McDonald's · Breakfast

Bagel Plain

9 g protein · 270 cals · 90 g

Why this score

engineered against fullness

Dense calories with little protein, volume or fiber to fill you up.

Three routes to fullness — one is enough

13% of kcal

28% water

7 g/Mcal

What pulls it down

10%

15%

How scores work

Per

Calories: 270
Protein: (13%); 9 g
Fat: (12%); 4 g
Carbohydrates: (75%); 51 g
of which sugar: 5 g
Fiber: 2 g
Sodium: 550 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

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

Ingredients

Ingredients: Enriched Flour (wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Water, Sugar, Soybean Oil, Contains 2% Or Less: Salt, Yeast, Wheat Gluten, Tapioca Starch, Dough Conditioners (ascorbic Acid, Enzymes).

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.

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