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A trademark used for a soft drink. See Regional Note at tonic. coke 1 n. . That pretty much summed up McDonald's McDonald’s fast-food restaurant chain throughout the world; recognized by golden arches. [Am. Culture: Misc.] See : Ubiquity half a century ago. Today, fast-food fast food n. Inexpensive food, such as hamburgers and fried chicken, prepared and served quickly. fast menus are crowed with large burgers, large fries, and large Cokes. And the U.S. is crowded with large people. In the wake of the huge splash made by "Super Size Me," a film that graphically depicts the beefing up of a fast-food eater, McDonald's dropped its Super Size fries and drinks last year. But its menu is still a minefield of densely packed calorie calorie, abbr. cal, unit of heat energy in the metric system. The measurement of heat is called calorimetry. The calorie, or gram calorie, is the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of pure water 1°C;. bombs waiting to explode (1) To break down an assembly into its component pieces. Contrast with implode. (2) To decompress data back to its original form. in your belly belly /bel·ly/ (bel´e) 1. abdomen. 2. venter (1). bel·ly n. 1. See abdomen. 2. The stomach. 3. The womb; the uterus. . And most come with special bonus harmful fat that are programmed to rough up your arteries Arteries Blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood away from the heart to the cells, tissues, and organs of the body. Mentioned in: Adrenergic Blockers, Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors, Antihypertensive Drugs, Hypertension, Thrombolytic Therapy, . On the other hand, it's it's 1. Contraction of it is. 2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its. it's it is or it has it's be ~have possible to find a handful of decent items--like entree salads and grilled grill tr.v. grilled, grill·ing, grills 1. To broil on a gridiron. 2. To torture or afflict as if by broiling. 3. Informal To question relentlessly; cross-examine. 4. chicken sandwiches--at fast-food burger joints. And the three top chains now disclose artery-clogging trans fat trans fat n. 1. A trans fatty acid. 2. Trans fatty acids considered as a group. trans fat A fat containing trans fatty acids. in addition to calories and other numbers, so sensible people can dodge what's not good for them. Unfortunately, it's tough to dodge sodium. Like most restaurant food, fast food is loaded with salt. That's why we awarded only three Best Bites. Most our Better Bites, while healthier than the rest of the menu, are still unnecessarily high in sodium. Fast food has taken a hit in recent years. "Fast-casual" chains--like Panera, Au Bon Pain Au Bon Pain (French: At the Place with the Good Bread) is a fast-casual bakery/cafe chain headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Louis Rapuano and Louis Kane founded Au Bon Pain in 1978. Pavailler contributed baking machinery to the venture. , Chipotle chi·pot·le n. A ripe jalapeño pepper that has been dried and smoked for use in cooking. [American Spanish, from Nahuatl xipotli.] Noun 1. , and Baja Fresh--are nibbling nibbling Nutrition The consumption of multiple–up to 17–'mini-meals' per day, as opposed to the usual 3 meals/day. Cf Bingeing, Gorging. at its heels. But Americans still get some ten percent of their calories from fast food. And the menus at McDonald's, Burger King, and Wendy's shape the meals served everywhere from school and hospital cafeterias to snack bars and amusement parks This page contains a list of amusement parks by
So even if you only eat at McDonald's, etc., when you're in a rush or on the road, it's worth knowing what's behind the counter. Here are five key trends at the top burger chains. 1 Super Salads Fast-food salads mean more than iceberg lettuce iceberg lettuce n. A crisp, round, compact head of lettuce with light green, tightly folded leaves. [From its pale color. these days. Burger King's Fire-Grilled Garden Salads A garden salad is a salad consisting of lettuce and simple vegetables found in a small vegetable garden such as tomatoes, carrots, onions, and dressing. , for example, bump up bump up Verb Informal to increase (prices) by a large amount Verb 1. bump up - increase or raise; "OPEC bumped up the price of oil" the vitamins and fiber by adding romaine, carrots, red onions On·ions , Charles Talbut 1873-1965. British philologist and lexicographer who was coeditor of the Oxford English Dictionary from 1914 to 1933. , cucumber cucumber, fruit of Cucumis sativus, a species of gourd whose many varieties are descended from a plant native to Asia and Africa. Cucumber is classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Violales, family Curcurbitaceae. , and grape tomatoes A grape tomato is a class of tomatoes originally believed to be of southeast Asian origin, shaped similarly to the oblong plum tomatoes but having the small size and sweetness of cherry tomatoes. They produce small and typically oblong fruits. . And you can cover it all with fast food's tastiest grilled chicken or shrimp, "served hot from The Pouch pouch (pouch) a pocket or sac. abdominovesical pouch one formed by reflection of the peritoneum from the abdominal wall to the anterior surface of the bladder. ." With Vinaigrette, the bad fat (4 grams of saturated saturated /sat·u·rat·ed/ (sach´ah-rat?ed) 1. denoting a chemical compound that has only single bonds and no double or triple bonds between atoms. 2. unable to hold in solution any more of a given substance. plus trans) and calories (around 300) stay low, but the sodium (about 1,800 milligrams) doesn't. Still, BK's Fire-Grilleds beat its TenderCrisp Salads. The trans and sat fat in the TenderCrisps' fried chicken Fried chicken is chicken which is dipped in a breading mixture and then deep fried, pan fried or pressure fried. The breading seals in the juices but also absorbs the fat of the fryer, which is sometimes seen as unhealthy. strips--served hot over the greens--boost the bad fat to 10 or 11 grams and the calories to around 500. McDonald's Bacon Ranch ranch, large farm devoted chiefly to raising and breeding cattle, horses, sheep, and goats. The cattle ranch was introduced from Latin America to Texas and the plains of the W United States and Canada. , California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). Cobb, and Caesar Salads caesar salad n. A tossed salad of greens, anchovies, croutons, and grated cheese with a dressing of olive oil, lemon juice, and a raw or coddled egg. also come topped with warm Grilled or Crispy crisp·y adj. crisp·i·er, crisp·i·est 1. Firm but easily broken or crumbled; crisp. 2. Having small curls, waves, or ripples. Chicken. Go with Grilled to keep the calories at around 400 and the bad fat at 7 grams (much of it from the cheese). Crispy chicken means about S00 calories and 9 or 10 grams of bad fat (half a day's worth). And just about any fast-food salad with chicken and dressing means more than half a day's sodium. Only one of Wendy's Garden Sensations Salads--the Mandarin Mandarin (măn`dərĭn) [Port. mandar=to govern, or from Malay mantri=counselor of state], a high official of imperial China. For each of the nine grades there was a different colored button worn on the dress cap. Chicken--is a Better Bite. The Taco Supremo su·pre·mo n. pl. su·pre·mos Chiefly British One who is highest in authority or command, as of an organization. [Spanish and Italian, supreme, supremo, from Latin , Homestyle Chicken Strips, Chicken BLT 1. BLT - /B-L-T/, /bl*t/ or (rarely) /belt/ Synonym for blit. This is the original form of blit and the ancestor of bitblt. It refers to any large bit-field copy or move operation (one resource-intensive memory-shuffling operation done on pre-paged versions of ITS, WAITS and , and Spring Mix Salad each has about half a day's bad fat (from their cheese and/or meat) without dressing. In contrast, the (cheese-free) Mandarin Chicken--with mixed greens, diced chicken, mandarin orange sections, roasted roast v. roast·ed, roast·ing, roasts v.tr. 1. To cook with dry heat, as in an oven or near hot coals. 2. To dry, brown, or parch by exposing to heat. 3. almonds, crispy noodles noo·dle 1 n. A narrow, ribbonlike strip of dried dough, usually made of flour, eggs, and water. [German Nudel. , and Oriental oriental having some connection with the Orient. oriental avian eye fluke see philophthalmusgralli. oriental blood fluke schistosomajaponicum. oriental cattle plague see rinderpest. Sesame dressing--keeps the harmful fat low (4 grams). Use just half the packet of dressing and you'll lop off Verb 1. lop off - remove by or as if by cutting; "cut off the ear"; "lop off the dead branch" chop off, cut off abscise - remove or separate by abscission roach - cut the mane off (a horse) about 100 calories. But you'll still end up downing 970 mg of sodium--more than a third of a day's worth. (We allowed more saturated fat saturated fat, any solid fat that is an ester of glycerol and a saturated fatty acid. The molecules of a saturated fat have only single bonds between carbon atoms; if double bonds are present in the fatty acid portion of the molecule, the fat is said to be in Better Bite salads than in other fast foods because the sat fat is offset by the heart-healthy unsaturated fat unsaturated fat: see saturated fat. from the dressing and by the salads' vegetables.) 2 Healthy: Here Today ... ... gone tomorrow. That's one way to describe the short lives of lighter items on fast-food menus. Last summer, McDonald's launched--then dropped--its Go Active Happy Meals for adults, which featured an entree salad, bottled water, and a pedometer pe·dom·e·ter n. An instrument that gauges the approximate distance traveled on foot by registering the number of steps taken. pedometer Noun . Also gone from the chain's "core" menu (which is available nationwide) are the Low Fat Apple Bran Muffin Noun 1. bran muffin - muffin containing bran muffin, gem - a sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan and the regular-size Fruit 'n Yogurt Parfait A yogurt parfait is a concoction made with yogurt, fruit, and (often) granola. It is generally made in layers in a tall glass. Although the term parfait traditionally refers to an ice cream treat similar to a sundae, the meaning has drifted toward the yogurt variety in (only the small remains, though individual outlets may still sell the regular). Likewise, Burger King buried bur·y tr.v. bur·ied, bur·y·ing, bur·ies 1. To place in the ground: bury a bone. 2. a. To place (a corpse) in a grave, a tomb, or the sea; inter. b. its Lite Combo Meals, which offered three chicken sandwiches Noun 1. chicken sandwich - a sandwich made with a filling of sliced chicken sandwich - two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them with a side salad and bottled water. And McDonald's served up the ultimate indignity in·dig·ni·ty n. pl. in·dig·ni·ties 1. Humiliating, degrading, or abusive treatment. 2. A source of offense, as to a person's pride or sense of dignity; an affront. 3. by abandoning its 2002 pledge to reduce the artery-clogging trans fat in its foods by switching frying oils. McDonald's never made the oil change (though press reports occasionally give the company credit for it). Salads aside, health-conscious customers are stuck with a limited menu: * Grilled chicken sandwiches. Wendy's Ultimate Chicken Grill Grill may refer to: In food:
having a moderate moisture content, slightly wet to the touch. moist dermatitis see moist dermatitis of rabbits. moist grain storage grain stored at about 30% moisture in airtight silos. , so it's loaded with sodium. * Veggie burgers For a burgerless burger, see . A veggie burger is a vegetarian hamburger. The patty of a veggie burger can be made from vegetables, nuts, dairy, mushrooms, textured vegetable protein (TVP), or a combination of these. They are sometimes vegan. . Although we found McVeggies at a handful of McDonald's in California and New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , only Burger King offers non-meat eaters a sandwich nationwide. (If you want to make sure that your veggie burger doesn't touch any meat or chicken, ask to have it microwaved.) If you get your BK Veggie The BK Veggie is a vegetarian soy-based meatless sandwich that is served at Burger King restaurants. The sandwich is not vegan, as it has dairy components. It is one of BK's health conscious oriented menu items. grilled, it'll have a more-intense flavor if you order it well-done. Too bad you can't order it with less than 930 mg of sodium. * Fruit & yogurt yogurt: see fermented milk. yogurt Semisolid, fermented, often flavoured milk food. Yogurt is known and consumed in almost all parts of the world. . The frozen blueberries and strawberries in McDonald's Fruit 'n Yogurt Parfait trounce the jam-like fruit in supermarket fruit yogurts. Even with its granola, the parfait has just 160 calories and 1 gram of bad fat. And Wendy's has announced plans for a Fresh Fruit Bowl (pineapple pineapple, common name for one member of and for the Bromeliaceae, a family of chiefly epiphytic herbs and small shrubs native to the American tropics and subtropics. , canstaloupe, honeydew, and red grapes Grapes - A Modula-like system description language. E-mail: <peter@cadlab.cadlab.de>. ["GRAPES Language Description. Syntax, Semantics and Grammar of GRAPES-86", Siemens Nixdorf Inform, Berlin 1991, ISBN 3-8009-4112-0]. ), with or without low-fat strawberry strawberry, any plant of the genus Fragaria of the family Rosaceae (rose family), low herbaceous perennials with edible red fruits, native to temperate and mountainous tropical regions. The European everbearing strawberry (F. yogurt. 3. Talking Trans At fast-food restaurants, fried 1. (hardware) fried - Non-working due to hardware failure; burnt out. Especially used of hardware brought down by a "power glitch" (see glitch), drop-outs, a short, or some other electrical event. food means trans fat. Among the biggest sources: * Fries. Trans starts at 3 grams for a small and reaches 6 grams for a large. (While those numbers may not seem high, they are: according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a government advisory committee, someone who eats 2,000 calories a day shouldn't have more than 2 grams of trans fat.) Add in sat fat and you can see why a large fries at McDonald's, at 11 grams of harmful fat and $20 calories, is about equal to a Big Mac. Likewise, a king size flies at Burger King (16 grams of bad fat) is in Whopper territory. * Fried chicken & fish. Some flied foods have more trans fat than others. McDonald's Filet" O-Fish, McChicken, and Crispy Chicken and Wendy's Spicy and Homestyle Chicken Fillet fillet /fil·let/ (fil´et) 1. a loop, as of cord or tape, for making traction on the fetus. 2. in the nervous system, a long band of nerve fibers. fil·let n. 1. Sandwiches clock in at around 1 gram of trans. Add their sat fat and the harmful fat reaches 5 or 6 grams. In contrast, Burger King's TenderCrisp Chicken Sandwich delivers 4 grams of trans plus 7 grams of sat fat. Its 1,730 mg of sodium and 780 calories add insult in·sult n. A bodily injury, irritation, or trauma. insult Medtalk noun Any stressful stimulus which, under normal circumstances, does not affect the host organism, but which may result in morbidity, when it to injury. Nuggets Nuggets can refer to several branches of interest:
ounce, in zoology: see leopard. ounce, unit of measurement ounce: see English units of measurement. for ounce, Burger King Chicken Tenders have SO percent more trans plus sat fat than McDonald's Chicken McNuggets Chicken McNuggets (introduced in June 1983) are a fast food product offered by the restaurant chain McDonald's. They popularized the chicken nugget, which had been invented in the 1950s, and are one of the most popular trademarked items on the McDonald's menu. or Wendy's Homestyle Chicken Strips. An order of eight BK Chicken Tenders swallows almost half a day's bad fat. But the Chutzpah chutz·pah also hutz·pah n. Utter nerve; effrontery: "has the chutzpah to claim a lock on God and morality" New York Times. Award goes to McDonald's Chicken Selects. The company propaganda propaganda, systematic manipulation of public opinion, generally by the use of symbols such as flags, monuments, oratory, and publications. Modern propaganda is distinguished from other forms of communication in that it is consciously and deliberately used to ("... made with premium-quality chicken breast meat, seasoned and lightly breaded so they are crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside") makes them sound downright down·right adj. 1. Thoroughgoing; unequivocal: a downright lie. 2. Forthright; candid. adv. Thoroughly; absolutely. healthy. Ounce for ounce, they're no better than Chicken McNuggets. 4 Still Super Sized McDonald's got rid of its Super Size fries and drinks, but when it comes to burgers, "big" still sells. With 420 calories and 8 grams of bad fat, McDonald's Quarter Pounder The Quarter Pounder is a sandwich sold by international fast food chain McDonald's. Along with the Big Mac, it is one of McDonald's two signature products. Product description seems positively dainty compared to Burger King's Whopper (700 calories and 14 grams of bad fat). For the semi-suicidal, Burger King offers up a Double Whopper with Cheese and Wendy's sells a Classic Triple with Cheese. Each hovers around 1,000 calories and 1 1/2 days' worth of harmful fat (though both pale in comparison to Hardee's 1,400-calorie Monster Thickburger). Perhaps these chains ought to have their customers sign a release before letting them order. And just because super sizes are gone, don't assume that drinks do no harm. A McDonald's large Coke will set you back 310 calories. And Burger King still has its king size Coke to pad your meal (and bottom) with 390 calories. Move on to milk shakes milk shake a solution of sodium bicarbonate administered to racehorses by stomach tube 4 to 6 hours before racing to produce a metabolic acidosis. Promoted as a means of producing relief from tying-up and delaying the onset of fatigue by producing additional buffering to counteract and the calories soar SOAR - 1. State, Operator And Result. A general problem-solving production system architecture, intended as a model of human intelligence. Developed by A. Newell in the early 1980s. SOAR was originally implemented in Lisp and OPS5 and is currently implemented in Common Lisp. . Burger King charges 410 calories for a small shake, 580 for a medium, and 830 for a large. And the large throws in close to a day's worth of saturated fat. McDonald's Triple Thick Shakes get you prepped for a triple bypass. The calories range from 430 for a 12-ouncer to a scale-busting 1,130 for the 32-ounce version. (No wonder chains refuse to post calories on their menu boards. Why tell customers that they're washing down their fatty, salty salt·y adj. salt·i·er, salt·i·est 1. Of, containing, or seasoned with salt. 2. Suggestive of the sea or sailing life. 3. Witty; pungent; earthy: salty humor. meals with more than 1,000 calories?) 5 The Meal Deal Most Value Meals (Wendy's calls them Combo Meals) include fries and a soft drink, which means at least 1,000 calories if you order medium sizes. And calories are just the start. At McDonald's, the best medium Extra Value Meal--the Chicken McGrill--supplies half a day's bad fat and sodium. A Big Mac, Quarter Pounder with Cheese, or S-piece Chicken Selects medium Extra Value Meal means an entire day's worth of bad fat. Burger King's numbers are even worse. The least damaging medium Value Meal--the Chicken Whopper--comes with 3/4 of a day's bad fat and sodium. Most other medium meals have about a day's bad fat. Move up from a medium and the numbers are scary scar·y adj. scar·i·er, scar·i·est 1. Causing fright or alarm. 2. Easily scared; very timid. scar . Expect about a day's calories, more than a day's sodium, and more than two days' worth of bad fat from a Double Whopper with Cheese King Value Meal at Burger King or a Classic Triple with Cheese plus Great Biggie big·gie n. Slang 1. A very important person: "hassles between executive biggies" New York. 2. Fries and a Biggie Cola at Wendy's. Yum. But Wendy's also offers the best value meal we found. It's the only major fast-food burger chain where you can add a side salad (or baked potato or small order of chili (language) CHILI - D.L. Abt. A language for systems programming, based on ALGOL 60 with extensions for structures and type declarations. ["CHILI, An Algorithmic Language for Systems Programming", CHI-1014, Chi Corp, Sep 1975] ) instead of fries. The Ultimate Chicken Grill Sandwich paired with a Side Salad with Low Fat Honey Mustard dressing and Iced Tea delivers only 500 calories and 2 grams of bad fat (though it also carries 1,450 mg of sodium).
The Fast Lane
Within each section foods are ranked from least to
most bad fat (saturated +trans), then calories.
Total Fat
Burgers, etc. Calories (grams)
[check] Burger King BK Veggie 380 16
[check] McDonald's Hamburger 260 9
[check] Wendy's Jr. Hamburger 280 9
[check] McDonald's McVeggie * 350 8
Burger King Hamburger 310 13
McDonald's Cheeseburger 310 12
Burger King Whopper Jr. 390 22
McDonald's Quarter Pounder 420 18
Wendy's Classic Single 430 20
Burger King
The Angus Steak Burger 570 22
McDonald's Big N' Tasty 520 29
McDonald's Big Mac 560 30
McDonald's Quarter
Pounder with Cheese 510 25
Wendy's Big Bacon Classic 580 29
Burger King Whopper 700 42
Wendy's Classic
Double with Cheese 700 39
Burger King
Whopper with Cheese 800 49
McDonald's Double Quarter
Pounder with Cheese 730 40
Burger King Double Whopper 970 61
Wendy's Classic
Triple with Cheese 970 59
Burger King Double Whopper
with Cheese 1,060 69
Chicken & Fish Sandwiches
[check] Wendy's Ultimate Chicken Grill 360 7
[check] McDonald's Chicken McGrill 400 16
[check] McDonald's Filet-O-Fish 400 18
[check] Wendy's Spicy Chicken Fillet 510 19
[check] Burger King Chicken Whopper 570 25
McDonald's McChicken 420 22
McDonald's Crispy Chicken 500 23
Wendy's Homestyle
Chicken Fillet 540 22
Burger King Chicken 560 28
Burger King
TenderCrisp Chicken 780 45
Burger King BK Fish Filet 520 30
French Fries
McDonald's, small (2 1/2 oz.) 230 11
Burger King, small (2 1/2 oz.) 230 11
Wendy's, small (3 oz.) 280 14
McDonald's, medium (4 oz.) 350 16
Wendy's, medium (5 oz.) 440 21
Burger King, medium (4 oz.) 360 18
Wendy's, Biggie (5 1/2 oz.) 490 24
McDonald's, large (6 oz.) 520 25
Wendy's, Great
Biggie (6 1/2 oz.) 590 29
Burger King, large (5 1/2 oz.) 500 25
Burger King, king (7 oz.) 600 30
Chicken Nuggets (no. pieces-weight)
McDonald's McNuggets
(6-3 1/2 oz.) 250 15
Burger King Tenders
(5-2 1/2 oz.) 210 12
McDonald's Selects
(3-4 1/2 oz.) 380 20
Wendy's Homestyle
Strips (3-5 1/2 oz.) 410 18
McDonald's McNuggets
(10-5 1/2 oz.) 420 24
Burger King Tenders
(8-4 1/2 oz.) 340 19
McDonald's Selects (5-8 oz.) 630 33
McDonald's McNuggets
(20-11 1/2 oz.) 840 49
McDonald's Selects
(10-15 1/2 oz.) 1,270 66
Entree Salads
[check] Burger King Fire-Grilled
Chicken or Shrimp Garden
Salad, Vinaigrette (1) 310 18
[check] Wendy's Mandarin Chicken
Salad, Oriental Sesame
dressing 550 26
[check] Burger King Fire-Grilled
Chicken or Shrimp Caesar
Salad, Caesar dressing (1) 320 20
[check] McDonald's California Cobb
Salad with Grilled Chicken,
Cobb dressing 380 20
[check] McDonald's Caesar Salad with
Grilled Chicken, Caesar
dressing 390 24
[check] McDonald's Bacon Ranch Salad
with Grilled Chicken, Ranch
dressing 410 24
Wendy's Spring Mix Salad, Low
Fat Honey Mustard dressing 420 27
McDonald's California Cobb
Salad with Crispy Chicken,
Cobb dressing 480 27
McDonald's Bacon Ranch Salad
with Crispy Chicken, Ranch
dressing 510 31
McDonald's Caesar Salad with
Crispy Chicken, Caesar
dressing 490 32
Burger King TenderCrisp Garden
Salad, Ranch dressing 530 32
Wendy's Spring Mix Salad,
House Vinaigrette 500 42
Burger King TenderCrisp Caesar
Salad, Caesar dressing 520 33
Wendy's Chicken BLT Salad,
Honey Mustard dressing 680 47
Wendy's Homestyle Chicken
Strips Salad, Ranch dressing 670 45
Wendy's Taco Supremo Salad
Baked Potatoes & Chili 680 31
[check] Burger King Chili (7 1/2 oz.) 190 8
[check] Wendy's Chili, small (8 oz.) 220 6
[check] Wendy's Broccoli & Cheese
Potato 440 15
[check] Wendy's Chili, large (12 oz.) 330 9
[check] Wendy's Sour Cream & Chives
Potato 340 6
Wendy's Bacon & Cheese Potato 560 25
Desserts & Shakes
[check][check] Wendy's Fresh Fruit Bowl
with Yogurt 220 1
[check][check] McDonald's Apple Dippers
with Dip (3 oz.) 100 1
[check][check] McDonald's Fruit 'n Yogurt
Parfait (5 1/2 oz.) 160 2
[check] McDonald's Ice Cream
Cone (3 oz.) 150 4
Wendy's Frosty, small (12 oz.) 330 8
Burger King Dutch
Apple Pie (4 oz.) 340 14
McDonald's Triple Thick
Shake (12 oz.) (2) 430 10
McDonald's Baked Apple
Pie (3 oz.) 250 11
Burger King Shake,
small (9 oz.) (2) 410 14
Wendy's Frosty, large (20 oz.) 540 13
Burger King Shake,
medium (13 oz.) (2) 580 18
McDonald's McFlurry
(12 oz.) (2) 590 18
McDonald's Triple Thick
Shake (21 oz.) (2) 750 18
Burger King Shake,
large (19 oz.) (2) 830 27
McDonald's Triple Thick
Shake (32 oz.) (2) 1,130 26
McDonald's Extra Value Meals
(includes medium Fries and medium Coke, unless noted)
Chicken McGrill Sandwich 960 32
Filet-O-Fish Sandwich 960 34
Crispy Chicken Sandwich 1,060 39
Chicken McNuggets (10 pieces) 980 40
Big N' Tasty 1,080 45
Chicken Selects (5 pieces) 1,190 49
Big Mac 1,120 46
Quarter Pounder with Cheese 1,070 41
Double Quarter Pounder with
Cheese, large Fries, large
Coke 1,560 65
Burger King Value Meals
(includes medium Fries and medium Coke, unless noted)
Chicken Whopper 1,130 43
Chicken Tenders (8 pieces) 900 37
Chicken Sandwich 1,120 46
TenderCrisp Chicken Sandwich 1,340 63
Whopper 1,260 60
Whopper, king Fries, king Coke 1,690 72
Whopper with Cheese, large
Fries, large Coke 1,590 74
Double Whopper with Cheese,
king Fries, king Coke 2,050 99
Wendy's Combo Meals
(includes Biggie Fries and medium Cola, unless noted)
[check] Ultimate Chicken Grill
Sandwich, Salad with Low
Fat Honey Mustard,
Iced Tea 510 10
Homestyle Chicken Fillet
Sandwich 1,150 46
Homestyle Chicken Strips
(3 pieces) 1,020 42
Classic Single 1,040 44
Big Bacon Classic 1,190 53
Classic Double with Cheese,
Great Biggie Fries, Biggie
Cola 1,480 68
Classic Triple with Cheese,
Great Biggie Fries, Biggie
Cola 1,750 88
Saturated+
Trans Fat Sodium
Burgers, etc. (grams) (milligrams)
[check] Burger King BK Veggie 3 930
[check] McDonald's Hamburger 4 530
[check] Wendy's Jr. Hamburger 4 600
[check] McDonald's McVeggie * 4 1,200
Burger King Hamburger 6 550
McDonald's Cheeseburger 7 740
Burger King Whopper Jr. 8 550
McDonald's Quarter Pounder 8 730
Wendy's Classic Single 8 890
Burger King The Angus Steak
Burger 9 1,270
McDonald's Big N' Tasty 11 730
McDonald's Big Mac 12 1,010
McDonald's Quarter
Pounder with Cheese 14 1,150
Wendy's Big Bacon Classic 14 1,390
Burger King Whopper 14 1,020
Wendy's Classic
Double with Cheese 19 1,470
Burger King
Whopper with Cheese 20 1,450
McDonald's Double Quarter
Pounder with Cheese 22 1,330
Burger King Double Whopper 24 1,110
Wendy's Classic
Triple with Cheese 29 2,060
Burger King Double Whopper
with Cheese 30 1,540
Chicken & Fish Sandwiches
[check] Wendy's Ultimate Chicken Grill 2 1,090
[check] McDonald's Chicken McGrill 3 1,010
[check] McDonald's Filet-O-Fish 5 640
[check] Wendy's Spicy Chicken Fillet 5 1,480
[check] Burger King Chicken Whopper 5 1,410
McDonald's McChicken 6 760
McDonald's Crispy Chicken 6 1,090
Wendy's Homestyle
Chicken Fillet 6 1,320
Burger King Chicken 8 1,270
Burger King
TenderCrisp Chicken 11 1,730
Burger King BK Fish Filet NA 840
French Fries
McDonald's, small (2 1/2 oz.) 5 140
Burger King, small (2 1/2 oz.) 6 410
Wendy's, small (3 oz.) 6 270
McDonald's, medium (4 oz.) 7 220
Wendy's, medium (5 oz.) 9 430
Burger King, medium (4 oz.) 10 640
Wendy's, Biggie (5 1/2 oz.) 10 480
McDonald's, large (6 oz.) 11 330
Wendy's, Great
Biggie (6 1/2 oz.) 12 570
Burger King, large (5 1/2 oz.) 13 880
Burger King, king (7 oz.) 16 1,070
Chicken Nuggets (no. pieces-weight)
McDonald's McNuggets
(6-3 1/2 oz.) 5 670
Burger King Tenders
(5-2 1/2 oz.) 6 530
McDonald's Selects
(3-4 1/2 oz.) 6 930
Wendy's Homestyle
Strips (3-5 1/2 oz.) 7 1,470
McDonald's McNuggets
(10-5 1/2 oz.) 8 1,120
Burger King Tenders
(8-4 1/2 oz.) 9 840
McDonald's Selects (5-8 oz.) 11 1,550
McDonald's McNuggets
(20-11 1/2 oz.) 16 2,240
McDonald's Selects
(10-15 1/2 oz.) 21 3,100
Entree Salads
[check] Burger King Fire-Grilled
Chicken or Shrimp Garden
Salad, Vinaigrette (1) 4 1,770
[check] Wendy's Mandarin Chicken
Salad, Oriental Sesame
dressing 4 1,210
[check] Burger King Fire-Grilled
Chicken or Shrimp Caesar
Salad, Caesar dressing (1) 5 1,600
[check] McDonald's California Cobb
Salad with Grilled Chicken,
Cobb dressing 7 1,500
[check] McDonald's Caesar Salad with
Grilled Chicken, Caesar
dressing 7 1,330
[check] McDonald's Bacon Ranch Salad
with Grilled Chicken, Ranch
dressing 7 1,470
Wendy's Spring Mix Salad, Low
Fat Honey Mustard dressing 8 630
McDonald's California Cobb
Salad with Crispy Chicken,
Cobb dressing 9 1,580
McDonald's Bacon Ranch Salad
with Crispy Chicken, Ranch
dressing 9 1,560
McDonald's Caesar Salad with
Crispy Chicken, Caesar
dressing 10 1,410
Burger King TenderCrisp Garden
Salad, Ranch dressing 10 1,780
Wendy's Spring Mix Salad,
House Vinaigrette 11 1,040
Burger King TenderCrisp Caesar
Salad, Caesar dressing 11 1,870
Wendy's Chicken BLT Salad,
Honey Mustard dressing 13 1,320
Wendy's Homestyle Chicken
Strips Salad, Ranch dressing 15 1,760
Wendy's Taco Supremo Salad
Baked Potatoes & Chili 17 1,700
[check] Burger King Chili (7 1/2 oz.) 3 1,040
[check] Wendy's Chili, small (8 oz.) 3 780
[check] Wendy's Broccoli & Cheese
Potato 3 540
[check] Wendy's Chili, large (12 oz.) 4 1,170
[check] Wendy's Sour Cream & Chives
Potato 4 40
Wendy's Bacon & Cheese Potato 7 850
Desserts & Shakes
[check] Wendy's Fresh Fruit Bowl
with Yogurt 0 90
[check] McDonald's Apple Dippers
with Dip (3 oz.) 1 40
[check] McDonald's Fruit 'n Yogurt
Parfait (5 1/2 oz.) 1 90
[check] McDonald's Ice Cream
Cone (3 oz.) 2 60
Wendy's Frosty, small (12 oz.) 5 150
Burger King Dutch
Apple Pie (4 oz.) 6 470
McDonald's Triple Thick
Shake (12 oz.) (2) 7 150
McDonald's Baked Apple
Pie (3 oz.) 8 150
Burger King Shake,
small (9 oz.) (2) 8 250
Wendy's Frosty, large (20 oz.) 9 250
Burger King Shake,
medium (13 oz.) (2) 12 360
McDonald's McFlurry
(12 oz.) (2) 12 220
McDonald's Triple Thick
Shake (21 oz.) (2) 12 270
Burger King Shake,
large (19 oz.) (2) 18 520
McDonald's Triple Thick
Shake (32 oz.) (2) 18 410
McDonald's Extra Value Meals
(includes medium Fries and medium Coke, unless noted)
Chicken McGrill Sandwich 10 1,250
Filet-O-Fish Sandwich 12 880
Crispy Chicken Sandwich 13 1,330
Chicken McNuggets (10 pieces) 15 1,360
Big N' Tasty 18 970
Chicken Selects (5 pieces) 18 1,790
Big Mac 19 1,250
Quarter Pounder with Cheese 21 1,390
Double Quarter Pounder with
Cheese, large Fries,
large Coke 33 1,680
Burger King Value Meals
(includes medium Fries and medium Coke, unless noted)
Chicken Whopper 14 2,050
Chicken Tenders (8 pieces) 18 1,480
Chicken Sandwich 18 1,910
TenderCrisp Chicken Sandwich 21 2,370
Whopper 24 1,660
Whopper, king Fries, king Coke 30 2,090
Whopper with Cheese, large
Fries, large Coke 33 2,330
Double Whopper with Cheese,
king Fries, king Coke 46 2,610
Wendy's Combo Meals
(includes Biggie Fries and medium Cola, unless noted)
[check] Ultimate Chicken Grill
Sandwich, Salad with Low Fat
Honey Mustard, Iced Tea 2 1,450
Homestyle Chicken Fillet
Sandwich 16 1,800
Homestyle Chicken Strips
(3 pieces) 17 1,950
Classic Single 18 1,370
Big Bacon Classic 24 1,870
Classic Double with Cheese,
Great Biggie Fries, Biggie
Cola 31 2,040
Classic Triple with Cheese,
Great Biggie Fries, Biggie
Cola 41 2,630
[check][check] Best Bite. [check] Better Bite. * Limited availability.
(1) Average of the items listed. (2) Average of all flavors. NA Number
not available.
Daily Values (daily limits for a 2,000-calorie diet): Total Fat: 65
grams. Saturated+Trans Fat: 20 grams. Sodium: 2,400 milligrams.
Sources: McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's.
The use of information from this article for commercial purposes
is strictly prohibited without written permission from CSPI.
The information for this article was compiled by Emily Poole and Heather Jones Heather Jones (born October 8, 1970 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a former field hockey player from Canada, who represented her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There she ended up in seventh place with the Canadian National Women's Team. . |
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