MSNBC did a piece titled ‘19 worst drive-thru foods in America’ and I’m here to set the record straight. These are ninteen of the World’s best drive-thru foods!

The article claims that the fast foods are adding twenty pounds of fat onto your body every year. A complete fabrication. I get fat from all foods, drive-thru or not.

Anyway, on with the items in their list:

Best drink – Sonic Minute Maid Cranberry Juice Slush (“Route 44”–extra large)

• 616 calories
• 165 g sugars

Best value-menu item – Burger King Spicy Chick’n Crisp Sandwich

• 450 calories
• 30 g fat (5 g saturated fat)
• 810 mg sodium

Best Mexican entree – Taco Bell Grilled Stuffed Beef Burrito

 

• 680 calories
• 30 g fat (10 g saturated fat)
• 2,120 mg sodium

Best hot sandwich – Sonic Chicken Club TOASTER Sandwich

 

• 742 calories
• 46 g fat (11 g saturated, 0.5 g trans)
• 1,742 mg sodium

 Start with a fried chicken breast, add bacon, cheese, and mayo, and you’re there. 

Best crispy chicken sandwich – Hardee’s Big Chicken Filet Sandwich

 

•  800 calories
• 37 g fat (6 g saturated fat)
• 1,890 mg sodium

Hardee’s Monster Thickburger comes in at 1,420 calories, 108 grams of fat.

 

Best roast beef sandwich – Arby’s Roast Beef and Swiss Market Fresh Sandwich

 

•  810 calories
• 42 g fat (13 g saturated fat)
• 1,780 mg sodium

The unwholesome trinity of mayo, Italian sub sauce, and processed Swiss cheese make this sandwich the clear winner in the battle of the beef. The Super Roast Beef replaces mayo with a low-cal spicy pepper sauce and totals 370 fewer calories.

 

Best drive-thru kids meal – Burger King Kids Double Cheeseburger and Kids Fries with Small Coke

 

•  950 calories
• 42 g fat (17 g saturated fat, 4.5 g trans fats)
• 1,410 mg sodium

BK’s dubious double burger earns the distinction of being the fattiest meal for an on-the-go kid, with nearly a day’s worth of saturated fat for the average 8-year-old.

 

Best chicken strips – Dairy Queen 6-Piece Chicken Strip Basket

 

•  1,270 calories
• 67 g fat (11 g saturated fat)
• 2,910 mg sodium

The strips deliver more grams of fat than four DQ Homestyle Burgers, and nearly 300 more calories than a Large Strawberry CheeseQuake Blizzard.

 

Best drive-thru breakfast sandwich – Jack in the Box Sausage, Egg & Cheese Biscuit

 

• 740 calories
• 55 g fat (17 g saturated fat)
• 1,430 mg sodium

This one contains nearly a full day’s worth of saturated fat. 

 

Best side dish – Arby’s Large Mozzarella Sticks

 

•  849 calories
• 56 g fat (26 g saturated fat)
• 2,730 mg sodium

Best milkshake – McDonald’s Large Triple Thick Chocolate Milkshake

 

• 1,160 calories
• 27 g fat (16 g saturated fat)
• 168 g sugar
• 510 mg sodium

Best potato side dish – Jack in the Box Bacon Cheddar Potato Wedges

 

• 720 calories
• 48 g fat (15 g saturated fat, 12 g trans fats)
• 1,360 mg sodium
• 48 g carbohydrates

Best salad – Chick-fil-A Chick-n-Strips Salad with Buttermilk Ranch Dressing

 

• 800 calories
• 60 g fat (12 g saturated fat)
• 1,745 mg sodium

Best dessert – Dairy Queen Large Strawberry CheeseQuake Blizzard

 

• 990 calories
• 39 g fat (24 g saturated fat)
• 114 g sugars

Best fish sandwich – Burger King BIG FISH Sandwich with Tartar Sauce

 

•  640 calories
• 32 g fat (5 g saturated fat)
• 1,540 mg sodium

 

Best cheeseburger – Hardee’s Monster Thickburger

 

• 1,420 calories
• 108 g fat (43 g saturated fat)
• 2,770 mg sodium
• 230 mg cholesterol

This burger is called “Monster” for a reason. It’s got the caloric equivalent of almost 6 McDonald’s hamburgers, the saturated fat equivalent of 43 strips of Oscar Mayer bacon, and the sodium equivalent of 84 saltine crackers. You’ll satisfy nearly an entire day’s worth of calories in one sitting.

Best ‘healthy’ food – Arby’s Roast Turkey and Swiss Market Fresh Sandwich

 

•  708 calories
• 29 g fat (8 g saturated fat)
• 1,676 mg sodium

Best grilled chicken – Jack in the Box Chipotle Chicken Ciabatta

 

• 690 calories
• 28 g fat (9 g saturated fat)
• 1,850 mg sodium

Unlike many other fast food restaurants that have made the shift away from trans fats, Jack in the Box’s menu has a number of items with more than 5 grams of the stuff—and some with up to 13 grams of it! Add fries to this sandwich, and you’ll take in three and a half times your daily limit.

Best drive-thru meal in America – Carl’s Jr. Double Six Dollar Burger with Medium Natural Cut Fries and 32 oz Coke

 

• 2,618 calories
• 144 g fat (51.5 g saturated fat)
• 2,892 mg sodium

 This meal has the caloric equivalent of 13 Krispy Kreme Original Glazed Donuts; the saturated fat equivalent of 52 strips of bacon; and the salt equivalent of seven and a half large orders of McDonald’s French fries!

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