Advertisement
  • Newsletter
  • Subscribe
Health

What are the unhealthiest foods in North America?

What are the worst foods in North America? The Center for Science in the Public Interest revealed their 2011 list yesterday, and it has some doozies: desserts with two and a half days' worth of saturated fat, drinks with more than half a day's calories.
By Vanessa Milne
What are the unhealthiest foods in North America? Masterfile

What are the worst foods in North America? The Center for Science in the Public Interest revealed their 2011 list yesterday, and it has some doozies: desserts with two and a half days' worth of saturated fat, drinks with more than half a day's calories. And it's not all American-only restaurants — a Starbucks classic and grocery-store staples also made the list. Here's the worst of the worst:

Marie Calendar's (16.5 oz) Chicken Pot Pie: 520 calories, 11 g saturated fat, 800 mg sodium.

Advertisement

Olive Garden's Tour of Italy: (Homemade Lasagna, Lightly Breaded Chicken Parmigiana, and Creamy Fettuccine Alfredo): 1,450 calories, 33 g saturated fat, 3,830 mg sodium.

Campbell's condensed soup: 850 mg sodium.

Advertisement

Chipotle Chicken Burrito: 970 calories, 18 g saturated fat, 2,200 mg sodium.

The Cheesecake Factory's Chocolate Tower Truffle Cake: 1,670 calories, 48 g saturated fat (two and a half days' worth!)

Advertisement

Pillsbury Grands! Cinnabon Cinnamon Roll with Icing: 310 calories, 2 g saturated fat,  2.5 g trans fat.

Land O' Lakes margarine spread: 2 g saturated fat, 2.5 g trans fat (more than a day's worth).

Advertisement

Starbucks Venti (20 oz) White Chocolate Mocha with 2-percent milk and whipped cream: 580 calories, 15 g saturated fat.

Häagen-Dazs ice cream petite half cup: 300 calories.

Advertisement

Cold Stone Creamery's Oh Fudge! shake: 1,250 calories

As Bonnie Liebman, CSPI director, said: "It's as if the restaurants were targeting the remaining one out of three Americans who are still normal weight in order to boost their risk of obesity, diabetes, heart attacks, and cancer."

The very best of Chatelaine straight to your inbox.

By signing up, you agree to our terms of use and privacy policy. You may unsubscribe at any time.

Advertisement
Advertisement
Copy link
The cover of Chatelaine magazine's spring 2025 issue, reading "weekend prep made easy"; "five delicious weeknight meals", "plus, why you'll never regret buying an air fryer"; "save money, stay stylish how to build a capsule wardrobe" and "home organization special" along with photos of burritos, chicken and rice and white bean soup, quick paella in a dutch oven, almost-instant Thai chicken curry and chicken broccoli casserole in an enamelled cast-iron skillet

Subscribe to Chatelaine!

Want to streamline your life? In our Spring 2025 issue, we’ll show you how—whether it’s paring down your wardrobe, decluttering your messiest spaces or spending way less time cooking thanks to an easy, mostly make-ahead meal plan for busy weeknights. Plus, our first annual Pantry Awards.