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
- 486
- Protein
- (5%)
- 6 g
- Fat
- (40%)
- 21 g
- Carbohydrates
- (55%)
- 66 g
- of which sugar
- 31 g
- Fiber
- 3 g
- Sodium
- 241 mg
Percentages are the share of calories from each macronutrient.
Starbuckspublishes this item's nutrition but not what it weighs, so the portion above is worked back from the energy density of chocolate chip muffin (402 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
StarbucksHigher-scoring, from Starbucks’ own “Bakery” 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.
Nutrition as published by Starbucks — check it yourself. Product photograph © Starbucks, 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.