McDonald's · Featured Items

Blueberry Muffin

7 g protein · 430 cals · 122 g

Why this score

engineered against fullness

Fat 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

6% of kcal

25% water

7 g/Mcal

What pulls it down

41%

60%

How scores work

Per

Calories: 430
Protein: (6%); 7 g
Fat: (34%); 17 g
Carbohydrates: (59%); 66 g
of which sugar: 31 g
Fiber: 3 g
Sodium: 360 mg

Percentages are the share of calories from each macronutrient.

Alternatives

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Higher-scoring, from McDonald's own “Featured Items” in Canada.

Ingredients

MUFFIN BLUEBERRY SUGAR, UNBLEACHED ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR, WATER, BLUEBERRIES, VEGETABLE OIL, LIQUID EGG WHITE, WHOLE GRAIN OAT FLOUR, WHOLE GRAIN WHEAT FLOUR, MODIFIED MILK INGREDIENTS, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, BAKING SODA, SALT, PROPYLENE GLYCOL ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, MONOGLYCERIDES, CELLULOSE GUM, CARRAGEENAN, GUAR GUM, SODIUM STEAROYL-LACTATE, SOY LECITHIN, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, NATURAL FLAVOUR..

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.

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