McDonald's · Chicken fish

Chicken McNuggets

29 g protein · 502 cals · 200 g

Why this score

easy to overeat

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

22% of kcal

52% water

0 g/Mcal

What pulls it down

33%

How scores work

Per

Calories: 502
Protein: (22%); 29 g
Fat: (51%); 29 g
Carbohydrates: (27%); 35 g
of which sugar: <1 g
Fiber: 0 g
Sodium: 1,058 mg

Percentages are the share of calories from each macronutrient.

Alternatives

McDonald's

Higher-scoring, from McDonald's own “Chicken fish” in New Zealand.

26
3 pc Chicken McWings28 g protein · 491 cals · 210 g

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: Chicken, Water, Flour (<b>Wheat</b>, Maize), Vegetable Oil (Canola), Thickeners (1422, 1420), Salt, Raising Agents and Mineral Salts (450, 500, 535, 536, 327, 341), Spices (White Pepper, Celery Seed, Black Pepper), Dextrose, Starch (Potato, Tapioca).

Nutrition as published by McDonald's — check it yourself. The score measures satiety per calorie. It is not a virtue scale, and no food here is forbidden. How the score works.

All 98 items on the New Zealand McDonald's menu