This document analyzes the calorie and nutrition information of menu items from several popular fast food restaurants, including Arby's, Burger King, KFC, McDonald's, and Wendy's. It finds that sandwiches with the lowest calories include KFC's Tender Roast Sandwich at 260 calories and Wendy's Jr. Hamburger at 270 calories. The document also examines which items provide the most protein and calories as well as the largest portion sizes for each restaurant. Additional details on calorie and nutrition contents are provided for specific sandwiches, burgers, and other menu items. Contact information is listed at the end for each of the restaurants studied.

2. Why Fast Food?
 Time – in a hurry
 Away from home
 Money – not enough

3. Dieting
 Low Calories
 Low Carbs
 Low Fat

4. Restaurants Studied
 Arby’s
 Burger King
 KFC
 McDonald’s
 Wendy’s

5. Lowest Calories
Sandwich Restaurant Calories
Tender Roast Sandwich w/o Sauce KFC 260
Jr. Hamburger Wendy's 270
Hamburger McDonald's 280
Honey BBQ Sandwich KFC 300
Chicken McGrill w/o Mayo McDonald's 300
Grilled Chicken Sandwich Wendy's 300
Jr. Cheeseburger Wendy's 310
Junior Roast Beef Arby's 310
Whopper Jr.®, w/o Mayo Burger King 310
Hamburger Burger King 310
Veggie Burger w/o Mayo Burger King 310
* Weight in grams

6. Effects of Mayonnaise & Cheese
800
700 Burger King
Whopper
600 McDonald's
Big N Tasty
500 Wendy's
Single
400
300
Plain w/Cheese w/Mayo w/Cheese
& Mayo
* Weight in grams

7. Arby’s
Most Protein/ Most Food/
Lowest Calories
Calories Calories
Junior Roast Beef Big Montana® French Dip
310 47 / 630 = 0.075 285 / 440 = 0.648
Arby-Q® Grilled Chicken Deluxe Grilled Chicken Deluxe
340 29 / 410 = 0.071 245 / 410 = 0.598
Regular Roast Beef Giant Roast Beef Arby-Q®
350 32 / 480 = 0.067 186 / 340 = 0.547
* Weight in grams

8. Burger King
Most Protein/ Most Food/
Lowest Calories
Calories Calories
Whopper Jr. ®, Chicken Whopper® Savory Mustard
w/o Mayo w/o Mayo Chicken Baguette
310 38 / 410 = 0.093 240 / 380 = 0.632
Santa Fe Chicken Smoky BBQ Chicken
Hamburger
Baguette Baguette
310
31 / 380 = 0.082 234 / 380 = 0.616
Veggie Burger Smoky BBQ Chicken Santa Fe Chicken
w/o Mayo Baguette Baguette
310 31 / 380 = 0.082 233 / 380 = 0.613
* Weight in grams

9. KFC
Most Protein/ Most Food/
Lowest Calories
Calories Calories
Tender Roast Tender Roast Tender Roast
w/o Sauce w/o Sauce w/o Sauce
260 31 / 260 = 0.119 177 / 260 = 0.681
Original Recipe Original Recipe
Honey BBQ
w/o Sauce w/o Sauce
300
29 / 320 = 0.091 187 / 320 = 0.584
Original Recipe Tender Roast Tender Roast
w/o Sauce w/Sauce w/Sauce
320 31 / 390 = 0.079 196 / 390 = 0.503
* Weight in grams

10. McDonald’s
Most Protein/ Most Food/
Lowest Calories
Calories Calories
Chicken McGrill Chicken McGrill
Hamburger
w/o Mayo w/o Mayo
280
27 / 300 = 0.090 199 / 300 = 0.663
Chicken McGrill
Chicken McGrill Chicken McGrill
w/o Mayo
27 / 400 = 0.068 213 / 400 = 0.533
300
Filet-O-Fish® Double Quarter Big N' Tasty
w/o Tartar Sauce Pounder w/Cheese w/o Mayo
320 46 / 770 = 0.060 218 / 430 = 0.507
* Weight in grams

11. Wendy’s
Most Protein/ Most Food/
Lowest Calories
Calories Calories
Grilled Chicken Grilled Chicken
Jr. Hamburger
Sandwich Sandwich
270
24 / 300 = 0.080 188 / 300 = 0.627
Grilled Chicken Spicy Chicken Classic Single
Sandwich Sandwich w/o Mayo w/o Mayo
300 28 / 400 = 0.070 209 / 380 = 0.550
Chicken Club
Jr. Cheeseburger Classic Single
Sandwich w/o Mayo
310 218 / 410 = 0.532
30 / 440 = 0.068
* Weight in grams

12. For More Information
Arby’s Burger King KFC McDonald’s Wendy’s
www.kfc.com
www.burgerking.com www.mcdonalds.com/usa.html
www.arbysrestaurant.com www.wendys.com
Cynthia Webber 12