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Rating the Fast Food Salads

Check out the stats from Shape Magazine on these popular fast food salads! Which salads carries more calories and sodium than a Big Mac? And which one contains the most fat? Read on!

 

  Salad

Calories

w/o dressing

Calories

w/ dressing

Total/Sat. Fat w/ dressing (g) Notes
Asian Chicken Salad
140
370
18.5/2.5
Tiny packets of crispy wonton strips and almonds add 110 & 130 calories.
Chicken Club Salad
290
610
49/11
As if the bacon bits in the salad weren't enough, the ranch dressing contains them, too -- and pack on 33 more fat grams!
Southwest Chicken Salad
320
590
39/10
Salad & dressing together total 2,000 milligrams of sodium.
Grilled Chicken Bacon Ranch Salad
270
560
43/95
Choose crispy chicken (fried) & ranch dressing, & you get more calories & saturated fat than a Big Mac!
Grilled Chicken California Cobb Salad
280
400
25/7
The grilled chicken is so tasty, you won't miss the fried chicken and the extra 100 calories.
Crilled Chicken Caesar Salad
210
400
23/7.5
Caesar dressing is fatty, but flavorful enough you don't need the entire packet.
Chicken BLT Salad
310
590
42/12
Even w/o the dressing, 1000 grams of sodium!
Mandarin Chicken Salad
150
400
20.5/2.5
Most of the fat comes from the dressing. Crispy rice noodles add only 60 calories & 2 grams of fat.
Southwest Chicken Caesar Salad
260
480
30/7.5
With dressing, the salad provides your daily recommended requirements for vitamins A & C.