sately

McDonald's · McCafé & Bakery

Chocolate Chip Muffin

2
Chocolate Chip Muffin

8 g protein · 440 cals · 125 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

7% of kcal
25% water
7 g/Mcal

What pulls it down

36%
53%

How scores work

Per

Calories
440
Protein
(7%)
8 g
Fat
(29%)
14 g
Carbohydrates
(64%)
71 g
of which sugar
38 g
Fiber
3 g
Sodium
330 mg

Percentages are the share of calories from each macronutrient.

Alternatives

McDonald's

Higher-scoring, from McDonald's own “McCafé & Bakery” in Canada.

Ingredients

Chocolate Chip Muffin Unbleached enriched wheat flour, Sugar, Water, Vegetable oil, Liquid egg white, Milk chocolate chips (sugar, milk ingredients, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, natural flavour), Buttermilk (skim milk, salt, bacterial cultures), Modified corn starch, Baking powder, Baking soda, Cellulose gum, Propylene glycol esters of fatty acids, Monoglycerides, Carrageenan, Guar gum, Soy lecithin, Sodium stearoyl-lactate, 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.

All 169 items on the Canada McDonald's menu