Posted on 04/20/2010 4:33:32 PM PDT by Daffynition
KFC's Double Down -- the bacon sandwich where two pieces of fried chicken replace the bread -- has been catching a lot of flack lately; much of it deserved. But a quick comparison of the nutritional (for want of a better word) info between the Double Down and some items on the menus at other fast food joints shows that the "warped creation of a syphilitic brain" might not be as bad for you as a salad at Wendy's.
According to KFC, the Original Recipe Double Down has 540 calories, 32g of fat and 1380mg of sodium.
With just a quick peek at the websites for Burger King, McDonald's and Wendy's, I had no trouble finding 10 items with higher calorie and fat (and in almost all cases, sodium) counts than the Double Down:
1160 calories
76g fat
1170mg sodium
Tendercrisp Garden Salad:
670 cals
45g fat
1740mg sodium
Tendercrisp Chicken Sandwich:
800 cals
46g fat
1640mg sodium
Original Chicken Sandwich:
630 cals
39g fat
1390mg sodium
MCDONALD'S
Angus Mushroom & Swiss Burger:
770 cals
40g fat
1170mg sodium
Double Quarter Pounder With Cheese:
740 cals
42g fat
1380mg sodium
Chicken Selects 5-Piece with one packet of Buffalo Sauce:
720 cals
46g fat
2480mg sodium
WENDY'S
Chicken BLT Salad With Honey Dijon Dressing:
720 cals
51g fat
1540mg sodium
Baconator Double:
980 cals
62g fat
1740mg sodium
Southwest Taco Salad with ranch dressing and tortilla strips:
640 cals
36g fat
1590mg sodium
Tied for highest sodium of all—the salad.
A rare prime rib with horseradish sauce and mashed potatoes sound healthy in comparison..
Ha! Or the portion size—look at that bowl hat!
I just had one of them, plus a McDouble and two pies for lunch.
F it.
Angus Mushroom & Swiss Burger:
770 cals
40g fat
1170mg sodium
I just had a sandwich today that would have easily quadrupled the sodium content in the highest of those meals. I haven’t had that much salt ever. It’s like I took a shaker of salt and turned it up and swallowed the whole thing. I drank half a liter of water.
Oh, here’s the kicker. I’m currently in Belgium. You know, the place the US under Obama aspires to be.
I had a Double Down the other day... it was pretty good.
The Onion joked about unhealthy food items and created the KFC Nothin But The Skin Sanwich. I know I would eat one of those.
To say nothing about carbs — the big no-no under an Atkins diet. No bun = no carbs.
And to think she’s only 22 years old ....
They average about 2200mg sodium, 45-55gr fat and 42-55gr carbs!
I don’t care what if there is worse, I WANT A DOUBLE DOWN NOW!!!
They closed one KFC in the next town over and built a brand new one up the street.
It doubled as an A&W burger joint.
It lasted less than a year and closed.
Now there is NO KFC anywhere around here.
Just when they introduce this new “Killer” product!
I am Pissed.
ARGH!!!
KFC's Bacon Sandwich On Fried Chicken "Bread" Starts Killing People Nationwide April 12
...then I suppose I shouldn’t mention I had one and a half of them.
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