![]() Go easy on the cheesy melts and creamy dressings. Other healthy takeaway options: Most of the other 6-inch subs (apart from the high sodium Buffalo or Teriyaki chicken options) are okay – just choose lean meats, extra salad ingredients and the honey oat or multigrain bread. It’s not the lowest in calories or sodium, but you can enjoy the flavour without adding any high sodium sauces. Subwayīetter choices: 6-inch chicken strips on honey oat or multigrain bread ![]() Too good to be true: Spinach roll – spinach is a highly nutritious food, but this vegetarian version of a sausage roll is high in both saturated fat and sodium. Think twice: Dagwood dogs, chiko rolls, battered seafood sticksĭeep-fried foods of any description are best reserved for special occasions. Grilled chicken burgers are also a good choice, as long as they are made with a skinless chicken breast fillet. ![]() Choose salads and lean meats as fillings. Other good choices: If you are lucky, sandwiches might be on the menu. Feel free to load it up with tomato, lettuce, beetroot and pineapple, but go easy on the sauce and save the egg, fried onions, cheese and hot chips for a special treat. You can do a lot worse than a good ol’ fashioned steak sandwich. Don’t be deceived! Corner store burger shop Too good to be true: Veggie burger – layered with cheese, creamy sauce and a fried patty, this burger is an energy dense burger, with a high saturated fat content for a vegetarian meal. It should come as no surprise that tripling the filling makes this burger push your daily limits to… well the limit, especially with regards to its whopping 1700mg sodium. But if you really want a burger, a single fillet burger is the best choice. Other healthy takeaway options: The Chicken Salad Bowl is better than most burgers, even with the dressing. This burger is one of the lowest fat, kilojoule and sodium options on the menu. Oportoīetter choices: Single fillet Bondi burger Other healthy takeaway options: The chicken pieces can be a better choice – but you need to remove the skin and fried coating, we’re sorry to say! Alternatively, opt for a mixture of sides – including potato and gravy, coleslaw and a plain dinner roll.ĭespite the name, this definitely isn’t a ‘snack’ – at 2292kJ per serve, it’s a meal. It also contains less sodium than many other menu items. Sadly, this is really just the best of the bunch – but at least it’s an appropriate serving size, and has a relatively contained 1.6g serve of saturated fat. KFCīetter choices: Original Recipe fillet burger ![]() Too good to be true: Veggie burger – at nearly 3000kJ per serve, this burger is an energy-dense meal. Aside from the massive 4710kJ per burger, it also contains an unbelievable 31g of saturated fat and almost a day’s worth of sodium. ![]() Order it without cheese to keep the saturated fat and energy down. If you’re going to enjoy a burger, choosing this smaller portion size – which also has some salad in it – is a sensible option. Too good to be true: Crispy chicken Caesar McWrap may sound like a healthy option, but not when it contributes a massive 1460mg sodium per serve! Hungry Jack’s It also contains more than 50g fat, half of which is saturated. This burger contains more than 1490mg sodium, which is almost a full day’s intake for an adult. This wrap is a better option because it’s lower in energy, sodium and saturated fat, than other options, plus it has added fibre from the wholemeal wrap. McDonald’sīetter choices: Wholemeal Snack Wrap – Grilled Chicken Did you know that Australians eat takeaway or restaurant food an average of four times a week? With many fast food outlets now advertising healthy alternatives on their standard menu, dietitian Debbie Iles goes on a mission to find out just how easy it is to find ‘healthy’ takeaway food. ![]()
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