Fast food fries are not very healthy.
Here are eight french fry secrets that restaurants don’t want you to know.
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The price markups on fries are wild.
Fries are an amazingly great bargain for fast food restaurants, not for you.
Fast food fries are designed to be addictive.
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Some chains even add sugars and extra fats.
Carl’s Jr./Hardee’s fries have up to 23 ingredients.
Five Guys fries have just potatoes, refined peanut oil, and salt.
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Most fast food fries are pre-cut and frozen.
A small"Classic" friesfrom Burger King has 732 milligrams of sodium.
An order of Five Guys Style fries has a staggering962 milligrams of sodium.
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So ask them to go light on the salt, something you do have control over.
Many fries also contain hidden sugars and extra starches.
Remember those long list of ingredients above?
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