The Cheesecake Factory is once again at the top of the Center for Science in the Public Interest’s (CSPI) most caloric menu items list, The Consumerist reports.
In its latest Nutrition Action Health Letter, the CSPI handed out Xtreme Eating awards to eight dishes laden with salt, calories and saturated fat.
As in previous years, the Cheesecake Factory managed to earn multiple awards -- and not just for dessert.
According to The Consumerist, the Cheesecake Factory’s Farmhouse Cheeseburger According to The Consumerist, the Cheesecake Factory’s Farmhouse Cheeseburger cheese, onions, lettuce, tomato, mayo and a fried egg. That comes to about 1,530 calories, 36g of saturated fat and 3,210mg of sodium. Want to add fries? That’ll be an extra 460 calories.
The Cheesecake Factory’s Ultimate Red Velvet Cake Cheesecake is a slice of red velvet cake, topped with a layer of cheesecake and a second layer of red velvet cake on top of that, plus add another layer of cheesecake. That mouth-watering concoction tallies up to a whopping 1,540 calories and 59g of saturated fat. According to CSPI, that's the equivalent of eating one Personal Pan Pepperoni Pizza from Pizza Hut plus two Quarter Pounders with cheese from McDonald’s, all with an additional days' worth of saturated fat!
Other menu items that made the list include IHOP’s Monster Bacon 'N Beef Cheeseburger, The Great Steak’s King Fries, Morton's Porterhouse Steak, Denny's Fried Cheese Melt, Cold Stone Creamery’s PB&C Shake and Applebee's Provolone-Stuffed Meatballs With Fettuccine.
Each item contains at the very least 1,250 calories, 21g of saturated fat and 1,200 mg of sodium -- far above recommended daily amounts.
