Chicken Strips Salt Content

Dietary Guidelines for Sodium Intake

The new Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend 1,500mg of sodium daily for those at risk for blood-pressure-related diseases, and 2,300mg for everyone else. For a little perspective on how easy it is to hit those marks, look at how heavily the salt shaker is deployed with these eight fast-food chicken strips.

For each restaurant example, we chose the smallest-available serving. Differences in serving size account for some of the sodium variation.

Hardee's

The Facts:

3 pieces per order
260 calories
2.5g sat fat
770mg sodium

McDonald's

The Facts:

3 pieces per order
400 calories
3.5g sat fat
1,010mg sodium

Arby's

The Facts:

3 pieces per order
360 calories
2.5g sat fat
1,160mg sodium

Chick-Fil-A

The Facts:

3 pieces per order
360 calories
3.5g sat fat
1,230mg sodium

KFC

The Facts:

3 pieces per order
340 calories
4g sat fat
1,280mg sodium

Church's

The Facts:

3 pieces per order
360 calories
6g sat fat
1,320mg sodium

Zaxby's

The Facts:

5 pieces per order
440 calories
4g sat fat
1,390mg sodium

Popeyes

The Facts:

3 pieces per order
375 calories
7g sat fat
1,620mg sodium

Cooking Light

The Facts:

3 pieces per serving
366 calories
1.5g sat fat
369mg sodium

View Recipe: Pan-Fried Chicken Fingers with Spicy Dipping Sauce

Note: The original recipe nutrition information was calculated to include a Spicy Dipping Sauce. Without the sauce, these Pan-Fried Chicken Fingers have 366 calories, 1.5g sat fat, 369mg sodium per serving (3 pieces).

Salt Content in Fast Food Chicken Strips