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What to actually orderAustralian fast food, answered with the chains' own numbers
Every guide here answers one question people type into Google, with the figures pulled from the same menu files the app runs on, so they update when a menu does. Written by Joe, who built Macro Menu because nothing else had the Australian numbers in one place.
Across every chain
Big Mac vs Whopper, which is healthierThe Big Mac and the Whopper side by side on calories, kJ, protein, sugar and sodium, from McDonald's and Hungry Jack's own figures, plus the burger that beats both.How to eat fast food on a cut without blowing itThe five rules I use for takeaway on a calorie deficit, a full day of fast food that lands around 1,500 calories with over 100 grams of protein, and what a 1,200 calorie meal actually looks like.A meal under 500 calories at every fast food chain in AustraliaOne real meal under 500 calories at each of the big Australian chains, with at least 20 grams of protein, built from the chains' own nutrition figures.The healthiest fast food in Australia, chain by chainFifteen Australian chains ranked on protein per calorie from their own nutrition figures, the best order at each one, and which chains have no good order at all.The highest protein fast food in AustraliaThe single highest protein order at every Australian chain, the ones that get you 50 grams for under 600 calories, and the ones that only get there by being enormous.kJ to calories, how to read an Australian menu boardWhy Australian menus show kilojoules, how to convert them to calories in your head, what the 8,700 kJ on the board means, and a Big Mac worked through as an example.The lowest sodium fast food in AustraliaSodium is the number fast food chains hope you don't look at. Here's the lowest sodium meal with real protein at each chain, the items that carry a whole day's salt, and which chains don't publish it at all.Zinger vs McSpicy vs McChicken, the real numbersKFC's Zinger against McDonald's McSpicy and McChicken on calories, protein and sodium, and which spicy chicken burger is the best order on a diet.
McDonald's
The healthiest McDonald's breakfast in AustraliaEvery McMuffin, wrap and hotcake at Maccas with its real calories and protein, the two breakfasts I'd actually order, and the one that's worse than a Big Mac.What to order at McDonald's on a calorie deficitThe Maccas orders that fit a cut in Australia, with the real calories and protein for each one, and the popular orders that quietly blow the day.The highest protein orders at McDonald's AustraliaThe Maccas orders with the most protein for the fewest calories, the burgers that hit 50 grams, and the ones that look like protein orders but aren't.
KFC
What to order at KFC on a dietThe KFC orders that fit a calorie deficit in Australia, with the real numbers, the sides that are secretly fine, and the ones that undo the whole meal.The highest protein orders at KFCKFC's best protein for the calories, the Zinger Protein Bowl checked against the real numbers, and the orders that get you past 50 grams.