Many people confuse the concept of “eating” with the concept of “using for food something that will satisfy hunger.” This misconception is due to the frantic pace of life of modern man, which forces us to resort to fast food restaurants. At the same time, for most residents of megacities this is a traditional lunch or evening meal. To understand the difference between hunger, fast food and healthy eating, let's take a few minutes to KFC.
The most reliable way to lose extra pounds is to find the right weight loss diet. If you are not happy with your reflection in the mirror and consider yourself fat, start eating what is healthy, not what you like. After all, the path to health is paved through the right menu, which can be found even in KFC fast food.
FSC calorie table
Fast food has a number of advantages: convenient for a snack, nutritious, tasty. But for weight control, as well as health, it is better to study the calorie content of KFC in advance and limit the consumption of high-calorie foods to a minimum number of times.
The calorie content of KFS main dishes - burgers, twisters, chicken fillet, wings, salads, desserts - is presented in the tables below:
Sandwiches in buns
| Burgers | Calories | Squirrels | Fats | Carbohydrates |
| CHEF BURGER spicy 173 g | 224 | 10,6 | 10,8 | 21,3 |
| CHEF BURGER 176 g | 231 | 9,9 | 11,4 | 22,2 |
| CHEESEBURGER SALSA 133 g | 242 | 11,9 | 9,2 | 27,9 |
| SANDERS with onions 130 g | 212 | 10,5 | 6,1 | 28,8 |
| BIGGER spicy 257 g | 227 | 11,6 | 9,8 | 23,4 |
| BIGGER original 257 g | 242 | 12,3 | 11,4 | 22,7 |
| LONGER “BBQ” 100 g | 231 | 11,5 | 8,0 | 28,2 |
| LONGER SALSA 101 g | 209 | 11,6 | 5,5 | 28,2 |
Flatbread sandwiches
| Twisters | Calories | Squirrels | Fats | Carbohydrates |
| TACOS SALSA 61g | 261 | 15 | 12,1 | 23 |
| CHEESE TACOS 57g | 318 | 15,9 | 18,8 | 21,4 |
| I-TWISTER CHEESE 103 g | 256 | 9,7 | 13,7 | 23,3 |
| TWISTER from toaster 192 g | 207 | 9,4 | 8,5 | 23,1 |
| TWISTER SALSA 187 g | 240 | 11,4 | 10,9 | 24,1 |
| TWISTER WEDGE 185 g | 269 | 4,6 | 18 | 22,2 |
| BOXMASTER from toaster original 249 g | 252 | 8,1 | 15,6 | 20,1 |
| BOXMASTER from toaster spicy 249 g | 260 | 8,5 | 16,7 | 18,8 |
Be sure to read: Calorie content of sausages: in dough, boiled, in a hot dog, depending on the composition and method of preparation
Strips, bytes and wings FSC
| Chicken | Calories | Squirrels | Fats | Carbohydrates |
| Chicken leg 1/76 g | 239 | 21,4 | 12,6 | 10,1 |
| Wing 3/27g | 314 | 16,6 | 20,7 | 15,4 |
| Chicken fillet bites 96 g | 268 | 23,5 | 11,9 | 16,6 |
| Chicken fillet strips 3/28g | 289,6 | 24,5 | 15,2 | 13,7 |
Salads and side dishes
| Salads and side dishes | Calories | Squirrels | Fats | Carbohydrates |
| Caesar salad Light 99g | 137 | 10,6 | 7,3 | 7,3 |
| French fries 60 g | 276 | 3,8 | 15,5 | 30,1 |
| Slice of cheese | 336 | 17 | 28 | 4,0 |
Ice cream and desserts
| Dessert menu | Calories | Squirrels | Fats | Carbohydrates |
| Ice cream “Summer Fantasy” 139 g: | ||||
| – Strawberry | 167 | 3,5 | 3,5 | 30,5 |
| – Caramel | 173 | 4,9 | 4,2 | 28,8 |
| – Chocolate | 168 | 3,8 | 3,8 | 29,6 |
| – Blackcurrant | 156 | 3,6 | 3,7 | 27 |
| Ice cream Summer 85g | 154 | 4,4 | 3,9 | 25,9 |
| Ice cream ICE DREAM 144 g: | ||||
| – Strawberry | 173 | 3,6 | 3,4 | 32 |
| – Chocolate | 175 | 4,0 | 3,7 | 31,3 |
| New York cheesecake 122 g: | ||||
| - Strawberry | 339 | 5,2 | 20,3 | 34,1 |
| – Caramel | 346 | 6,8 | 21,2 | 32,1 |
Milkshakes and coffee with syrups
| Cocktails and coffee with syrups | Calories | Squirrels | Fats | Carbohydrates |
| Milkshake 0.25 l: | ||||
| – Wild strawberry | 143 | 3,4 | 3,5 | 27,2 |
| – Delicate vanilla | 141 | 3,4 | 3,5 | 23,8 |
| – Chocolate-nut | 154 | 3,4 | 3,5 | 27,2 |
| Sugar free coffee: | ||||
| – Cappuccino 195 ml, 255 ml | 30/31 | 1,9/2 | 1,1 | 3,0/3,1 |
| – Latte 275 ml, 345 ml | 34/36 | 2,2/2,4 | 1,2/1,3 | 3,5/3,7 |
| Flavored syrup: | ||||
| – Gingerbread 32 ml | 342 | — | — | 83,5 |
| – Vanilla 24 ml | 187 | — | — | 49,2 |
| – Caramel 24 ml | 188 | — | — | 49,4 |
| – Hazelnut 24 ml | 188 | — | — | 49,4 |
| – Blackcurrant 30 ml | 349 | — | — | 83,5 |
Be sure to read: Diet shawarma with chicken: step-by-step preparation, options for sauces and toppings, calorie content
Low calorie KFC menu
Is it possible to choose something from this diet so as not to remain hungry and “squeeze” into the diet? There are such dishes on the KFS menu. These include delicious, but at the same time, quite dietary salads and twisters:
- Wedgie twister;
- twister “Italiano”;
- Cole Slaw salad;
- Teriyaki salad;
- Caesar salad".
A serving of each of them contains from 54 to 257 kilocalories (depending on the ingredients). Only Caesar has a slightly larger amount - 329 kcal. However, this figure is overestimated due to the high-calorie sauce.
There is one more dish on the menu that you can choose as your lunch. Not very dietary, but quite suitable for a one-time meal. It refers to “piece” dishes and consists of large portions of chicken meat, fried in breading. As a rule, the breast or thighs are taken. If you peel off the breading, this is a completely dietary product.
Not quite dietary, but close to it - spicy chicken wings, strips from KFC. If you don't take into account the calorie content of the breading. With it, 300 g of strips have 800 kcal. (2 servings - and the daily norm is eaten)!
Spicy chicken wings are a minimum of meat with a maximum of breading. There are 439 kcal per 135 grams of product. Here it’s even difficult to advise removing everything unnecessary, because there will be nothing to eat.
Boxmaster is strictly excluded. Even if green leaves protrude from it temptingly, in terms of calorie content it simply goes beyond all limits - 638 kcal. for 251 g servings. Bigger is only slightly inferior to him - 622 kcal. at 259
Breaded fatty fillet, cheese, flatbread and sauce - this is Boxmaster, beloved by many. Breaded fried chicken fillet, bacon and mayonnaise - a tasty, but extremely high-calorie Bigger.
General recommendations
To control weight, it is better to avoid family portions; it is advisable to make an individual order.
Spicy dishes in the form of spicy wings and burgers help increase your appetite.
For weight control, it's best to avoid family portions
Instead of sugary carbonated drinks, it is good to choose green tea with lemon or water. You need to count calories; the sufficient norm per day for a woman is 2000 Kcal, for men 2400 Kcal.
Balance your diet, limit visiting the FSC to 1-2 times a week.
Harmful food from fast food restaurant menus for children
Let’s not talk about the ways in which fast food restaurants lure children—that’s a topic for another story. All that needs to be said is that children's sets are one of the easiest ways to attract children's attention. Not wanting to upset their children, parents buy them these kits. This is how children’s addiction to fast food is formed from childhood.
Each children's set necessarily includes French fries, which have 14 grams of modified fats per serving, and the child's body is able to digest only 3 grams per day.
Comparison of some KFC and MacDonalds dishes
It is believed that most KFS recipes are lower in calories than McDonald's. The same MacDonalds hamburger sandwich has about 255 Kcal, the KFC brand Longer and Sanders alternative has about 209 and 212 Kcal.
High calorie content in McDonald's milkshakes and ice cream: approximately twice as high as in KFS.
Be sure to read: How many calories are in a McDonald's hamburger, as well as in a Big Mac, cheeseburger or salads and rolls
Eating healthy at Kentucky Fried Chicken
The American chain restaurant business KFC (KFC), whose name translates as “Kentucky Fried Chicken,” is based on the production of chicken dishes.
Anyone who is watching their weight should remember that a lot of seasonings, spices, flavors and flavor enhancers are used in these products. In addition, food is heavily salted and fried in large amounts of oil.
A person can develop a real food addiction from fast food products, and subsequently, a disruption of metabolic processes in the body. Therefore, it is not recommended to get carried away with them.
Just imagine how many calories KFC's famous chicken wings and drumsticks contain. For example, Kentucky fried chicken, which has 125 kcal calories, after processing and frying turns into a “monster” with 237 kcal calories! Thus, dietary chicken meat and wings in a special menu from KFC can turn a slender beauty into a charming (but unhappy) plump woman in exactly a couple of months.
To be able to lose extra pounds without harming your health, you need to consume no more than 1,500 kilocalories per day. If you do not want to lose weight, your diet should consist of 2000 kcal. By the way, a third of your calories per day can be eaten with one KFC Boxmaster.
KFC: main menu
KFC is an American fast food chain.
The main ingredient of fast food products is chicken, from which all dishes are prepared. The fillet is fertilized with spices and fried. As a result, visitors to Rostix receive tasty and high-calorie food. A classic portion of the dish consists of 2-3 pieces of chicken with a leg. Servings for a family lunch include 6-16 pieces.
FSC producers offer to evaluate the fast food menu, which is presented in the following categories:
Sandwiches
The voluminous sandwiches are made from crispy buns stuffed with vegetables, cutlets and chicken fillets. Twister Wedgie (vegetarian version), Longer (hot dog) and Sanders are popular.
Baskets and SnackBoxes
On the Rostix menu you can find large portions of French fries with chicken pieces. The serving size of Basket differs from Mini Basket, but the calorie content of both dishes is approximately the same. You can also note a set of French fries and chicken strips - SnackBox.
Potatoes, salads and sauces
French fries are served with sauce. From salads, you can order, for example, a classic Caesar portion.
Beverages
Manufacturers collaborate with branded beverage companies, so you can find both Pepsi and Lipton tea on the menu. Fans of non-brand drinks will be able to order an Americano or non-alcoholic Mojito.
Dessert
The hallmark of fast food restaurants is the creation of daily specials. At the restaurant you can enjoy vanilla New York cheesecake, cool ice cream or Hot Pie Beef.
Twister from FSC: calorie calculation
With wedges of vegetables and plenty of seasoning, Kentucky Chicken has solid nutritional value. Due to the ingredients included, the twister boasts a crispy crust and a variety of fillings. To estimate the calorie content of a dish, let's look at the twister ingredients:
- chicken breast;
- eggs;
- mayonnaise;
- vegetable filling (lettuce, peppers, gherkins, herbs);
- salt, pepper, sauce;
- vegetable oil and flour;
- other ingredients.
In total, it turns out that a serving of Twister (192 g) consists of 449 Kcal, which includes proteins - 19 g, fats - 19 g, carbohydrates - 43 g.
If you decide to enjoy a vegetarian Twister (187 g), then its energy value will be 535 Kcal, including proteins - 9.4 g, fats - 34 g, carbohydrates - 48 g.
If we assume that the average daily human consumption rate is 2000 Kcal, then it turns out that you can eat no more than 4 such dishes per day.
Wings from Rostix: calorie calculation
Spicy chicken wings attract gourmets even despite the high calorie content of the product.
Deep-fried and seasoned, the dish consists of the following ingredients:
- chicken wings;
- eggs and flour;
- cornflakes;
- spices (red and black pepper, salt, paprika);
- vegetable oil and vinegar.
As a result of simple calculations, we find that a serving of 3 wings weighing 81 g contains 254 Kcal, which includes proteins - 13 g, fats - 17 g, carbohydrates - 12 g.
It should be noted that the taste characteristics of the wings vary. So, in one KFC restaurant a wing can taste like strong pepper, but in another it can be tender and literally melt in your mouth.
How to have lunch at a fast food restaurant?
Even here, in the realm of gluttony and the celebration of the belly, you can find truly dietary food. If for some reason you find yourself in KFC, you can order the following dishes for lunch without fear for your figure:
- "Caesar" or "Corn" without dressing;
- boiled corn;
- fruit drinks from sour berries;
- tea without sugar).
There are a few more general recommendations :
- Be sure to order Caesar salad and others without dressing, this will significantly reduce their calorie content.
- Before visiting fast food, drink a glass of warm water or kefir (1%). As you know, you can’t visit stores or restaurants on an empty stomach.
- Order one serving for two with a friend. Eat your portion slowly, chewing leisurely and enjoying the taste of the food. After 15-20 minutes you will feel that hunger has subsided and a feeling of fullness has come.
- Never order spicy dishes (strips, bites) with a lot of seasonings. Spices further increase appetite.
- Don't buy sweet soda from fast food joints. Order a glass of tea without sugar, but with lemon. This will help digestion and maintain a feeling of fullness.
- At your next meal, include vegetables in the form of salad, fruits and water.
- If you still can’t resist breaded fried chicken (in the form of strips or bites), clean off all excess from them and eat only the meat. Never order spicy minced chicken dishes.
- It is strictly forbidden to order sandwiches, burgers and Boxmaster for those who are on a diet. The lettuce leaves that are placed in them should not inspire confidence in you. The buns included in their composition are made from premium flour. The burger contains a fried cutlet. Boxmaster and Bigger are a mix of all high-calorie foods that can be collected in a restaurant. And the products themselves are heavily soaked in sauces and mayonnaise.
For those who are watching their weight, there are many options for calorie tables for a particular product. Most girls, concerned about their own appearance, use these tools every day and maintain a great figure by correctly composing the menu.
