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McDonald's · Breakfast

Egg McMuffin

20
Egg McMuffin

17 g protein · 309 cals · 138 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
55% water
6 g/Mcal

What pulls it down

1%
37%

How scores work

Per

Calories
309
Protein
(22%)
17 g
Fat
(38%)
13 g
Carbohydrates
(39%)
30 g
of which sugar
3 g
Fiber
2 g
Sodium
768 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: Enriched Flour (wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamine, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Water, Yeast, Yellow Corn Meal (degermed Yellow Corn Meal And Corn Flour), Contains 2% Or Less: Sugar, Soybean Oil, Salt, Dough Conditioners (mono-, Di- And Tricalcium Phosphate, Datem, Ascorbic Acid, Enzymes, Ethylated Mono And Diglycerides), Wheat Gluten, Cultured Wheat Flour, Citric Acid, Baking Soda, Fumaric Acid. Contains: Wheat. May Contain: Sesame., Egg Ingredients: Usda Grade A Eggs. Contains: Egg., Canadian Bacon Ingredients: Pork Cured With: Water, Sugar, Salt, Contains 2% Or Less: Sodium Lactate, Sodium Phosphate, Natural Flavor, Maltodextrin, Sodium Diacetate And Sodium Nitrite (preservatives)., Pasteurized Process American Cheese Ingredients: Milk, Cream, Water, Sodium Citrate, Salt, Cheese Cultures, Citric Acid, Enzymes, Soy Lecithin, Color Added. Contains: Milk, Soy., Salted Butter Ingredients: Cream, Salt. Contains: Milk., 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.

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