sately

McDonald's · Breakfast

Bacon, Egg & Cheese McGriddles

8
Bacon, Egg & Cheese McGriddles

17 g protein · 429 cals · 166 g

Why this score

engineered against fullness

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

16% of kcal
49% water
5 g/Mcal

What pulls it down

12%
54%

How scores work

Per

Calories
429
Protein
(16%)
17 g
Fat
(44%)
21 g
Carbohydrates
(41%)
44 g
of which sugar
15 g
Fiber
2 g
Sodium
1,227 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's

Higher-scoring, from McDonald's own “Breakfast” in United States.

The same item, other countries

Same name, same chain, different kitchen. This is why the country is part of the address here.

Ingredients

Ingredients: Water, Enriched Flour (bleached Wheat Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Sugar, Dextrose, Palm Oil, Contains 2% Or Less: Brown Sugar, Baking Powder (baking Soda, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Monocalcium Phosphate), Modified Tapioca Starch, Rice Flour, Whey Powder, Salt, Natural Flavors, Buttermilk Powder, Soybean Oil, Caramel Color, Soy Lecithin. Contains: Wheat, Milk, Soy., Folded Egg Ingredients: Eggs, Nonfat Milk, Modified Food Starch, Salt, Citric Acid. Contains: Egg, Milk., Pasteurized Process American Cheese Ingredients: Milk, Cream, Water, Sodium Citrate, Salt, Cheese Cultures, Citric Acid, Enzymes, Soy Lecithin, Color Added. Contains: Milk, Soy., Thick Cut Applewood Smoked Bacon Ingredients: Pork Bellies Cured With Water, Salt, Sugar, Natural Smoke Flavor, Sodium Phosphate, Sodium Erythorbate, Sodium Nitrite., Clarified Butter Ingredients: Pasteurized Cream (butterfat).

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.

All 114 items on the United States McDonald's menu