Big Mac Update

Oh dear, lots of complaints that my table of things containing more calories than a Big Mac was a bit confusing. As Tom, our communities ed, said right at the start we should have gone for something much more straight forward ...

Well here we have it: courtesy of Rebecca Walton at weightlossresources,  13 snacks which - portion for portion - contain more calories than a Big Mac.

Food (full portion)	Calories	St. fat	Salt
Big Mac	492.4	9.9	0.86
BLT Sandwich, Tesco	519.7	6.9	1.01
Egg Mayo & Tomato Wrap	591	--	--
Sainsbury's
Sausage Roll, Ginsters	551.6	17.2	0.7
Egg & Salmon Baguette	526.7	4.4	0.59
Pret a Manger
Cheese & Pasta Layered	688.9	10.1	0.79
Salad, Waitrose
Vegetable Pasty, Greggs	580	--	--
Just Cheese Sandwich	494.9	17.1	0.78
Tesco
Pasta with Chicken/Ham/Veg	534	7.2	0.69
Bird's Eye Steamfresh
Quarterpounder Flamegrilled	556.7	--	--
Micro Burger, Rustlers
Meatball, Cheese & Salad	526.2	--	--
6" Sub, Subway
Chips Shop Chips	956	4.4	0.14
Popcorn Chicken KFC	575	3.5	1.49
Butter Toffee Popcorn	495	16.6	0.27
Marks & Spencer

Comments

[Jamie Brown]

I wish people would stop comparing calories. What people should state is the breakdown of calories, for example it doesnt mention how those calories are broken down into fats, carbs and protein.