This document analyzes the calorie and nutrition information of menu items from several popular fast food restaurants, including Arby's, Burger King, KFC, McDonald's, and Wendy's. It finds that sandwiches with the lowest calories include KFC's Tender Roast Sandwich at 260 calories and Wendy's Jr. Hamburger at 270 calories. The document also examines which items provide the most protein and calories as well as the largest portion sizes for each restaurant. Additional details on calorie and nutrition contents are provided for specific sandwiches, burgers, and other menu items. Contact information is listed at the end for each of the restaurants studied.
5. Lowest Calories
Sandwich Restaurant Calories
Tender Roast Sandwich w/o Sauce KFC 260
Jr. Hamburger Wendy's 270
Hamburger McDonald's 280
Honey BBQ Sandwich KFC 300
Chicken McGrill w/o Mayo McDonald's 300
Grilled Chicken Sandwich Wendy's 300
Jr. Cheeseburger Wendy's 310
Junior Roast Beef Arby's 310
Whopper Jr.®, w/o Mayo Burger King 310
Hamburger Burger King 310
Veggie Burger w/o Mayo Burger King 310
* Weight in grams
6. Effects of Mayonnaise & Cheese
800
700 Burger King
Whopper
600 McDonald's
Big N Tasty
500 Wendy's
Single
400
300
Plain w/Cheese w/Mayo w/Cheese
& Mayo
* Weight in grams
10. McDonald’s
Most Protein/ Most Food/
Lowest Calories
Calories Calories
Chicken McGrill Chicken McGrill
Hamburger
w/o Mayo w/o Mayo
280
27 / 300 = 0.090 199 / 300 = 0.663
Chicken McGrill
Chicken McGrill Chicken McGrill
w/o Mayo
27 / 400 = 0.068 213 / 400 = 0.533
300
Filet-O-Fish® Double Quarter Big N' Tasty
w/o Tartar Sauce Pounder w/Cheese w/o Mayo
320 46 / 770 = 0.060 218 / 430 = 0.507
* Weight in grams
11. Wendy’s
Most Protein/ Most Food/
Lowest Calories
Calories Calories
Grilled Chicken Grilled Chicken
Jr. Hamburger
Sandwich Sandwich
270
24 / 300 = 0.080 188 / 300 = 0.627
Grilled Chicken Spicy Chicken Classic Single
Sandwich Sandwich w/o Mayo w/o Mayo
300 28 / 400 = 0.070 209 / 380 = 0.550
Chicken Club
Jr. Cheeseburger Classic Single
Sandwich w/o Mayo
310 218 / 410 = 0.532
30 / 440 = 0.068
* Weight in grams
12. For More Information
Arby’s Burger King KFC McDonald’s Wendy’s
www.kfc.com
www.burgerking.com www.mcdonalds.com/usa.html
www.arbysrestaurant.com www.wendys.com
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Notas do Editor
Finding Nutritious Fast Food Sandwiches
Reasons why people eat fast food
But what about diets?
Data was gathered from company web sites of the restaurants
The lowest calorie sandwiches from the restaurants studied
Mayonnaise and cheese add a lot of calories
Arby’s most nutritious sandwiches
Burger King’s most nutritious sandwiches
KFC’s most nutritious sandwiches
McDonald’s most nutritious sandwiches
Wendy’s most nutritious sandwiches
You can get more information from the website of each restaurant