McDonald's · Featured Items

Hotcakes with Syrup and Butter

8 g protein · 550 cals · 206 g

Why this score

engineered against fullness

Concentrated 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

6% of kcal

42% water

5 g/Mcal

What pulls it down

47%

45%

How scores work

Per

Calories: 550
Protein: (6%); 8 g
Fat: (26%); 16 g
Carbohydrates: (68%); 93 g
of which sugar: 46 g
Fiber: 3 g
Sodium: 660 mg

Percentages are the share of calories from each macronutrient.

Alternatives

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Ingredients

HOTCAKES WATER, ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR, SUGARS (SUGAR, DEXTROSE), WHEY, CORN FLOUR, SOYBEAN OIL, LIQUID WHOLE EGGS, SALT, BAKING SODA, XANTHAN GUM, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, PROPYLENE GLYCOL MONOSTEARATE, MONOGLYCERIDES, SODIUM STEAROYL-LACTATE, NATURAL FLAVOUR, BETA-CAROTENE (COLOUR)., HOTCAKE SYRUP SUGARS (SUGAR/GLUCOSE-FRUCTOSE, MAPLE SYRUP), WATER, NATURAL FLAVOUR, CARAMEL., BUTTER PORTION - WHIPPED CREAM, SALT, MAY CONTAIN COLOUR.

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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