"Worst" New Foods

Red meat is not bad for you. Now blue-green meat, that’s bad for you! ~Tommy Smothers

Each year the "Eat This, Not That" organization looks at popular restaurants and publishes the Worst Food list.

"For example, Outback Steakhouse unapologetically packs 2,135 calories, 150 grams of fat, and 2,344 milligrams of sodium into their Aussie Cheese Fries. Or consider the Pizza Skins at Uno Chicago Grill, which will you cost you a day’s worth of calories and more than two days’ worth of fat and sodium."

In the list published today, the "winners" are new menu items in 2010 that are "dietary disasters."

• Wendy’s Honey BBQ Boneless Wings
• Taco Bell Bacon Ranch Tortada
• KFC Double Down
• Cosí Steakhouse Salad
• Cold Stone Creamery Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream
• Panera Bread Cuban Chicken Panini
• Burger King A1 Steakhouse XT Burger
• IHOP Pancake Stackers
• Hardee’s Loaded Biscuit ‘N’ Gravy
• Hardee’s Six Dollar Grilled Cheese Bacon Thickburger
• Dairy Queen Buster Bar Blizzard (large)
• Olive Garden Five Cheese Crespelle with Sausage
• Ruby Tuesday Southwestern Quesadilla
• California Pizza Kitchen The Meat Cravers Pizza
• Applebee’s Ultimate Trio

Bottom Line

See http://eatthis.womenshealthmag.com/content/15-worst-food-creations-2010 for details on calories, salt and fat and why each item was selected. Usually the blame lies with the extras - sauce, cheese, butter, bacon, fried onions, and so on that are layered on top an otherwise good meal. Sometimes the calories are less obvious - in the Burger King A1 Steakhouse XT Burger two-thirds of the calories are in the buttery bun!