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Some salads have Whopper-like calories

WASHINGTON – Some salads on restaurant menus today have more calories than a Whopper.

The editors of created a list of the top 20 salads that are bursting with fat and calories:

20. Romano’s Macaroni Grill parmesan-crusted chicken salad

  • 880 calories
  • 16 grams saturated fat

19. Cosi cobb salad

  • 713 calories
  • 55 grams fat (12 grams saturated fat)

18. Chipotle Mexican Grill chicken salad with black beans, red salsa, cheese and chipotle honey vinaigrette

  • 720 calories
  • 41 grams fat (11 grams saturated fat)

17. P.F. Chang chicken chopped salad with ginger dressing

  • 730 calories
  • 48 grams fat (8 grams saturated fat)

16. Taco Bell fiesta taco salad

  • 770 calories
  • 42 grams fat (10 grams saturated fat)

15. Panera full steak and blue cheese chopped salad

  • 850 calories
  • 64 grams fat (21 grams saturated fat; 1.5 grams trans)

14. Jack in the Box crispy chicken club salad with croutons and ranch dressing

  • 870 calories
  • 59 g fat (13 grams saturated fat, 1 grams trans)

13. El Pollo Loco chicken tostada salad with light creamy cilantro dressing

  • 932 calories
  • 48 grams fat (14 grams saturated fat)

12. Applebee’s grilled shrimp and spinach salad

  • 1,010 calories
  • 69 grams fat (12 grams saturated fat)

11. California Pizza Kitchen BBQ chicken chopped salad

  • 1,133 calories
  • 16 grams saturated fat

10. Applebee’s oriental chicken salad

  • 1,340 calories
  • 98 grams fat (15 grams saturated fat, 1.5 grams trans)

9. Einstein Bros. bros bistro salad with chicken

  • 1,360 calories
  • 115 grams fat (19 grams saturated fat; 1 grams trans)

8. T.G.I Friday’s pecan- crusted chicken salad

  • 1,360 calories

7. Chili’s quesadilla explosion salad

  • 1,400 calories
  • 88 grams fat (28 g saturated fat)

6. California’s Pizza Kitchen thai crunch salad with fresh avocado and additional thai peanut dressing

  • 1,408 calories
  • 10 grams saturated fat

5. Chevy’s Fresh Mex tostada salad with chicken

  • 1,547 calories
  • 94 grams fat (37 g saturated fat)

4. California Pizza Kitchen waldorf chicken salad with blue cheese dressing

  • 1,561 calories
  • 31 grams saturated fat

3. On the Border grande taco salad with taco beef and chipotle honey mustard

  • 1,600 calories
  • 116 grams fat (39 g saturated fat)

2. Cheesecake Factory santa fe salad

  • 1,720 calories
  • 17 grams saturated fat

1. T.G.I Friday’s santa fe chopped salad

  • 1,830 calories
  • 16 grams saturated fat

²ÝÝ®´«Ã½’s Megan Gygax and David Burd contributed to this report. Follow and on Twitter.

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