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
- 523
- Protein
- (11%)
- 14 g
- Fat
- (27%)
- 16 g
- Carbohydrates
- (62%)
- 83 g
- of which sugar
- 44 g
- Fiber
- 5 g
- Sodium
- 983 mg
Percentages are the share of calories from each macronutrient.
Taco Timepublishes this item's nutrition but not what it weighs, so the portion above is worked back from the energy density of fried chicken wing (289 kcal per 100 g). That assumption moves the energy-density and sodium figures; the protein, fibre and craving parts of the score are ratios of calories and are unaffected.
Alternatives
Taco TimeHigher-scoring, from Taco Time’s own “KIDS MEAL ITEMS” in Canada.
- KIDS Jr. CHICKEN BURRITO (burrito only)16 g protein · 215 cals · 80 g*
26 - KIDS Jr. BEEF BURRITO (burrito only)15 g protein · 245 cals · 91 g*20
- KIDS Jr. BEAN BURRITO (burrito only)9 g protein · 204 cals · 76 g*18
- KIDS CHICKEN TENDERS (2 tenders and dip)13 g protein · 228 cals · 79 g*
16 - KIDS CHEESE QUESADILLA (quesadilla only)16 g protein · 370 cals · 117 g*12
Nutrition as published by Taco Time — check it yourself. The score measures satiety per calorie. It is not a virtue scale, and no food here is forbidden. How the score works.