Why this score
easy to overeatFat 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
- 275
- Protein
- (26%)
- 17 g
- Fat
- (42%)
- 13 g
- Carbohydrates
- (32%)
- 22 g
- of which sugar
- 1 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 512 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 “Kyckling och fisk” in Sweden.
The same item, other countries
Same name, same chain, different kitchen. This is why the country is part of the address here.
Ingredients
<b>Chicken McNuggets</b><br/>Kycklingfilé (46%), vatten, mjöl (<b>vete</b>, majs), vegetabiliska oljor (solros, raps), grovmalt <b>vete</b>, modifierad stärkelse, <b>vete</b>stärkelse, salt, <b>vetegluten</b>, arom (innehåller <b>vete</b>), bakpulver: difosfat; natriumkarbonat; kalciumfosfat, svartpeppar, socker, <b>selleri</b>, kryddextrakt (innehåller <b>selleri</b>), glukossirap.
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.