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
- 430
- Protein
- (22%)
- 24 g
- Fat
- (41%)
- 20 g
- Carbohydrates
- (37%)
- 40 g
- of which sugar
- 9 g
- Fiber
- 2 g
- Sodium
- 660 mg
Percentages are the share of calories from each macronutrient.
Alternatives
McDonald'sHigher-scoring, from McDonald's own “Featured Items” in Canada.
Ingredients
QUARTER POUNDER BEEF PATTY 100% PURE BEEF., 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., KETCHUP TOMATO PASTE, SUGARS (SUGAR/GLUCOSE-FRUCTOSE), WATER, VINEGAR, SALT, NATURAL FLAVOUR., SLIVERED ONIONS ONIONS., PICKLE SLICES CUCUMBERS, WATER, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SALT, CALCIUM CHLORIDE, POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE), ALUMINUM SULPHATE, NATURAL FLAVOUR (PLANT SOURCE), POLYSORBATE 80, EXTRACTIVES OF TUMERIC (COLOUR)., MUSTARD WATER, VINEGAR, MUSTARD SEED, SALT, TURMERIC, NATURAL FLAVOUR (PLANT SOURCE), SPICE., GRILL SEASONING SALT, SPICE (PEPPER), SUNFLOWER OIL (USED AS A PROCESSING AID)..
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.