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
- 615
- Protein
- (28%)
- 40 g
- Fat
- (32%)
- 20 g
- Carbohydrates
- (40%)
- 58 g
- of which sugar
- 4 g
- Fiber
- 0 g
- Sodium
- 1,623 mg
Percentages are the share of calories from each macronutrient.
Alternatives
McDonald'sHigher-scoring, from McDonald's own “Burgers” in New Zealand.
Ingredients
SPICY THIGH FILLET: Chicken, Water, Flour (<b>Wheat</b>), Vegetable Oil (Canola), Thickeners (1412, 1442), Salt, Yeast Extract, Natural Flavours, Spices And Spice Extracts (Rosemary), Vegetable Powder, Emulsifier (450, 322), Raising Agent (500), Antioxidant (392), Natural Colour (160c), Mineral Salt (450), Anti-Caking Agent (551), <b>Wheat</b> <b>Gluten</b>, Hydrolysed Vegetable Protein, Rice Starch, Maltodextrin, Citrus Extract. QUARTER BUN: <b>Wheat</b> Flour (Vitamin (Folate)), Water, Sugar, Canola Oil, Glaze (Water, Vegetable Protein, Sunflower Oil, Dextrose, Maltodextrin, Maize Starch), Sesame Seeds, Yeast (Yeast, Water, Thickener (415)), Iodised Salt, Improver (<b>Wheat</b> Flour, <b>Wheat</b> Malt Flour, Antioxidant (300), Enzymes (Contains <b>Wheat</b>)), Preservative (262), Natural Flavour, Thickener (412), <b>Wheat</b> <b>Gluten</b>, Emulsifier (472e, 471), Inactive Dry Yeast. MCCHICKEN SAUCE: Water, Vegetable Oil [Antioxidant (307b)], Vinegar, Glucose Syrup, <b>Egg</b> Yolk, Thickener (1442, 415), Sugar, Salt, Spice, Mustard Flour, Emulsifiers (435, 433), Preservative (202), Acidity Regulator (270). SHREDDED LETTUCE: Shredded Iceberg Lettuce.
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.