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
- 585
- Protein
- (20%)
- 29 g
- Fat
- (44%)
- 28 g
- Carbohydrates
- (36%)
- 52 g
- of which sugar
- 4 g
- Fiber
- 0 g
- Sodium
- 1,260 mg
Percentages are the share of calories from each macronutrient.
Alternatives
McDonald'sHigher-scoring, from McDonald's own “Chicken fish” in Australia.
Ingredients
CHICKEN PATTIES SPICY: Chicken, Flour<strong> (Wheat, </strong>Rice<strong>)</strong>, Water, Vegetable Oil, Thickener (1412, 1442, 415), Salt, <strong>Gluten (Wheat)</strong>, Yeast and Yeast Extracts, Spice and Spice Extracts, Rice Starch, Natural Flavours, Mineral Salt (450, 500), Vegetable Powders, Emulsifier (322), Hydrolysed Vegetable Protein, Anti- Caking Agent (551), Natural Colour (160c), Antioxidant (392), Citrus Extract. WHOLEMEAL TORTILLA: <strong>Wheat </strong>Flour [(38%), Thiamine, Folic Acid], Water, Whole <strong>Wheat</strong> Flour [(20%), Thiamine, Folic Acid], Vegetable Shortening, Sugar, Baking Powder [Mineral Salts (450, 500, 341)], Acidity Regulator (297), Mineral Salt (500), Yeast. TOMATO: Tomato. SHREDDED LETTUCE: Iceberg Lettuce. MCCHICKEN SAUCE: Water, Vegetable Oil [Antioxidant (307b)], Vinegar, Glucose Syrup, <strong>Egg </strong>Yolk, Thickener (1442), Sugar, Salt, Spice, Vegetable Gum (415), Emulsifier (435), Preservative (202), Food Acid (270). OIL VEGETABLE: Blended Vegetable Oil (High Oleic Canola Oil, Canola Oil, High Oleic Sunflower Oil), Antifoam (900a). [ANZFA approved list: Blended Vegetable Oil, Antifoam (900a)]. <strong>Contains: Wheat, Gluten, Egg.</strong>
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.