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Salt Content in Fast Food Chicken Strips

By Phillip Rhodes
April 01, 2011
You'd think fat would be the problem with chicken strips. Not so. But some have a full day's worth of salt.
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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.

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Hardee's

The Facts:

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

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McDonald's

The Facts:

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

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Arby's

The Facts:

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

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Chick-Fil-A

The Facts:

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

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KFC

The Facts:

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

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Church's

The Facts:

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

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Zaxby's

The Facts:

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

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Popeyes

The Facts:

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

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Cooking Light

The Facts:

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

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).

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