The Healthiest (and Unhealthiest) Fast Food Burgers of 2021

Ahead of National Cheeseburger Day, this new analysis claims to know which fast food burgers are the highest (and lowest) in calories.

Funded by Yorktest, a food sensitivity company (more on those here), this study used nutritional data from each restaurant’s U.S. menu to develop the calorie figures for each burger. Kid’s menus and slider-style burgers weren’t included. (Sorry, White Castle.)

As far as major findings, Burger King is also the winner for highest and lowest-calorie burger. Confusingly, the list also includes chicken sandwiches.

Here are the top 10 burgers calorie-wise:

1. Burger King – Bacon King – 2,102 calories

2. Fatburger – XXXL Triple Kingburger – 1,859* calories

3. Wendy’s – Big Bacon Cheddar Cheeseburger Triple – 1,420 calories

4. Smashburger – Double smoked bacon brisket burger – 1,290 calories

5. Carl’s Jr – The Really Big Carl – 1,180 calories

6. Sonic Drive-In – Supersonic Bacon Double Cheeseburger with Mayo – 1,140 calories

7. Whataburger – Mushroom Swiss Burger – 1,110 calories

8. Culvers – The Culver’s Bacon Deluxe Triple – 1,090 calories

9. Five Guys – Bacon Cheeseburger – 1,060 calories

10. Steak n’ Shake – Bacon ‘n Cheese Triple – 1,030 calories

Here are the 10 burgers (er, sandwiches) that came in at the lowest calorie count:

1. Burger King – Hamburger – 241 calories

2. McDonald’s – Hamburger – 250 calories (tie)

3. Wendy’s – Jr. Hamburger – 250 calories (tie)

4. Whataburger – Whataburger Jr. – 310 calories

5. Steak n’ Shake – Single steakburger without cheese – 320 calories (tie)

6. Chick-fil-A – Grilled chicken sandwich – 320 calories (tie)

7. A&W – Hamburger – 350 calories (tie)

8. Dairy Queen – Hamburger – 350 calories (tie)

9. KFC – Honey BBQ sandwich – 350 calories (tie)

10. Arby’s – Classic roast beef and roast buffalo chicken sandwich – 360 calories

Not every burger or chicken sandwich is super high in calories, so pick your patties wisely.

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