is why the country is part of the address here.
Ingredients
CHICKEN MCNUGGETS: Chicken, Water, Flour (<strong>Wheat</strong>, Corn), Canola Oil, Thickeners (1420, 1422), Starch (Potato, Corn, <strong>Wheat</strong>, Tapioca), Salt, Mineral Salts (450, 500, 341, 327), Spices (Celery, White Pepper, Black Pepper), Sunflower Oil, Dextrose.
Nutrition as published by McDonald's — check it yourself. Product photograph © McDonald's, shown to identify the item. The score measures satiety per calorie. It is not a virtue scale, and no food here is forbidden. How the score works.