Calories in Wendy's Chicken Nuggets
Written by Sky Taylor, Diet Bites
Calories
The five piece chicken nugget contains about 250 kcals. The four piece option contains 200 which easily tells us that each nugget holds about 50 kcals.
Fat Distribution in Wendys Chicken Nuggets
The lipid distribution is quite good excepting the Trans fat content at this writing. And it's quite generous which isn't a good thing.
Saturated fat is well known for it artery-clogging abilities. Trans fats impact health in very negative ways as well. For example, they can increase risk for stroke and Type 2 diabetes. They can lower good cholesterol in the body while increasing the bad. And they can impact heart heath in a negative way.
Type of Lipid |
Units | 5 pieces |
4 piece |
|
Total Fat |
g
|
17.38
|
13.90
|
|
Saturated Fat |
g
|
3.704
|
2.963
|
|
Monounsaturated Fat |
g
|
8.524
|
6.819
|
|
Polyunsaturated Fat |
g
|
4.323
|
3.458
|
|
Fatty acids, total trans |
g
|
2.446
|
1.957
|
|
Fatty acids, total trans-monoenoic |
g
|
1.820
|
1.456
|
|
Cholesterol |
mg
|
38
|
30
|
In Summary - Healthy or Unhealthy Choice?
Caloric content is really good.
Lipid content isn't so good due to the Trans fatty acid content.
Sodium content isn't great either. There are over 500 milligrams for the five-piece order. That's about 100 milligrams per nugget. In comparison, a medium order of Wendys Fries contains about 250 milligrams of salt.
Nutrition Facts for Wendy's, Chicken Nuggets
Nutritional Elements |
Unit Measures | 5 pieces |
4 piece |
|
Calories |
kcal
|
250
|
200
|
|
Protein |
g
|
11.95
|
9.56
|
|
Total Fat |
g
|
17.38
|
13.90
|
|
Ash |
g
|
1.81
|
1.45
|
|
Carbohydrate |
g
|
11.51
|
9.21
|
|
Fiber, total dietary |
g
|
0.8
|
0.6
|
|
Sucrose |
g
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
|
Glucose (dextrose) |
g
|
0.11
|
0.09
|
|
Fructose |
g
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
|
Lactose |
g
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
|
Maltose |
g
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
|
Starch |
g
|
11.03
|
8.82
|
|
Calcium, Ca |
mg
|
18
|
14
|
|
Iron, Fe |
mg
|
0.56
|
0.44
|
|
Magnesium, Mg |
mg
|
18
|
14
|
|
Phosphorus, P |
mg
|
215
|
172
|
|
Potassium, K |
mg
|
177
|
142
|
|
Sodium, Na |
mg
|
509
|
407
|
|
Zinc, Zn |
mg
|
0.47
|
0.38
|
|
Copper, Cu |
mg
|
0.121
|
0.097
|
|
Manganese, Mn |
mg
|
0.146
|
0.117
|
|
Selenium, Se |
mcg
|
18.8
|
15.0
|
|
Vitamin C |
mg
|
1.0
|
0.8
|
|
Thiamin |
mg
|
0.059
|
0.047
|
|
Riboflavin |
mg
|
0.091
|
0.073
|
|
Niacin |
mg
|
4.531
|
3.625
|
|
Pantothenic acid |
mg
|
0.679
|
0.543
|
|
Vitamin B-6 |
mg
|
0.191
|
0.152
|
|
Vitamin B-12 |
mcg
|
0.25
|
0.20
|
|
Vitamin K |
mcg
|
6.0
|
4.8
|
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