Why this score
engineered against fullnessFat 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
- 481
- Protein
- (17%)
- 20 g
- Fat
- (58%)
- 31 g
- Carbohydrates
- (25%)
- 30 g
- of which sugar
- 2 g
- Fiber
- 2 g
- Sodium
- 832 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 “Breakfast” in United States.
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., Sausage Patty Ingredients: Pork, Water, Salt, Spices, Dextrose, Sugar, Rosemary Extract, Natural Flavors., 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.