Holy Confusing Calories
Which is basically just the same chicken patty, spicy. LOL. But take a look at the calorie numbers I'm getting:
http://www.thedailyplate.com/nutrition/search .php?q=spicy+mcchicken&x=0&y=0
I got it no mayo. Just bread and chicken patty. I have a hard time believing its 450. Should I just minus 50 for the mayo for 400 cals or go with the 330 it says for one of its calculations?
Confused, help!! =P
I am pretty un-enchanted by companies' nutrition info posted on their websites, or the labels for that matter. This is a pretty good example. I bet you somewhere somebody is exploiting some technicality... Do they have to show pre-cooked calories? served calories? can they include/omit other toppings? Can starbucks omit the space occupied by ice in a frap? Seeing as calories are McD's biggest enemy I would hazard to say yes.
I agree it is a little disconcerting when an authority on calories provide conflicting information.. Do you know how these get posted? By users or admins? Maybe somebody is upping the calories to de-influence users to grab something else.
Personally I would average the two. The process of computing calories is an inexact science and your body will pick and choose exactly which components of the food to eat; it'll probably just pick up all the drugs they put in that food to trick you into liking it (don't eat it, save your intestines!).
Have you ever worked fast food?
How about go direct to the source? Go straight to the restaurant website to get the real deal
US:
http://app.mcdonalds.com/bagamcmeal?process=i tem&itemID=4314
Canada:
http://www.mcdonalds.ca/en/food/calculator.as px
