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
- 300
- Protein
- (4%)
- 3 g
- Fat
- (49%)
- 16 g
- Carbohydrates
- (47%)
- 35 g
- of which sugar
- 11 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 160 mg
Percentages are the share of calories from each macronutrient.
Alternatives
McDonald'sHigher-scoring, from McDonald's own “Desserts & Shakes” in Canada.
Ingredients
Pastry: Enriched wheat flour, Vegetable oil shortening (palm oil and modified palm oils, soy lecithin, natural butter flavour, beta carotene), Water, Sugar, Yeast, Salt, L-cysteine hydrochloride, Ascorbic acid. Filling: Strawberries, Sugars (glucose-fructose, sugar, dextrose), Water, Modified corn starch, Sorbitol, Sodium alginate, Sodium citrate, Natural strawberry flavour, Salt, Citric acid, Dicalcium phosphate, Beet juice concentrate, Anthocyanin, Ascorbic acid, Potassium sorbate, Maltodextrin, Canthaxanthin. Topping: Sugar, caramel 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.