Exploring the Nutritional Information of Fast Food Edibles
KAYE: Welcome back. Hope you're hungry this morning because we have a whole lot of fast food.</s>BLACKWELL: Yes, we do.</s>KAYE: We've got quite a spread here. Are you a fast food guy?</s>BLACKWELL: I try not to eat fast food but every once in a while I get weak.</s>KAYE: Yes, you and everyone else.</s>BLACKWELL: Yes, every once in a while.</s>KAYE: So but the question is what if the calorie counts were posted, would it make a difference for you?</s>BLACKWELL: Probably.</s>KAYE: Yes. So a little bit.</s>BLACKWELL: Except when it comes to fries.</s>KAYE: Oh, the weakness.</s>BLACKWELL: Probably, yes.</s>KAYE: The weakness.</s>BLACKWELL: Yes.</s>KAYE: Well, starting Monday, McDonald's is going to be posting the calorie count on menus nationwide and under the new U.S. health care law, actually, all restaurants with 20 or more locations will soon be required to do the same thing. So, we have gathered -- our fabulous producer, Troy, has put together this lovely spread and he didn't even eat any of it.</s>BLACKWELL: No, he didn't. Well, you know, we don't know what was here before, so maybe.</s>KAYE: No, I watched him. I watched him with a close eye.</s>BLACKWELL: OK.</s>KAYE: All right. So let's start with burgers. OK? We're going to take a look at some of these popular burgers. This one here is the McDonald's Big Mac, favorite of yours, maybe? Not really?</s>BLACKWELL: Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, mayo, pickles.</s>KAYE: You're going to sing the song and everything? All right. So, what do you think? I mean, we know it has 1,000 milligrams of sodium.</s>BLACKWELL: Oh, my goodness.</s>KAYE: But in terms of calories, what is your guess?</s>BLACKWELL: I would put it at 515.</s>KAYE: 515 -- OK, we have to pick it up to find out: whoa, 550.</s>BLACKWELL: 550, that's a lot for one sandwich.</s>BLACKWELL: But I was close. I was close.</s>KAYE: All right. Burger King Whopper next.</s>BLACKWELL: Whopper. OK.</s>KAYE: Shall we guess?</s>BLACKWELL: More meat, bigger sandwich, I think, so, I'll put it at 625.</s>KAYE: 625 -- oh --</s>BLACKWELL: Whoa!</s>KAYE: -- oh, my gosh, 1,200.</s>BLACKWELL: 1,200.</s>KAYE: And that's not to mention the sodium, which is 1,450.</s>BLACKWELL: Yes, that's --</s>KAYE: Not good. OK, next, the Wendy's Baconator. Now, if my husband saw that, that would not even be here anymore. It would be gone in about a split second.</s>BLACKWELL: Everything is better with bacon.</s>KAYE: That's what they say. I wouldn't know, but --</s>BLACKWELL: Yes, the number really to me doesn't matter when it comes to bacon. I am going to say 800.</s>KAYE: 800 calories?</s>BLACKWELL: Yes.</s>KAYE: 970.</s>BLACKWELL: 970. And I thought I was going high for that one.</s>KAYE: Yes. And guess how much sodium there is in that one?</s>BLACKWELL: How much?</s>KAYE: It's ugly.</s>BLACKWELL: How much?</s>KAYE: 4,040 milligrams of sodium.</s>BLACKWELL: Wow. Yes, that's a lot.</s>KAYE: OK.</s>BLACKWELL: Now we've got shakes.</s>KAYE: What do you want to look at next? Yes.</s>BLACKWELL: You want to do the salads or the shakes?</s>KAYE: Let's do the salads.</s>BLACKWELL: OK. Because people think salads are great, that salads are a good idea, but some of these salads really have a lot once you add the dressing and you add all that's here. We have got --</s>KAYE: McDonald's grilled chicken salad, Caesar salad. So let's see. This, you think, would be a light alternative, a healthy alternative --</s>BLACKWELL: 400.</s>KAYE: -- fast food -- oh, 190.</s>BLACKWELL: Oh, 190, I could live with that.</s>KAYE: (Inaudible) lift it too high or we're going to spill it out.</s>BLACKWELL: OK.</s>KAYE: Another one here, the Burger King grilled chicken -- a lot of these are all grilled chicken Caesar salads.</s>BLACKWELL: Yes, which I like.</s>KAYE: Burger King --</s>BLACKWELL: 490.</s>KAYE: 490 versus 190.</s>BLACKWELL: That's a lot for that one. And then the Wendy's grilled chicken Caesar salad here has 770 calories. So, if you think you're getting a light lunch you're doing the right thing, 770 right there.</s>KAYE: Yes, but the problem is, I can see it. I'm looking in --</s>BLACKWELL: Fried chicken.</s>KAYE: It's fried. It's fried --</s>BLACKWELL: Cheese and all that.</s>KAYE: -- that's the problem. OK.</s>BLACKWELL: OK, shakes. Let me get to shakes because I love a good shake. McDonald's chocolate shake, 12 ounces, small, 550 calories.</s>KAYE: Wow. That's -- oh, my goodness.</s>BLACKWELL: And you know people add that on to a meal. We've got the Wendy's chocolate Frosty, love a good Frosty.</s>KAYE: Yes, it looks nice and small, 10 ounces.</s>BLACKWELL: 300 calories.</s>KAYE: What a deal.</s>BLACKWELL: Yes, so enjoy that one. You'll work that off on the treadmill. And then the Burger King chocolate shake, 12 ounces, 500 calories, again, for a small.</s>KAYE: No way. I'm dropping things all over the place. These are the Taco Bell cinnamon twists. You get a whole bag of these. I'm not even going to tell you what they are, I'm just going to let you eat them.</s>BLACKWELL: Let's see. They bought these last night.</s>KAYE: Yes, they're not very fresh, 170 calories.</s>KAYE: -- a little note there.</s>BLACKWELL: Thank you for that.</s>KAYE: So there you go, interesting. It'll certainly make a lot of people think twice.</s>BLACKWELL: I'm sure they're great when they're fresh, but --</s>KAYE: I'm sure they are.</s>BLACKWELL: All right.</s>KAYE: We'll be right back.