CLEVELAND, Ohio – A calorie-whopping ranking of unhealthiest menu items from fast-food chains is out.
The folks at hypervibe.com, a company that extols the benefits of “whole body vibration therapy,” analyzed the nutritional value of items from 47 fast-food restaurants in the United States, looking at the most caloric item from each place. Methodology excluded sharing, meal, combo, catering and family items.
McDonald’s, Burger King and KFC did not make the top 10 despite being three of the most popular fast-food restaurants.
Here is the site’s top-10 ranking of unhealthy items:
Restaurant, item and calories (headquarters in parenthesis)
1. Hardee’s: Fried chicken 12-piece and six biscuits – 6,490. (Franklin, Tennessee).
2. Papa John’s: Philly cheesesteak XXL stuffed crust – 4,590. (Louisville and Atlanta)
3. Moe’s: Nachos – 4,334 (if you add all the possible toppings). (Atlanta)
4. Little Caesars: Detroit-style deep dish specialty pizza, 5 Meat Feast – 3,500. (Detroit)
5. Pizza Hut: Loaded pepperoni feast large cheesy bites pizza – 3,153. (Plano, Texas)
6. Buffalo Wild Wings: 30 count traditional wings (drums only) – 2,240. (Atlanta)
7. Jimmy John’s: The J.J. Gargantuan – 2,160. (Atlanta)
8. Checkers: 20-piece classic wings (garlic parmesan) – 2,040. (Tampa)
9. Culver’s: Northwoods walleye dinner, three piece – 1,930. (Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin)
10. Shake Shack: Double Down fries – 1,910. (New York City)
All of the companies have locations in Northeast Ohio.
The calories for each item in the top 10 seem especially excessive when compared to daily healthy requirements from medical professionals. Here’s a calorie chart from the Cleveland Clinic based on sex and age.
Here are the full rankings from Hypervibe.
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