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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