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Tier listThe Unhealthiest Fast Food Items, Graded
The bottom of the fast-food board, ranked worst-first. Graded on the chains’ own labels — protein, fiber, sodium, sugar, and saturated fat.

Burger King Cheeseburger
54300 calories, 16g protein — the simplest thing on the BK menu and the numbers show it.

McDonald's Sausage McMuffin
54400 calories with 26g fat — the sausage does the heavy lifting and the damage.

Popeyes Cajun Fries (Regular)
54Cajun-seasoned fries — 270 calories with 590mg sodium.

Burger King Sausage, Egg & Cheese Croissan'wich
53Flaky croissant, 34g fat, 1040mg sodium — breakfast that eats like a dare.

Chick-fil-A Mac & Cheese
51A side dish with 29g fat and 16g saturated fat — eats like a meal, salts like one too at 1190mg.

Starbucks Grande Caffè Latte (2%)
51Espresso and steamed 2% milk — 190 calories, 13g protein, no surprises.

Popeyes Buttermilk Biscuit
50A buttery biscuit — 210 calories, 13g fat, zero cholesterol.

Popeyes Coleslaw (Regular)
49Creamy coleslaw — 140 calories, 9g sugar.

Starbucks Butter Croissant
49Flaky, buttery, 250 calories — the French knew what they were doing.

Dunkin' Glazed Donut
48260 calories of fried dough and glaze — breakfast of champions is a lie.

McDonald's Baked Apple Pie
48230 calories, 14g sugar — a fried-pie legacy in a baked crust.

Domino's Marbled Cookie Brownie
46A 200-calorie brownie-cookie hybrid with 19g sugar doing most of the talking.

Popeyes Mashed Potatoes with Cajun Gravy (Regular)
46Mashed potatoes with Cajun gravy — 110 calories, 590mg sodium.

McFlurry with Oreo
45510 calories of ice cream and cookie — the protein (12g) doesn't save it.

Wendy's Frosty (Medium)
45Thick enough to need a spoon, sweet enough to need a dentist.
Grades come from each food’s own category board — same formula, same data. How grading works.