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
- 399
- Protein
- (4%)
- 4 g
- Fat
- (43%)
- 19 g
- Carbohydrates
- (53%)
- 53 g
- of which sugar
- 31 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 116 mg
Percentages are the share of calories from each macronutrient.
Alternatives
Costa CoffeeHigher-scoring, from Costa Coffee’s own “Pastries & Sweets” in United Kingdom.
Ingredients
Wheat Flour (WHEAT Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Folic Acid, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Sugar, Free Range EGG, Vegetable Oils (Rapeseed, Sunflower), Sicilian Lemon Curd (7%) (Sugar, Free Range EGG, Salted Butter (Butter (MILK), Salt), Water, Concentrated Lemon Juice (Concentrated Lemon Juice, Preservative (Sodium METABISULPHITE)), Gelling Agent (Agar), Lemon Oil), Humectant (Glycerol), Modified Maize Starch, Natural Flavouring, Raising Agents (E501 (ii), E575, Calcium Phosphates, E450 (i)), Lemon Zest, Emulsifiers (E471, E481), Dextrose, Preservative (E202), Cornflour, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Colour (Lutein), Vegetable Oils (Palm, Rapeseed), Enzymes (WHEAT).
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.