Why this score
engineered against fullnessFat 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
What pulls it down
Per
- Calories
- 480
- Protein
- (13%)
- 16 g
- Fat
- (50%)
- 27 g
- Carbohydrates
- (37%)
- 45 g
- of which sugar
- 6 g
- Fiber
- 3 g
- Sodium
- 650 mg
Percentages are the share of calories from each macronutrient.
Alternatives
McDonald'sHigher-scoring, from McDonald's own “Featured Items” in Canada.
The same item, other countries
Same name, same chain, different kitchen. This is why the country is part of the address here.
- 12Canadayou are hereMcChicken274 kcal/100 g480 kcal serving
- 16AustraliaMcCHICKEN221 kcal/100 g431 kcal serving
- 18DenmarkMcChicken235 kcal/100 g463 kcal serving
- 19FinlandMcChicken236 kcal/100 g457 kcal serving
- 17NetherlandsMcChicken235 kcal/100 g469 kcal serving
- 18New ZealandMcChicken299 kcal/100 g443 kcal serving
- 17SwedenMcChicken231 kcal/100 g453 kcal serving
- 11United StatesMcChicken280 kcal/100 g389 kcal serving
Ingredients
MCCHICKEN PORTION CHICKEN, WHEAT FLOUR, WATER, CHICKEN SKIN, TOASTED WHEAT CRUMBS WITH SPICE EXTRACTIVES, CORN STARCH, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SALT, YELLOW CORN FLOUR, CANOLA OIL, SPICES, BAKING SODA, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, FLAVOUR (HYDROLYZED CORN, SOY AND WHEAT GLUTEN PROTEIN, FLAVOUR, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE), WHEAT STARCH. COOKED IN VEGETABLE OIL (HIGH OLEIC LOW LINOLEIC CANOLA OIL AND/OR CANOLA OIL, CORN OIL, SOYBEAN OIL, HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, CITRIC ACID, DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANE), SESAME SEED BUN ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR, WATER, SUGARS (SUGAR, CORN DEXTROSE, CORN MALTODEXTRIN), YEAST, VEGETABLE OIL (CANOLA AND/OR SOY), SESAME SEEDS, VEGETABLE PROTEINS (PEA, POTATO, FAVA BEAN), SUNFLOWER OIL, CORN STARCH, SALT, MAY CONTAIN ANY OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING IN VARYING PROPORTIONS: WHEAT GLUTEN, GUAR GUM, DOUGH CONDITIONER (MONOGLYCERIDES, DATEM, ASCORBIC ACID, ENZYMES), TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, NATURAL FLAVOUR, CORN STARCH, SOYBEAN OIL, VINEGAR., LETTUCE SHREDDED ICEBERG LETTUCE., MAYONNAISE-STYLE SAUCE SOYBEAN OIL, WATER, LIQUID EGG YOLK, VINEGAR, SUGAR, SALT, MUSTARD SEEDS, MUSTARD BRAN, XANTHAN GUM, POTASSIUM SORBATE, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA..
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.





