Southern Comfort

With Mardi Gras this month, you may be hankering for some southern soul food, but as tasty as these treats are, the lab results remind us why they call the holiday ‘Fat Tuesday’

Southern Accent

Canal Street Creole Jambalaya

Southern Accent’s creole rice dish includes chicken, ham, shrimp, andouille sausage and a crowning glory of sauteed collard greens. All together, the feast packs more than two-thirds of the daily recommended fat intake, so go easy on this bad boy.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size (497.1 g)

  % Daily Value*
Calories 820  
Total Fat 43.7 g 67.2%
Sodium 2043 mg 85.1%
Carbohydrates 72.1 g 24%
Protein 34.8 g  
 
 

Harlem Restaurant

Southern Fried Chicken and Waffles

Nothing beats the combo of salty and sweet — and this dish from Harlem has both in spades, with 86 per cent of your sodium allowance and almost half your daily carbs. That’s almost three times the amount of salt of two Eggo waffles combined with a Swiss Chalet chicken breast.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size (557.5 g)

  % Daily Value*
Calories 1383  
Total Fat 71.4 g 109.8%
Sodium 2074 mg 86.4%
Carbohydrates 135.5 g 45.2%
Protein 49.6 g  
 

TEST PARAMETERS: Results relate only to the items tested. *DAILY VALUE PERCENTAGES: Health Canada uses a 2,000-calorie diet as the benchmark for nutritional labelling, and so did we. Subsequent values for total fat and carbohydrates are derived as a percentage of that diet.

 

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