Named And Shamed: Ireland’s Most Calorific Takeaway Restaurants

The article you didn’t ever want to read...

Even though we take care of our health and try to stick to a healthy eating regime, we do treat ourselves to fast food  every now and  then.

But an investigation by the Irish Independent could result in you never wanting to pick up a quarter pounder again.

The investigation revealed that fast food can be even more fattening than it makers claim.

Some popular takeaways pack an even worse calorific punch than the restaurant would have you believe.

For example, that Doner Kebab we munch into on the way home from the pub clocks in at over 1,000 calories, a massive 25 per cent more than Abrakebabra’s published nutritional information, which would put it at just 800.

If you’re calling into Irish chain Supermac’s, maybe you should avoid the 10oz mega burger next time. It contains a whopping 874 calories, nearly 200 calories more than what the restaurant claims it actually is.

The investigation showed that us Irish can put away a day’s calories in a single takeaway. Is it worth it?

The lab study also proved that, as well as clocking up the calories fast, we bust our fat and salt limits.

The newspaper tested a selection of meals and products from some of Ireland’s biggest chains to see what the food contained.

No Irish takeaway owner will want to read the following most-shocking results...

Pizza

A Pizza Hut Mega Meaty stuffed crust pizza contained 1,812 calories, 73.0g fat and 9.4g salt and an Apache Pizza medium-sized stuffed-crust pizza contained 1,892 calories, 78.8g of fat and 9.2g of salt.

That compares with recommended daily intakes of 2,000 calories, 70g of fat and 6g of salt for women, and male intakes of 2,500 calories, 95g of fat and 6g of salt.

A Milano Pizza Diavolo tested came in at a more modest 831 calories, partly reflecting its smaller size, but its salt level was high at 6g.

Heading for a DVD?

A large tub of Xtra-vision popcorn in front of a movie delivered 871 calories, 45g of fat and 4.3g of salt. Not what we expected!