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McDonald's · Snacks & Sides

World Famous Fries

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World Famous Fries

3 g protein · 230 cals · 78 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

5% of kcal
42% water
13 g/Mcal

What pulls it down

45%

How scores work

Per

Calories
230
Protein
(5%)
3 g
Fat
(42%)
11 g
Carbohydrates
(53%)
31 g
of which sugar
0 g
Fiber
3 g
Sodium
190 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 “Snacks & Sides” in United States.

Ingredients

Ingredients: Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (canola Oil, Corn Oil, Soybean Oil, Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Natural Beef Flavor [wheat And Milk Derivatives]*), Dextrose, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate (maintain Color), Salt. *natural Beef Flavor Contains Hydrolyzed Wheat And Hydrolyzed Milk As Starting Ingredients.

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