McDonald's · Chicken McNuggets® and Selects®
20 Chicken McNuggets ShareBox
50 g protein · 870 cals · 464 g
Why this score
easy to overeatDense calories with little protein, volume or fiber to fill you up.
Three routes to fullness — one is enough
What pulls it down
Per
- Calories
- 870
- Protein
- (23%)
- 50 g
- Fat
- (45%)
- 43 g
- Carbohydrates
- (32%)
- 68 g
- of which sugar
- 2 g
- Fiber
- 5 g
- Sodium
- 742 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 “Chicken McNuggets® and Selects®” in Ireland.
The same item, other countries
Same name, same chain, different kitchen. This is why the country is part of the address here.
Ingredients
Chicken McNuggets EITHER: Chicken Breast Meat (45%), Water, Vegetable Oils (Sunflower, Rapeseed), Maize Flour, <span class="offscreen">Allergen Ingredient: </span> <strong>WHEAT</strong> Flour (contains Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Starches, <span class="offscreen">Allergen Ingredient: </span> <strong>WHEAT</strong> Semolina, Breadcrumb (contains <span class="offscreen">Allergen Ingredient: </span> <strong>WHEAT</strong>), Natural Flavourings (contains <span class="offscreen">Allergen Ingredient: </span> <strong>CELERY</strong>), Potassium Chloride, Dried Glucose Syrup, <span class="offscreen">Allergen Ingredient: </span> <strong>WHEAT</strong> Gluten, Salt, Raising Agents (Sodium Carbonates), Pepper, <span class="offscreen">Allergen Ingredient: </span><strong>CELERY</strong>, Dextrose. <br><span class="offscreen">Potential Allergen Ingredient: </span>N.B. May contain traces of milk and mustard. <br>OR: Chicken Breast Meat (45%), Water, Vegetable Oils (Sunflower, Rapeseed), Maize Flour, <span class="offscreen">Allergen Ingredient: </span> <strong>WHEAT</strong> Flour (contains Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Starch, <span class="offscreen">Allergen Ingredient: </span> <strong>WHEAT</strong> Semolina, Breadcrumb (<span class="offscreen">Allergen Ingredient: </span><strong>WHEAT</strong> Flour (contains Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Salt), Natural Flavourings (contain <span class="offscreen">Allergen Ingredient: </span> <strong>CELERY</strong>), <span class="offscreen">Allergen Ingredient: </span> <strong>WHEAT</strong> Gluten, Potassium Chloride, Dried Glucose Syrup, Salt, Raising Agents (Sodium Carbonates), Spices (contain <span class="offscreen">Allergen Ingredient: </span><strong>CELERY</strong>), Dextrose. <br> <br><span class="offscreen">Potential Allergen Ingredient: </span>N.B. All the above may contain traces of milk and mustard. <br>Prepared in the restaurants using non-hydrogenated vegetable oil..
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.