Why this score
engineered against fullnessConcentrated sugar, with little protein or fiber to slow it down; 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
- 798
- Protein
- (3%)
- 6 g
- Fat
- (45%)
- 40 g
- Carbohydrates
- (52%)
- 104 g
- of which sugar
- 78 g
- Fiber
- 0 g
- Sodium
- 948 mg
Percentages are the share of calories from each macronutrient.
Portillo’spublishes this item's nutrition but not what it weighs, so the portion above is worked back from the energy density of coffee cake (418 kcal per 100 g). That assumption moves the energy-density and sodium figures; the protein, fibre and craving parts of the score are ratios of calories and are unaffected.
Alternatives
Portillo’sHigher-scoring, from Portillo’s own “Homemade Desserts” in United States.
Nutrition as published by Portillo’s — check it yourself. The score measures satiety per calorie. It is not a virtue scale, and no food here is forbidden. How the score works.