10 Fast-Food Restaurants That Serve Healthy Foods

Fast food is typically loaded with calories, sodium, and unhealthy fat—often enough in one meal for an entire day. It also tends to be low in nutrients and almost totally lacking in fruit, vegetables, and fiber. That doesn’t mean you have to avoid fast food entirely.

Because fast food is high in sodium, saturated fat, trans fat, and cholesterol, it isn’t something you should eat often. Eating too much over a long period of time can lead to issues such as high blood pressure, heart disease, and unwanted weight gain.

1. Chipotle. Chipotle Mexican Grill is a restaurant chain that specializes in foods like tacos and burritos.
2. Chick-fil-A. Chick-fil-A is a fast-food restaurant that specializes in chicken sandwiches.
3. Wendy’s.
4. McDonald’s.
5. Ruby Tuesday.
6. The Cheesecake Factory.
7. KFC.
8. Subway.

This Is the Cleanest Fast-Food Chain in America

• Papa Murphy’s (63%)
• Newk’s Eatery (64.9%)
• Firehouse Subs (65.8%)
• Culvers (67.1%)
• Chick-fil-A (67.2%)

Recurring violations included dirty food preparation counters and rodent droppings.

1. BURGER KING. So which fast food chain finished number one on Dateline’s dirty dining list?
2. ARBY’S. The 100 Arby’s had 210 critical violations.
3. WENDY’S. 100 Wendy’s had 206 critical violations.
4. HARDEES.
5. DAIRY QUEEN.
6. JACK IN THE BOX.
7. SUBWAY.
8. KFC.

The INSIDER Summary: Taco Bell has been building its menu to offer healthier options. There is now a low-calorie “Fresco” menu, a high-protein “Cantina” menu, and a vegetarian menu certified by the American Vegetarian Association.

Burger King topped the list as the least favorite fast-food chain. The runner-up for the least favorite fast-food chain in the Twittersphere is McDonald’s with 11 states calling it the worst.

13 Healthiest Fast Food Burgers, Recommended By Nutritionists

1. Burger King’s Whopper Jr.
2. In-and-Out Hamburger w/ Onion Protein Style (Bun replaced with lettuce)
3. Jack in the Box Hamburger.
4. Wendy’s Jr.
5. McDonald’s Hamburger.
6. Culver’s Original Butterburger (Single)
7. Steak ‘n’ Shake Single Steakburger.
8. BurgerFi Burger (Single)

Burger King: Poor Bet The Triple Whopper With Cheese is as unhealthy as its name suggests. It may have lettuce, tomato, and onion, but the three beef patties make up most of the 1,299 calories in this burger. Each Triple Whopper has almost 90 grams of total fat, 26% more than the recommended amount for an entire day.