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McDonald's · Breakfast

Egg 'N Cheese McMuffin

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Egg 'N Cheese McMuffin

14 g protein · 280 cals · 120 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

20% of kcal
54% water
7 g/Mcal

What pulls it down

35%

How scores work

Per

Calories
280
Protein
(20%)
14 g
Fat
(39%)
12 g
Carbohydrates
(41%)
28 g
of which sugar
2 g
Fiber
2 g
Sodium
510 mg

Percentages are the share of calories from each macronutrient.

Ingredients

English Muffin Enriched wheat flour, Water, Yeast, Corn meal and corn flour, Vegetable oil (canola and/or soy oil), Salt, Sugars (sugar, barley malt), May contain any or all of the following in varying proportions: Monoglycerides, Diacetylated tartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides, Monocalcium phosphate, Ascorbic acid, Enzymes, Cultured wheat flour, Citric acid, Calcium citrate, Corn starch, Wheat gluten, Fumaric acid, Malted barley flour., Egg Egg (Canada A grade large), cooked on a grill, lightly seasoned, with clarified butter (unsalted butter)., Processed Cheese Cheese (milk, partly skimmed milk, modified milk ingredients, salt, bacterial culture, calcium chloride, microbial enzyme, lipase, annatto), Modified milk ingredients, Water, Sodium citrate, Salt, Citric acid, Beta-carotene, Paprika, Soy lecithin., Butter Pasteurized cream (milk), Salt, May contain annatto..

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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