According to the FoodSwitch: State of the Fast Food Supply report, which assessed the healthiness of Australian fast food products in 2019, Red Rooster's Bacon and Cheese Rippa roll "combo" packs the most energy of quick-service chain meals with 7730 kilojoules per serving, or 89 per cent of the recommended average ...
The research found that the calories, saturated fat and salt included within the items differed slightly in different countries — with Australia being deemed one of the most 'calorific' McDonald's in the world.
The report showed that Hungry Jacks was the worst offender in the single burger category. Its Double Angus Smokey BBQ burger provides a whopping 64 percent of daily energy intake and an alarming 87 percent of your daily salt allowance.
While Red Rooster took out the top spot for most unhealthiest combo it also trumped the other chains (Hungry Jack's, Oporto, KFC and McDonald's respectively) for the highest average kilojoule content per serving overall, representing two thirds of the average adult daily energy intake.
According to the FoodSwitch: State of the Fast Food Supply report, which assessed the healthiness of Australian fast food products in 2019, Red Rooster's Bacon and Cheese Rippa roll "combo" packs the most energy of quick-service chain meals with 7730 kilojoules per serving, or 89 per cent of the recommended average ...
If you're looking for the "healthiest" McDonald's food in the world, you'll find it in Israel, which ranks lowest not only for calorie count, but also for salt and saturated fat, too. It looks like "healthy" McDonald's food really does exist.
Australia is one of the largest beef exporters in the world and it's gained a reputation for being delicious, tasty and full of flavour. So with access to premo ingredients like that, it's natural for our Big Macs and Cheeseburgers to taste superior.
Eating a fast food meal at a McDonald's, once a month, will have an insignificant, if not unnoticeable, effect on your overall diet, nutrition, and health indicators such as blood pressure and chemistry. Enjoy yourself.
Depending on the type of crust, the amount of cheese and the toppings used, pizza can rank anywhere from nutritionally decent to a diet disaster. Even healthy pizzas deliver a good amount of sodium from tomato sauce and cheese, so if you are watching your salt intake, you should eat with caution.
Australia has some of the highest food standards globally, so the freshness and quality of our produce is a lot better than what you get in the US — meaning that our fast food tastes better. Take it from Sophia, who used to live in LA but now calls Sydney home.
Here in Australia, however, McDonald's most prevalent nickname is “Macca's”. A recent branding survey commissioned by McDonald's Australia found that 55 per cent of Australians refer to the company by its local slang name.
Recently, in the European branches, the amount of salt has been reduced in the chicken nuggets due to negative public feedback linked to obesity. European sizes are also much smaller and all of the ingredients used are easy to pronounce, making their McDonald's "healthier" overall.
1. Munich, Germany. Munich easily achieves the number one spot on my list of McDonald's around Europe.
According to a study by CEO World Magazine, the United States and the United Kingdom are the most fast-food-obsessed countries in the world. France and Sweden ranked third and fourth spots, followed by Austria, Mexico, and South Korea.
New data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics from the Australian Health Survey (AHS) has revealed that vegetables and dairy are the top two food groups lacking in Australians' diets with more than 96% not eating enough vegetables and legumes, and 90% not having enough milk, cheese and yoghurt for ...
According to a study published in medical journal The Lancet, obesity rates in Australia are rising faster than anywhere else in the world. Almost two in three adults are now overweight and, alarmingly, by 2020 one-third of Australians over 15 are predicted to be obese.