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
- 278
- Protein
- (5%)
- 3 g
- Fat
- (53%)
- 16 g
- Carbohydrates
- (43%)
- 29 g
- of which sugar
- 24 g
- Fiber
- 2 g
- Sodium
- 16 mg
Percentages are the share of calories from each macronutrient.
The serving weight is worked out from McDonald's own two sets of figures — what one serving contains, against what 100 g contains — so it is their number, not our guess.
Alternatives
McDonald'sHigher-scoring, from McDonald's own “Desserts” in United Kingdom.
The same item, other countries
Same name, same chain, different kitchen. This is why the country is part of the address here.
Ingredients
Chocolate Brownie: "<span class="offscreen">"Sugar, Plain Chocolate (20%) (Sugar, Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter, Emulsifier (</span><strong>SOYA</strong>"<span class="offscreen">"Lecithin), Natural Vanilla Flavouring), Water, Vegetable Oil (Rapeseed), Butter (</span><strong>MILK</strong>"<span class="offscreen">"),</span><strong>WHEAT</strong>"<span class="offscreen">"Flour (with Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Milk Chocolate (5%) (Sugar, Whole</span><strong>MILK</strong>"<span class="offscreen">"Powder, Cocoa Butter, Cocoa Mass, Emulsifier (</span><strong>SOYA</strong>"<span class="offscreen">"Lecithin), Natural Vanilla Flavouring), Free Range Whole</span><strong>EGG</strong>"<span class="offscreen">"Powder, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder (3%).</span>N.B. May contain traces of oat.N.B. May contain traces of oat.N.B. May contain traces of oat.
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.