Original Chic Pattie: 8g protein / 140 kcal = index value .0571
Speaking of Morningstar not-especially-healthy prepared breakfast foods- had the last of the bcn-egg-chz biscuits and a leftover remainder of the turkey-fusilli jumble to start the day, and probably an excessive amount of coffee. Did some housekeeping and let myself get hungry. For dinner, half a Subway dbl chx sub.
I knew the Lean Pockets turkey-bacon-whatever pretzel bread pockets were a decent index value, though the exact figures escaped me as I was standing in the freezer aisle. But the crappy little Pubilx down the street doesn't stock those anymore anyway. I figured the grilled chx / broccoli / aged cheddar type couldn't be that much worse. I figured wrong. The former is 14g protein and 280 kcal per pocket, for index value .05, better than a DD egg+chz on a multigrain bagel for about the same price. The chx-broc pocket is only 10g protein and 260 kcal per pocket, index value .0385 - below my "mediocre" bar (.0392), almost as bad as a powersauce (.0375 peanut butter style).
(same as a Chipotle salad with dressing, single meat chx and guac)
Italian Herb Chic Pattie: 10g / 170 kcal = index value .0588
Kellogg acquired Worthington Foods in 1999, which in turn owned Morningstar Farms. So those pricey M'star Chic Patties? At one time, recently enough that it's in Google's cache, the MorningstarFarms.com website had a FAQ page in which they stated only their Breakfast Patties were made with organic (non-GMO) soy, and all other products contained "biotech ingredients" (GMOs). (Also, the Chic Patties contain milk and egg, so, not vegan either.) It's an interesting question whether the Breakfast Pattie contained other (non-soy) ingredients that were GMO anyway, that is, if the soy was the only organic ingredient.