If there is a star dish in this fast food company, it will undoubtedly be the Bacon Cheese Fries, which are nothing more than a portion of crispy potatoes with cheese and bacon. It sounds delicious, and it is true, it is also a good appetizer to share among several people, but what is not so delicious is the amount of fat, calories and carbohydrates that this famous Foster's Hollywood dish has.
If we have a craving for Foster's Hollywood, or it catches us nearby before going to the movies or coming home after a whole day out, we will be interested to know how many calories one of its most famous entrees has. An appetizer that is normally to be shared given the amount that is tare and that, as its name suggests, comes before the main course. There are also those who take it as a single dish and accompany it with a small salad or directly with dessert.
Bacon Cheese Fries are standard-cut (rectangular) potatoes fried to the crispy point with melted oven-baked cheese mix, ranch sauce, and crispy bacon. A delicious dish, but highly caloric. If we do a lot of sport, there would be no major inconvenience in sharing this dish, otherwise, if our level of activity is very low, we are consuming a very high extra calories that can lead to increased triglyceride levels, weight gain and increased chance of health problems such as high cholesterol, hypertension, and the like.
More than 1.200 kilocalories per serving
An average adult needs about 2.000 kilocalories each day, as long as they have a healthy diet and good lifestyle habits such as practicing sports regularly. Otherwise, if our diet is not healthy and we have a sedentary life, the caloric intake must be reduced, to avoid certain health problems such as obesity.
Going to eat at a fast food establishment is synonymous with unhealthy food, although at Foster's Hollywood there are healthy options, and of course the Bacon Cheese Fries are not, and even less with these nutritional values:
- Energetic value: 1.208 kilocalories.
- Fat: 68 grams.
- Carbohydrates: 100 grams.
- Fiber: 8 grams
To spend those 1.200 kilocalories, we would have to cycle for an hour at high intensity, run for almost 2 hours at a brisk walk, swim vigorously and without rest for more than 1 hour or jump rope non-stop for an hour and a half.
These values are for each serving of these potatoes with cheese and crispy bacon, that is, for about 285 grams of food. If we add to this a soft drink with sugar (140 kilocalories), a regular hamburger (the Director's Choice has almost 700 kilocalories) and a dessert (about 500 kilocalories), we leave Foster's Hollywood with double, almost triple the calories of a average adult needs in a day.
This is why we always recommend sharing this type of food, asking for water instead of soft drinks, even if it is Zero, since they have unhealthy artificial sweeteners long-term such as: saccharin, sucralose, aspartame, fructose, glucose syrup, acesulfame, etc. And for dessert or ask for tea, coffee or fruit or nothing.