Which fast food has healthiest fries?

The Fast-Food French Fries Health Winner
And the award for best fast-food french fry, healthwise, goes to ... Sonic Drive-In's regular fries, which are lowest in calories, fat grams, percentage of calories from fat, and total amount of "bad fats." (As well as second lowest in sodium.)
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What is the unhealthiest order of french fries?

The Worst French Fries
  • Arby's Curly Fries, small (106 g): 53%
  • Chick-fil-A Waffle Potato fries (85 g): 51%
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Which fast food fries are the unhealthiest?

The Worst Fast-Food French Fries
  • Arby's Loaded Curly Fries.
  • White Castle Fries.
  • Popeyes Cajun Fries.
  • Jack In The Box Sauced & Loaded Jalapeño Ranch Tots.
  • Checkers Fully Loaded Fries.
  • Sonic Chili Cheese Tots.
  • Five Guys Fries.
  • Wienerschnitzel Thousand Island Chili Cheese Fries.
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Which fast food restaurant is the healthiest?

Coming in on top as the healthiest fast food restaurant was Little Caesars.
  • Dairy Queen.
  • McDonald's.
  • Subway.
  • Taco Bell.
  • Arby's.
  • Dunkin' Donuts.
  • Chick-Fil-A.
  • Carl's Junior/Hardee's.
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Who has better fries Wendy's or Mcdonalds?

I'm no longer saying "When McDonald's fries are fresh and hot, they're tough to beat." In a side-by-side comparison, Wendy's has the better fry. It's a bigger, 'meatier' fry, I got a better crisp on the outside and there's more fluffy potato inside. They were perfectly fried and perfectly seasoned.
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Best Fast Food Fries (ft. McDonald's Employee)



Who has better French fries than McDonald's?

After much debate, Burger King wins the battle with the crispiest, tastiest fries of the bunch. McDonald's came in a close second, followed by Chick-fil-A and Wendy's.
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Why are Burger King fries so good?

Burger King's fries are made from real potatoes, but they utilize potato starch, rice flour, and a few other choice ingredients to boost the crunch factor and seasoning. While they do get nice and crispy outside and stay pillowy-soft inside, what they're missing is flavor.
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Is KFC healthier than McDonald's?

With a variety of meals, sides, and drink options to choose from, McDonald's knocks KFC off the top with a calorie average per 'Happy Meal' of 381.71 KCALs. Falling 5.04 KCALs behind McDonald's, the fried chicken chain KFC reaches 376.67 KCALS per serving.
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Is Taco Bell healthier than McDonalds?

Furthermore, around 60% of Taco Bell meals fall between 220 and 410 calories from fat whereas 60% of McDonalds meals fall between 420 and 650 calories from fat. Additionally, around 77% of Taco Bell meals have less than 400 calories from fat whereas only around 18% of meals at McDonalds have the same quality.
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Is McDonald's healthier than Burger King?

Burger King Wins

With 720 milligrams of sodium, it's also a better choice when it comes to sodium content. The Burger King cheeseburger contains more protein than McDonald's, as well, with 22 grams, which is almost half of the 46 grams of protein women need each day and 40 percent of the 56 grams men require every day.
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Are Chick Fil A fries healthy?

Chick-fil-A's most popular side is Waffle Fries. These are high in fat, calories, and carbs — like most fast food French fries. Likewise, the side dish of Mac & Cheese is also high in fat, calories, and carbs from the pasta and cheese sauce (1).
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How unhealthy are Wendys fries?

A small order of Wendy's Natural-Cut Fries contains 310 calories and 15 grams of fat. A small order of Jack In The Box French Fries contains 300 calories and 14 grams of fat. An order of KFC's Seasoned Potato Wedges contains 290 calories and 15 grams of fat.
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Are BK fries healthy?

Though the fries at Burger King don't contain sugar, that doesn't mean they're healthy. A serving of the fries does contain a large amount of saturated fat and sodium, which decreases their nutritional value significantly.
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Are McDonald's french fries unhealthy?

The nutritional statistics

A medium portion of fries includes 340 calories, 16 grams of fat and 44 grams of carbs. At first glance, that doesn't seem too bad — until you realize it's only a side dish, and is more than likely to be added to something else the restaurant produces.
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Are sweet potato fries healthier than french fries?

Sweet potato fries are slightly higher in calories and carbs but also more nutrient dense than French fries. The greatest nutrient difference is that French fries have no vitamin A, while sweet potato fries are high in this nutrient. Vitamin A is important for your vision and immune system ( 2 ).
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Is it okay to eat french fries once in a while?

At lower levels of intake, the association is not statistically significant. The most significant associations are at the highest levels of intake of fried potatoes — three times a week or more. The moral here is moderation. If you love french fries, make them a once-in-a-while treat.”
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Is Subway healthier than McDonald's?

Looking at the overall meal, the Subway meal in terms of protein and sugar was slightly healthier than McDonald's and provided more vegetables, however it was higher in sodium. Remember both meals contributed the same total number of calories but on top of that, it was a large amount of calories.
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Can Wendys be healthy?

Wendy's offers a variety of salads, in both full- and half-size portions. You can also order burgers in junior sizes, which cuts calories, sodium and saturated fat. And we like the fact that you can get a healthier baked potato as part of your meal, a protein-rich option for vegetarians.
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Is Subway actually healthy?

The bottom line. Subway offers a better variety of healthy meal options than many other fast food restaurants. In general, Subway's meals are low in sugar and a decent source of fiber and protein, however, many are also loaded with fat and sodium. Part of Subway's appeal is that you can customize your meal.
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Is KFC or Burger King healthier?

KFC was the most calorific the fast-food chain on the list, with an average of 987 calories per meal offered. Burger King, McDonald's and Subway were around 700kcal.
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Is McDonald's better than Chick Fil A?

The results are in and Chick-fil-A wins big (again) with a score of 83, and McDonald's pulls in last, scoring 70, according to findings recently released by the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ASCI).
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What is healthier Mcdonalds or Hungry Jacks?

Hungry Jacks' burger racked up the highest scores in energy when it came to its burgers, with its Double Angus Smokey BBQ burger a huge 5610kJ, or 65 per cent of the average male energy intake. In contrast McDonald's hamburger had the lowest energy intake of any beef burger with just 1060kJ.
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Are Mcdonalds french fries real potatoes?

They're real potatoes

Yes, it might be a shocker but McDonald's French fries are actually made with real potatoes. Check out what McDonald's menu looked like the year you were born.
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Are In-N-Out fries good?

The In-N-Out fries aren't even somewhat good. They taste like cardboard, don't have any salt and sometimes don't even taste cooked. After a good burger, you'd expect some good fries, but you can't get that with In-N-Out. Those fries go straight in the trash.
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