the healthiest fast-food oatmeals

Shar6819

McDonald’s Fruit & Maple Oatmeal (9.2 ounces) delivers 290 calories, 4.5 g fat, 1.5 g saturated fat, 160 mg sodium, 5 g fiber, 5 g protein. It’s made with a combination of instant and slower-cooked oats.
Make it a little healthier and skip the brown sugar—you’ll save 30 calories and 45 mg of sodium.

Starbucks Perfect Oatmeal (about 8 ounces) has 140 calories (plain), 2.5 g total fat, 0.5 g saturated fat, 105 mg sodium, 4 g fiber, 5 g protein. It’s made with quick-cooking oats.

Don’t want the plain variety? Add the 100-calorie Nut Medley topping—although it bumps the calories up to 240 (more than just adding the brown sugar (190) and the same as adding the dried fruit) and the total and saturated fat to 11.5 g and 1.5 g, respectively (also more than the other toppings). The walnuts, pecans, and almonds deliver good-for-you fats and 2 extra grams of protein, but no unhealthy added sugars as the brown sugar and sweetened dried fruit do. You can buy one or more of the three toppings offerings at Starbucks to add to the plain oats. If you sprinkle in all of the toppings, nuts, dried fruit, and brown sugar, the calorie tally reaches 390.


Au Bon Pain Oatmeal (8 ounces) delivers 170 calories (plain), 3 g fat, 0 g saturated fat, 5 mg sodium, 4 g fiber, 6 g protein. It’s available in three different sizes—a small is 8 ounces, a medium 12-ounce and a large 16-ounce. Although the large delivers more calories (340) than any other chain-restaurant choice, 340 calories surely won’t break the calorie bank and can still easily fit into a healthy diet.

The Apple Cinnamon variety in the same 8-ounce size has an extra 20 calories, but all other nutrient amounts are the same.

Jamba Juice Plain Oatmeal with Brown Sugar (12 ounces) contains 220 calories, 3.5 g total fat, 1 g saturated fat, 20 mg sodium, 5 fiber, 8 g protein. The oatmeal serving is on the larger size (unless you order the medium at Au Bon Pain) compared to the others. Interestingly, the oatmeal is made with steel-cut oats and is the only one I found to be slow-cooked.

The Fresh Banana Oatmeal is the flavor that adds the least amount of extra calories (12 ounces, 280 calories, 4 g total fat, 1 g saturated fat, 20 mg sodium, 6 g fiber, 9 g protein). Apple Cinnamon, Berry Cherry Pecan and Blueberry & Blackberry bump the calorie total to 290, 340 and 290, respectively—and increase sodium by a little bit in each.

Tuckersn

Didn't even know Jamba Juice offered oatmeal . . . sounds goods though. =0) I love steel cut oats!

Thanks for the list . . .