Five Guys nutritional data: Holy Smokes

[Blackjack200]

I burned 200 calories playing soccer this morning and grabbed an egg white omelette from the cafateria before discovering that someone had thrown out my yogurt from the office fridge.

So I figured I'd be going into lunch with -100 calories for the day, maybe I could afford the calories of a five guys burger and fries.

Looked up the nutritional data.

http://www.fiveguys.net/files/files/NutritionalInfo_2010.pdf



1460 calories.

Guess not.

(Not trying to pick on 5 guys here, I imagine other fast food joints are no better)

 

[Kaido]

Yeah we were talking about this at work...I guess they use lard for everything, including to grease the burgers on the grill as well as a scoop of it into the peanut oil fryer for the fries. So...delicious...though...and there's been some talk about the healthiness vs. butter, Crisco, etc., since it's had a pretty bad reputation in the past:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/20...back-in-the-larder-but-hold-the-health-claims

On a side note, I've now been trying to source local leaf lard :awe:

 

[Charles Kozierok]

Eye-opening, isn't it?

This is why I support laws requiring restaurants to provide this information. Let them serve what they want, but let customers make informed decisions.

 

[Sixguns]

Not to be rude but did you think it would be lower? Everybody needs to understand that when eating out you will usually be eating a bunch of calories.

 

[SaurusX]

Good God. This made me check the local burger place I go to... 1260 calories for cheesburger and fries. Good thing the wife and I only rarely make that trip.

 

[Saint Nick]

Hehe...1500 calories still leaves me with 2000 calories for the day :awe:

 

[blackdogdeek]

1540! Woohoo! I win!

Though, I don't usually finish the regular size fries and their 620 calories in one sitting. I'm usually too full after the Bacon Cheeseburger and its 920 calories of awesome tastiness.

 

[mple]

While it's possible for me to fit a 1600 calorie meal into a low calorie diet, I personally avoid places like five guys since my appetite is voracious and a meal there feels a lot less filling than the calories it provides.

 

[Blackjack200]

Eye-opening, isn't it?

This is why I support laws requiring restaurants to provide this information. Let them serve what they want, but let customers make informed decisions.

Me too, the good thing is that most chains seem to be doing it already, I guess due to consumer demand and the anticipation that these regulations are coming anyway.

The real challange is what to do with small independently owned restaurants and diners. They don't have as much menu consistency and I could see it being burdonsome.

Maybe this is a question for debate club.

Not to be rude but did you think it would be lower? Everybody needs to understand that when eating out you will usually be eating a bunch of calories.

I guess I was hoping for around 1200. That would have left me enough for a small dinner.

My current practice for eating out is to eat half the entree (no appetizers, caloried drinks, sides or dessert) and estimate the calories very high. The reason that I checked the five guys site was that my estimate for the meal was 1700 calories, so I was hoping the truth would be a little more accomidating.

Hehe...1500 calories still leaves me with 2000 calories for the day :awe:

Damn you, can't wait till I'm bulking again. This will be a mere snack! :biggrin:

 

[Bateluer]

Uh yeah. This is why American's are increasingly obese. A single snack has half your day's required calories.

 

[Kyle]

Uh yeah. This is why American's are increasingly obese. A single snack has half your day's required calories.

I wouldn't consider that a snack- I'd be full for quite a while- it'd be a full meal for me and prob enough to make my next meal a lot smaller

 

[iluvdeal]

The Heart Attack Grill is the only burger place not trying to hide what their food is doing to you.

 

[wirednuts]

some people need more then 2000 calories too. depends on how active you are and, shockingly, how your body is

 

[Corporate Thug]

my mouth is watering reading the menu..I've only had it once but I drive by it a couple times a week and shed a tear as I chug along with my 1500 calorie diet

One of these days I'm going say fuck it and got for it...

 

[MustISO]

Where I live restaurants with multiple locations have to put the calorie information on the menu and on the menu boards. It's absolutely insane the amount of calories in a normal entree not to mention fat and sodium.

I believe this is being mandated nation wide soon. Not that I think many people care or even understand how calories in/out work. I know most of my friends would have no clue how bad eating out can be.

 

[QueBert]

Not to be rude but did you think it would be lower? Everybody needs to understand that when eating out you will usually be eating a bunch of calories.

The Cheeseburger there is TINY and it's 840 calories, the burger I get from Jack In The Box is only about 50 calories more, it's waaaay bigger and has 4 strips of bacon. I cannot fathom how in the hell the regular cheese burger from 5 Guys can possibly have that many calories.

 

[CA19100]

I always get the "little" burger on the rare event I go into Five Guys. It's still a huge burger; it's just not a double burger, which is what all the non-"little" ones are. Don't let the name fool you. Save yourself 220 calories and go for the single patty.

 

[KlokWyze]

I usually either get "just" a little burger or a regular fry.

 

[tcG]

That just means you're getting more food for your money. Calorie counting is misguided, IMO. It's more about the quality of the calories and eating clean.

 

[Bateluer]

I wouldn't consider that a snack- I'd be full for quite a while- it'd be a full meal for me and prob enough to make my next meal a lot smaller

Ah, catch is, those are basically empty calories with no nutritional value. You won't feel full, and will want to eat again before too long. Those calories will, however, be converted directly to lard though.

 

[jaedaliu]

A few years ago, we were at Friday's, after the law passed in california for nutrition info to be on the menu. The "healthy" turkey burger was 1000 calories (and came with 2 sides for extra calories) my wife had half the burger to cut down on her calorie intake (it was a pretty big burger) and I must have had ~ 2500 calories that meal from the apps, my dinner, her other burger half, etc.

 

[blackdogdeek]

Ah, catch is, those are basically empty calories with no nutritional value. You won't feel full, and will want to eat again before too long. Those calories will, however, be converted directly to lard though.

Empty? I couldn't even finish my fries and even the next morning I was still full.

 

[blackdogdeek]

The Cheeseburger there is TINY and it's 840 calories, the burger I get from Jack In The Box is only about 50 calories more, it's waaaay bigger and has 4 strips of bacon. I cannot fathom how in the hell the regular cheese burger from 5 Guys can possibly have that many calories.

The Cheeseburger is two patties. The Little Cheeseburger is a single patty.

 

[KlokWyze]

The Cheeseburger is two patties. The Little Cheeseburger is a single patty.

The "little" is NOT small, unless you eat huge meals of course.

 

[blackdogdeek]

The "little" is NOT small, unless you eat huge meals of course.

Agreed. I would be full for several hours after that.