Shoppers may think they are going for the healthy option when choosing a green salad but it could be loaded with more calories than a Big Mac and fries. A survey by consumer watchdog Which? found Morrisons' Smedleys Atlantic Prawn Marie Rose Salad contained 855 calories and 66.3g fat - more than a McDonald's Big Mac and medium fries and 70% of the fat a man should eat in a day. Which? bought a selection of 20 pre-packed salads on the high street and found another unhealthy option was Asda's Chicken Caesar Pasta Salad, which contained 43g of fat, nearly as much as six Cadbury's Creme eggs. Almost a quarter of the salad is made up of high-calorie dressing (13% mayonnaise, 10% Caesar dressing). Which? editor Martyn Hocking said: "If you thought your high-street salad was healthy, you could be in for a surprise. "Which? has found there were large differences between the amount of fat, saturated fat, salt and calories in pre-packaged salads. Check the label or you could end up with egg on your face. "This latest research backs up what we've been saying for ages - a clear, consistent labelling scheme is important to help people spot how much fat, sugar and salt is in the food they're buying." The survey found mayonnaise or creamy sauces were often the reason why many of the salads were so high in calories and fat. Mayonnaise dressing was the second highest ingredient (27%) in a Mark and Spencer Pasta with Tomato and Basil Chicken salad, £3.20 (380g), which had 760 calories and 46g fat. However there was praise for Sainsbury's and its Rainbow Salad for containing soya beans and lentils, a good source of protein, and also its Thai Chicken Noodle for being low in salt and fats. Which? wants food companies to adopt one label so shoppers can see at a glance levels of fat, sugar and salt. It said research by the Food Standards Agency shows a combined label including traffic light colours, guideline daily amounts, grams of nutrients per portion and the words 'high', 'medium' and 'low' worked best for consumers.
One minute the big mac is healths worse enemy so they tell us to eat salad, now the salad is killing us..... we just cant win can we.....
no wonder everything that taste good have almost a high fat level in their sauces. Mac may be "healthier" than some salads but eating everyday your Mac make you only fatter not slim:laugh:
dammit,i sometime take the salad only thinking that it was healthier...but i don't use the mayo all the time
To be honest, it tastes like crap without the mayo. Not a lot of people actually like salads, they like the dressing.
salad laden with dressings and salad cream makes it no different to Big Macs >.< salad should be fresh vegetables / fruit and nothing else
Fruit salads ain't far from regular salad. Basically, it's all sugary -> glucose so you can still get FAT with fruit alone; not to mention, it's not a complete balanced diet.
man they should be called small macs... those burgers are like as big as your fists... =_= you have to eat like 3 to be full lols
I 100% disagree with the topic. They're comparing "healthy" fresh foods and a chemically induced product. You can see where the difference lies. They're only saying that the salad is "unhealthy" cause the "calorie" count is higher. I don't know about you, but I'll bang up that salad than the Big Mac, even with that calorie count.
had a big mac a few days ago, it was ok, the fries were crap, had that ranch burger thingy, that was chicken burger with salsa and stuff, that was nice, had salad last year maybe, i duno, but its aiigth cus i got a bike
