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
- 870
- Protein
- (10%)
- 21 g
- Fat
- (38%)
- 37 g
- Carbohydrates
- (52%)
- 113 g
- of which sugar
- 9 g
- Fiber
- 5 g
- Sodium
- 3,170 mg
Percentages are the share of calories from each macronutrient.
Alternatives
McDonald'sHigher-scoring, from McDonald's own “Snacks & Sides” in Canada.
Ingredients
French Fries Potatoes, High oleic low linolenic canola oil and/or canola oil, Hydrogenated soybean oil, Natural flavour (vegetable source), Sugars (dextrose), Sodium acid pyrophopshate (maintain colour), Citric acid (preservative), Dimethylpolysiloxane (antifoaming agent). Cooked in vegetable oil (high oleic low linoleic canola oil and/or canola oil, corn oil, soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil, citric acid, dimethylpolysiloxane), Poutine Gravy Sugars (corn maltodextrin, glucose solids, corn syrup solids, sugar), Modified corn starch, Hydrolyzed corn protein, Salt, Modified tapioca starch, Tomato powder, Onion powder, Vegetable oil (sunflower and/or canola oil), Caramel colour, Yeast extract, Chicken broth powder, Xanthan gum, Chicken fat, Silicon dioxide, Garlic powder, Spice extractives, Beet powder, Locust bean & guar gum, Extractives of paprika., Cheese Curds Pasteurized milk, Modified milk ingredients, Salt, Bacterial culture, Calcium chloride, Microbial enzyme., Salt Salt, Silicoaluminate, Sugar (dextrose), Potassium iodide..
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.