McDonald's · Featured Items

Vanilla Cone

6 g protein · 240 cals · 150 g

Why this score

engineered against fullness

Dense calories with little protein, volume or fiber to fill you up.

Three routes to fullness — one is enough

10% of kcal

65% water

0 g/Mcal

What pulls it down

33%

16%

How scores work

Per

Calories: 240
Protein: (10%); 6 g
Fat: (23%); 6 g
Carbohydrates: (68%); 41 g
of which sugar: 30 g
Fiber: 0 g
Sodium: 150 mg

Percentages are the share of calories from each macronutrient.

The serving weight is worked out from McDonald's own two sets of figures — what one serving contains, against what 100 g contains — so it is their number, not our guess.

Alternatives

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Ingredients

VANILLA ICE MILK MILK INGREDIENTS, SUGARS (SUGAR, GLUCOSE, DEXTROSE), MODIFIED MILK INGREDIENTS, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, GUAR GUM, CARRAGEENAN, CELLULOSE GUM, NATURAL FLAVOUR, SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SODIUM CARBONATE., LARGE CONE ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR, TAPIOCA STARCH, SUGAR, CANOLA OIL, SODIUM BICARBONATE, AMMONIUM BICARBONATE, SALT, ANNATTO, 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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