Most degenerate - food fry wimp sandwiches look pretty much the same . There ’s a chicken cake , lettuce , and a bun . But like snowflakes , no two wimp sandwiches are the same , at least not in the nutritional department . And thankfully , unlike snowflakes , you ’ve never had to wipe poulet sandwich off your car in the wintertime .
To help you make healthy option , we speak toRuth Frechman , a register dietitian nutritionist , to avail us look at 10 major fast - food for thought joints ' chicken masterpieces . Here ’s the nutritionary lowdown on America ’s pet crybaby sandwiches .
An important note from the nutritionist
Frechman believes you’re able to eat " pretty much " all foods in moderation , which is great word for anyone depend to eat these sandwich , many of which are mellow in Na and fat . But here ’s the rub : if you ’re looking to misplace weighting , she recommend you await closely at the calorie enumeration . If you just need to eat healthy , pay care to the concentrated blubber and sodium . For our purposes , we asked her to take into considerationallthe nutritional info .
To put the nutritionary stats in context , 1 gram of fat is equal to a 1/4 pat of butter . So when you see a sandwich has 40 g of adipose tissue , that ’s 10 pats of butter , or the mediocre amount of butter a Wisconsinite put on their pledge in the morning . Frechman mark , " Most of the sandwich contained about one-half of the recommended amounts of fatness for a sidereal day . "
10. Popeyes chicken po-boy
best dilute up on spinach to try and subvert the 9 g of saturated fat , 2,120 mg of sodium , and 75 mg of cholesterol in this chump – the high counts in those category out of every chicken sandwich we considered .
9. Carl’s Jr. Big Chicken Fillet
The chicken sandwich at Hardee ’s firm - food brother - in - arms has the same amount of cholesterin as Popeyes , and a few more calories ( 680 , equate to 660 for Olive Oyl ’s favorite chicken sandwich ) , but 760 fewer milligrams of Na .
8. Burger King Tendercrisp chicken sandwich
BK ’s standard - progeny chicken sandwich – not to be confused with the torpedo - mold original crybaby sandwich – contain 12 g carbs and 140 mg of Na few than Carl ’s Jr. , making the King ’s bird offer up slightly more nutritious , but in earnest scant in the Kate Upton department .
7. Sonic crispy chicken sandwich
A drop of 80 small calorie from Burger King ’s Tendercrisp ( and 2.5 fewer grams of pure fatness ) helps the crispy chicken sandwich roller skate into seventh seat .
6. Jack in the Box spicy chicken sandwich
While this chicken sandwich with a kick has about as many nutritionist’s calorie and as much saturated fat and protein as Sonic ’s , it has 130 fewer milligramss of sodium and 14 fewer grams of carbs . congratulations to you , J in the B ! No one call it that , right ?
5. Arby’s crispy chicken sandwich
Everyone knows Arby ’s has the meats , but almost no one has memorized that its chicken sandwich has 50 fewer calories than Jack in the Box ’s , mostly because that ’d be a weird thing to memorize .
4. Wendy’s Homestyle chicken sandwich
get along from America ’s favorite ginger riotous - solid food voice not named Ronald , Wendy ’s volaille sandwich is close to the Arby ’s offering in a number of nutritional categories , except for fat . The two sandwich have an adequate numbr of calories , but the pigtail’d brand ’s bird has 4 gram fewer of fat . So go onwards , order a Frosty to make up the difference * * * ! ( * * * This move has not been approved by the dietitian . )
3. Chick-fil-A chicken sandwich
The chicken sandwich masters out of Atlanta come with a relatively healthy wimp sandwich , albeit a canonic one – it only comes on a butter bun with pickle french-fried potatoes . On the positive side , it has the few grams of fatty tissue ( 18 g ) and large calorie ( 440 ) of all the chicken sandwich before it in the ranking .
2. McDonald’s McChicken
key out the McChicken one of the healthiest chicken sandwiches was as much a no - brainer for the nutritionist as when McDonald ’s decided tooffer all - day breakfast . Here are the myriad reasons that make it healthier than any sandwich thus far : few total calories ( 370 ) , fewest total small calorie from fat ( 150 ) , few total fat ( 17 g ) , carbs ( 40 one thousand ) , sodium ( 650 mg ) , and cholesterol ( 40 mg ) . No wonder Ronald looks like he ’s in sound shape .
1. KFC Chicken Littles
No matter which darling comic is primp up like the Colonel of late , the nutritional facts on the healthiest fast - food chicken sandwich are staying the same : fewest calories than any other sandwich ( 310 ) , fewest grams of saturate fatty tissue ( 3 ) , and few milligrams of sodium ( 590 ) .
One crucial affair to keep in idea : while this is price about the same as a McChicken , the sandwich is passably small ( plausibly because it ’s a chicken tender on a roll ) . The KFC cashier encourage me to order more than one . If you mind her advice and edict two , well , it ’s about as healthy as every other sandwich on the lean . Eating healthy is tough .
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