Fruit & Oat Biscuits

3 g protein · 228 cals · 48 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

5% of kcal

9% water

12 g/Mcal

What pulls it down

37%

67%

How scores work

Per

Calories: 228
Protein: (5%); 3 g
Fat: (39%); 10 g
Carbohydrates: (56%); 31 g
of which sugar: 13 g
Fiber: 3 g
Sodium: 160 mg

Percentages are the share of calories from each macronutrient.

Alternatives

Costa Coffee

Higher-scoring, from Costa Coffee’s own “Snacks” in United Kingdom.

Ingredients

Rolled OATS (27%), Wheat Flour (WHEAT Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Sugar, Currants (12%), Palm Oil, Invert Sugar Syrup, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Raising Agents (E500(ii), E501(ii)), Skimmed MILK Powder, Colours (Annatto Bixin, Curcumin), Natural Flavouring.

Nutrition as published by Costa Coffee — check it yourself. Product photograph © Costa Coffee, 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.

All 134 items on the United Kingdom Costa Coffee menu