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Sweet Chili Junior Chicken

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Sweet Chili Junior Chicken

12 g protein · 410 cals · 148 g

Why this score

engineered against fullness

Fat 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

12% of kcal
47% water
5 g/Mcal

What pulls it down

17%
53%

How scores work

Per

Calories
410
Protein
(12%)
12 g
Fat
(46%)
21 g
Carbohydrates
(42%)
43 g
of which sugar
11 g
Fiber
2 g
Sodium
710 mg

Percentages are the share of calories from each macronutrient.

Alternatives

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Ingredients

Junior Chicken Patty Chicken, Wheat flour, Liquid vegetable oil shortening (canola oil, corn oil, hydrogenated soybean oil), Toasted wheat crumb, Water, Chicken skin, Modified corn starch, Salt, Spice, Potassium chloride, Wheat gluten, Vegetable oil, Natural flavour, Baking soda, Garlic powder, Baking powder. Cooked in vegetable oil (high oleic low linoleic canola oil and/or canola oil, corn oil, soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil, citric acid, dimethylpolysiloxane)., Regular Bun Enriched wheat flour, Water, Sugars (sugar, corn dextrose, corn maltodextrin), Yeast, Vegetable oil (canola and/or soy), Vegetable proteins (pea, potato, faba bean), Sunflower oil, Corn starch, Salt, May contain and or all of the following in varying proportions: Wheat gluten, Dough conditioners (monoglycerides, datem, ascorbic acid, enzymes), 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., Sweet Chili Sauce Sugar, Water, Vinegar, Red pepper puree, Modified corn starch, Salt, Dehydrated garlic, Chili pepper, Xanthan gum, Black pepper, Potassium sorbate, Sodium benzoate, Natural flavours..

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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