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WORST SANDWICH IN AMERICA
Quizno’s Tuna Melt, large
1,760 calories
133 g fat (25 g saturated, 1.5 g trans)
92 g carbs
2,120 mg sodium
Tuna melts are scary because they sound so harmless—in almost all other forms, tuna is usually a smart and healthy choice. So what’s with the insane caloric overload? Blame the fat-packed mayo the tuna is mixed with, along with Quizno’s larger-than-life portion sizes. Even though they’ve managed to trim this melt down from the original 2,000-plus calorie mark when we first tested it, it still remains the worst sandwich we’ve found.
Holy crap! That’s more of everything I eat in a day!!
These are the same “Eat This, Not This” nutjobs that would rather you had a nice grilled chicken breast for dinner instead of Flannery rib cap.
To be fair, it’s great information for people that constantly eat fast food, but on the rare occasion that I find myself at Taco Bell, I’ll be damned if I’m ordering from the “Fresco” menu.
That said…this should be criminal:
Carl’s Jr. Double Six Dollar Burger
with Medium Natural cut Fries and 32 oz Coke
2618 Calories
144 g at (51.5 g saturated fat)
2892 mg sodium
The saturated fat alone is the equivalent of 63 strips of bacon!
First of all - I’d take the 63 strips of bacon, all day.
Second - have you SEEN a double six dollar burger? That’s about a pound of meat!
On most of these sandwiches (the tuna melt included, of course), the big killer is the 80 ounces of mayonaise they slather on them. I can’t stand mayo, and get mayo delete on anything it comes on, even In N Out with their special sauce, which is mayo-based. It sucks, and I don’t need any help building my gut.
You are correct on the wackos who put this out, though. I recall one of their first ‘don’t eat this!’ trips was on Granola - with all the fat it has, blah blah. Have Kix instead or some shit. Or Cracklin’ Oat Bran, too. Well, the granola and Cracklin’ Oat Bran actually have some good whole grains in them, sport, and Kix or Corn Flakes or whatever is just about useless from a nutritional perspective other than to fill your stomach with starch.
I’m not surprised to see a vegetarian choice on there. It’s amazing how fast you can make up for the lack of a fatty beef patty with condiments alone.
I can’t skip the secret sauce at In N Out just to save 80 calories, but I made a much bigger concession. We always stop at In N Out at least once when we drive through CA, and our “usual” is a cheeseburger, a shared order of fries, and a shake. The shake is 690 calories. For a beverage! Never again.
That shake would be on the “Lite & Skinny” menu at Baskin Robbins…
Baskin Robbins Large Chocolate Oreo Shake
2,600 calories
135 g fat (59 g saturated fat, 2.5 g trans fats)
263 g sugars
1,700 mg sodium
That’s, like, 1.512 tuna melts!
Tuna melts are scary because they sound so harmless—in almost all other forms, tuna is usually a smart and healthy choice.
That is a silly statement. A tuna melt doesn’t have to be anywhere near 1760 calories. When I make one at home for example, it is about 510 calories (using 1 can of Bumblebee “prime fillet” albacore, up to 3 tbs mayo, a squeeze of lemon juice, and crunchy veggies such as onion, celery, peperoncini, etc., two flour tortillas, and two slices of provolone for two tuna melts):
510 calories
28g fat (11g saturated, 0g* trans-fat)
33g carbohydrate (6g fiber)
32g protein
These figures compare favorably to some of the “healthy” alternatives listed in the article…
Incidentally, many people don’t realize that mayo is much higher in calories/fat than sour cream: mayo is 90-100 calories per tablespoon, whereas sour cream (full-fat) is 30 cal/tbs… not that I’m advocating using sour cream in tuna salad, but it’s not bad on a turkey sandwich, for example.
*The tortilla package lists hydrogenated soybean oil as an ingredient, so one serving (one tortilla) may actually contain up to 0.5g trans-fat and still be labeled as “0g” in the US.