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Nutrition Action Healthletter, March, 2005 by Jayne Hurley, Bonnie Liebman
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.
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