{"id":556599,"date":"2026-03-24T03:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T03:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/556599\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T03:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T03:02:11","slug":"the-1-unhealthiest-fast-food-burger-you-can-order-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/556599\/","title":{"rendered":"The #1 Unhealthiest Fast Food Burger You Can Order Right Now"},"content":{"rendered":"

This popular cheeseburger has more saturated fat than any other fast food chain. <\/p>\n

No one goes to a fast food restaurant expecting a 100% clean, nutritious meal, but the health qualities of burgers<\/a> and sandwiches vary wildly between chains, and even between menu items. If you\u2019re not careful, one burger (especially if it\u2019s a combo) can easily wipe out your calorie count for the day, and then of course there\u2019s also the fat, sodium, carbohydrates and sugar amount, plus how highly processed the meat\/bun\/sauces\/sides are.<\/p>\n

\"\"Five Guys<\/p>\n

The \u201csurprise\u201d element is very relevant here: For example, no one orders Fatburger\u2019s XXXL Triple Kingburger thinking \u201cthis is a nice light burger for lunch\u201d, but you might be shocked at how calorie-dense a reasonable option is\u2014like the Five Guys Cheeseburger, which virtual primary care website PlushCare<\/a> recently dubbed the most unhealthy burger you can order.6254a4d1642c605c54bf1cab17d50f1e<\/p>\n

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Why? Here\u2019s how PlushCare breaks it down: \u201cWe assessed the relative unhealthiness of cheeseburgers from 16 popular American fast-food joints based on a nutrient profile score determined by the amount of energy (kJ), saturated fat (g), total sugar (g) and sodium (mg) present in each burger.\u201d The Five Guys Cheeseburger got a score of 50. \u201cAccording to our calculations, the Five Guys cheeseburger is the most unhealthy in its class, primarily because it has 73% more saturated fat than any other fast-food cheeseburger,\u201d the company states.<\/p>\n

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Whataburger\u2019s Jalape\u00f1o & Cheese and the Smash Burger Classic Smash came in second with a score of 42, while Burger King and McDonald\u2019s got a comparatively lower score of 18 points. \u201cBurger King and McDonald\u2019s cheeseburgers are tied on relatively low unhealthiness scores (18 points). They each have less than a quarter of the saturated fat of a cheeseburger at Five Guys and less than half that of a Wendy\u2019s cheeseburger. While some fats are healthy, saturated fats carry a heart disease risk and can lead to weight gain,\u201d PlushCare says.<\/p>\n

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The chain with the lowest (therefore best) score was Culver\u2019s, which scored 17 points for its famous Butterburger.<\/p>\n

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While Five Guys scored high with saturated fat, the chain is also known for high standards when it comes to the quality of its ingredients: Fresh, never frozen patties are prepared on a flat-top grill and cooked until well done and juicy. \u201cYou won\u2019t see us using timers, just our eyeballs, to know when a burger is finished,\u201d the chain says<\/a>. \u201cWhen we say our food is handmade, we mean it. Our beef is hand-pattied and fries are cut right in the store. Each morning, our talented crews tear lettuce by hand, carefully chop onions, thinly slice green peppers and jalape\u00f1os, and much more.\u201d<\/p>\n

So, as with anywhere you go to eat, check the nutrition, plan accordingly, and let a treat be a treat sometimes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This popular cheeseburger has more saturated fat than any other fast food chain. No one goes to a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":556600,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[14487,49,48,84,395],"class_list":["post-556599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nutrition","tag-burgers","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-health","tag-nutrition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=556599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/556600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}