Fast Food Best and Worst Items to Order
Posted: Thursday, September 28, 2006
by Nicole Anderson
Cash Unclaimed
By the time you finish reading this you will be shocked by the calorie, fat ad sodium content in the popular fast food items you may order. You will also know the best fast food items to order if you stop for fast food.
The hectic life people lead forces even the healthiest of eaters to eat out every now and then. When you eat fast food how bad or good are the things you order? Do you know how many calories, sodium or fat grams are in your favorite fast food? Wonder where the extra pounds are coming from? Your fast food choices may be contributing.
With the nations obesity epidemic growing and as hard as people work to get in shape or watch what they eat, it is important to know the nutritional information on your fast food.
You may be surprised at calories, fat and sodium in some items that appear to be a relatively “healthy" fast food choice.
|
Fast Food Chain |
Item |
Calories |
Fat Grams |
Sodium (mg) |
|
TACO BELL |
|
|
|
|
|
Smart Choices |
Crunchy Taco Fresca Style (no cheese, no sauce) |
150 |
7 |
360 |
|
|
Crunchy Taco |
170 |
10 |
560 |
|
|
Ranchero Chicken Soft Taco Fresca Style |
170 |
4 |
710* |
|
|
Grilled Steak Soft Taco Fresca Style |
170 |
5 |
560 |
|
|
Gordita Baja Steak Fresca Style |
230 |
7 |
570 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Watch Out! |
1/2 lb Beef Combo Burrito |
470 |
19 |
1620 |
|
|
1/2 lb Beef & Potato Burrito |
540 |
25 |
1660 |
|
|
Grilled Stuffed Burrito Beed |
720 |
32 |
2140 |
|
|
Nachos Bell Grande |
750 |
36 |
1400 |
|
|
Fiesta Taco Salad |
860 |
46 |
1800 |
|
|
Fiesta Taco Salad without Shell |
490 |
25 |
1530 |
|
|
Mexican Pizza |
540 |
31 |
1040 |
|
MCDONALD'S |
|
|
|
|
|
Smart Choices |
Hamburger |
260 |
9 |
530 |
|
|
Chicken Nuggets 4 piece |
170 |
10 |
450 |
|
|
Chicken Nuggets 6 piece |
250 |
15 |
670 |
|
|
Fruit & Yogurt Parfait |
160 |
2 |
85 |
|
|
Egg McMuffin |
300 |
12 |
860* |
|
|
Side Salad |
20 |
0 |
10 |
|
|
California Cobb with Grilled Chicken |
280 |
11 |
1120* |
|
|
California Cobb without Chicken |
160 |
9 |
410 |
|
|
Small Fries |
250 |
13 |
140 |
|
|
Newman's Own Low Fat Basalmic Vinaigrette |
40 |
3 |
730** |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Watch Out! |
Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese |
730 |
40 |
1330 |
|
|
Premium Crispy Club Chicken Sandwich |
680 |
29 |
1830 |
|
|
Large Fries |
570 |
30 |
330 |
|
|
Chicken Select Premium Breast Strips 3 piece |
380 |
20 |
930 |
|
|
Chicken Select Premium Breast Strips 5 piece |
630 |
33 |
1550 |
|
|
Creamy Ranch Sauce |
200 |
21 |
300 |
|
|
Big Breakfast |
730 |
46 |
1470 |
|
|
Deluxe Warm Cinnamon Roll |
590 |
24 |
660 |
|
|
Chocolate Triple Thick Shake Large |
1160 |
27 |
510 |
When ordering you can simply change your dressing on the salad to save calories and fat. The low fat dressing is 160 calories and 18 grams of fat per serving less than the ranch dressing.
|
ARBY'S |
|
|
|
|
|
Smart Choices |
Fruit Cup |
34 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Jr. Roast Beef Sandwich |
273 |
10 |
740* |
|
|
Mini Market Fresh Ham & Cheese Sandwich |
228 |
5 |
916* |
|
|
Mini Market Fresh Turkey & Cheese Sandwich |
235 |
5 |
798* |
|
|
Ham & Cheese Croissant |
274 |
12 |
842* |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Watch Out! |
Roast Beef Sub |
722 |
41 |
2211 |
|
|
Turkey, Ranch & Bacon Sandwich |
834 |
37 |
2258 |
|
|
Large Roast Beef Sandwich |
547 |
28 |
1869 |
|
|
Chipolte Chicken Sandwich Crispy |
680 |
37 |
1228 |
|
|
Philly Beef & Swiss Sub |
669 |
35 |
1943 |
|
|
5 Piece Chicken Tenders |
630 |
31 |
1977 |
|
|
Buffalo Dipping Sauce |
20 |
1 |
1600 |
|
|
Ham, Egg & Cheese Sourdough |
678 |
35 |
2105 |
|
KFC |
|
|
|
|
|
Smart Choices |
Roasted Ceasar Salad without Croutons or dressing |
220 |
9 |
850* |
|
|
Roasted BLT Salad without Croutons or dressing |
210 |
7 |
900* |
|
|
Hidden Valley Fat Free Ranch |
35 |
0 |
410 |
|
|
Honey BBQ KFC Snacker |
220 |
3.5 |
490 |
|
|
Honey BBQ KFC Sandwich |
300 |
6 |
920* |
|
|
Chicken Breast without Skin or Breading |
140 |
3 |
410 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Watch Out! |
Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing |
200 |
20 |
470 |
|
|
Triple Crunch Sandwich |
650 |
34 |
1640 |
|
|
Extra Crispy Chicken Breast |
460 |
28 |
1230 |
|
|
Large Popcorn Chicken |
560 |
31 |
1790 |
|
|
Crispy Twister |
670 |
38 |
1650 |
* Denotes high sodium content item listed under smart choice selection.
Most large chains have a nutritional information page on their website. You can look and see what the nutritional information is on the things you commonly order and also pick the items that would be smarter choices for your diet and health.
Changing your normal fast food order could save you hundreds, or even thousands, of calories per meal and help you shed or fend off extra pounds. Eat healthy and live happy.
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