The Diet Detective: Your Guide to Fast Food Salads

Arby’s

The Roast Chopped Farmhouse salad is clearly the best choice, along with the light Italian dressing or the balsamic vinaigrette.

Chopped Farmhouse Chicken Salad; 430 calories
Roast Chopped Farmhouse Chicken Salad; 250 calories
Chopped Side Salad; 80 calories
Light Italian Dressing; 20 calories
Dijon Honey Mustard Dressing; 180 calories
Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing; 130 calories
Buttermilk Ranch Dressing; 210 calories

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Jack in-the-Box

The grilled chicken salad is the best choice, with either the balsamic vinaigrette or the “lite” ranch. Avoid the croutons. The Southwest salad with grilled chicken can also be a good choice if you skip the Southwest dressing and the spicy corn sticks.

  • Chicken Club Salad with Grilled Chicken Strips; 366 calories
  • Chicken Club Salad with Crispy Chicken Strips; 513 calories
  • Grilled Chicken Salad; 246 calories
  • Southwest Chicken Salad with Crispy Chicken Strips; 497 calories
  • Southwest Chicken Salad with Grilled Chicken Strips; 350 calories
  • Side Salad; 20 calories
  • Low Fat Balsamic Vinaigrette; 35 calories
  • Lite Ranch Dressing; 150 calories
  • Bacon Ranch Dressing; 260 calories
  • Creamy Southwest Dressing; 220 calories
  • Gourmet Seasoned Croutons; 100 calories
  • Spicy Corn Sticks; 140 calories

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Taco Bell

The taco salad is served in a taco shell—that’s where most of the calories come from. Avoid eating the shell (or order it without the shell).

Express Taco Salad with Chips; 580 calories
Fiesta Taco Salad-Beef; 770 calories
Fiesta Taco Salad- Chicken; 730 calories
Fiesta Taco Salad- Steak; 710 calories

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Charles Stuart Platkin is an Active Expert, nutrition and public health advocate, author of the best seller Breaking the Pattern (Plume, 2005), Breaking the FAT Pattern (Plume, 2006) and Lighten Up (Penguin USA/Razorbill, 2006) and founder of Integrated Wellness Solutions and DietDetective.com. Sign up for The Diet Detective newsletter free at www.dietdetective.com.

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