Salt content in fast food chicken strips
You'd think fat would be the problem with chicken strips. Not so. But some have a full day's worth of salt.
Dietary Guidelines for Sodium Intake
The new Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend 1,500mg of sodium daily for those at risk for blood-pressure-related diseases, and 2,300mg for everyone else. For a little perspective on how easy it is to hit those marks, look at how heavily the salt shaker is deployed with these eight fast-food chicken strips.
For each restaurant example, we chose the smallest-available serving. Differences in serving size account for some of the sodium variation.
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Hardee's
The Facts:
3 pieces per order
260 calories
2.5g sat fat
770mg sodium
McDonald's
The Facts:
3 pieces per order
400 calories
3.5g sat fat
1,010mg sodium
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Arby's
The Facts:
3 pieces per order
360 calories
2.5g sat fat
1,160mg sodium
Chick-Fil-A
The Facts:
3 pieces per order
360 calories
3.5g sat fat
1,230mg sodium
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KFC
The Facts:
3 pieces per order
340 calories
4g sat fat
1,280mg sodium
Church's
The Facts:
3 pieces per order
360 calories
6g sat fat
1,320mg sodium
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