Why this score
engineered against fullnessConcentrated sugar, with little protein or fiber to slow it down; 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
- 590
- Protein
- (7%)
- 10 g
- Fat
- (25%)
- 16 g
- Carbohydrates
- (69%)
- 100 g
- of which sugar
- 78 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 370 mg
Percentages are the share of calories from each macronutrient.
Alternatives
McDonald'sHigher-scoring, from McDonald's own “Desserts & Shakes” in Canada.
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., Hot Caramel Topping Sugars (glucose syrup, sugar, glucose-fructose), Sweetened condensed milk, Water, Unsalted butter, Disodium phosphate, Salt, Pectin, Natural flavours (plant and dairy source)., Golden Caramelized Coconut Topping Sugars (sugar, corn syrup), Coconut flakes (coconut [with sodium metabisulphite], sugar, dextrose, salt), Palm oil, Salt, Turmeric extract, Carotene..
Nutrition as published by McDonald's — check it yourself. The score measures satiety per calorie. It is not a virtue scale, and no food here is forbidden. How the score works.