Why this score
engineered against fullnessConcentrated sugar, with little protein or fiber to slow it down.
Three routes to fullness — one is enough
What pulls it down
Per
- Calories
- 420
- Protein
- (7%)
- 7 g
- Fat
- (37%)
- 17 g
- Carbohydrates
- (57%)
- 60 g
- of which sugar
- 53 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 80 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 ml contains — so it is their number, not our guess.
Alternatives
McDonald'sHigher-scoring, from McDonald's own “McCafé” in United States.
Ingredients
Ingredients: Ice., Caramel Coffee Frappe Base Ingredients: Cream, Skim Milk, Sugar, Water, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Milk, Coffee Extract, Natural And Artificial Flavors, Mono & Diglycerides, Guar Gum, Potassium Citrate, Disodium Phosphate, Carrageenan, Locust Bean Gum. Contains: Milk., Whipped Light Cream Ingredients: Cream, Nonfat Milk, Milk, Liquid Sugar, Contains 2% Or Less: Mono And Diglycerides, Natural Flavors, Carrageenan. Whipping Propellant (nitrous Oxide). Contains: Milk., Caramel Drizzle Ingredients: Corn Syrup, Sweetened Condensed Milk (milk, Sugar), Sugar, Water, Butter (cream, Salt), Salt, Disodium Phosphate, Natural Flavor (plant Source), Pectin, Caramel Color, Potassium Sorbate (preservative).
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.





