Application Aims: Make Better Fast Food Decisions

Reviewer’s Comments
As if watching what we eat isn’t challenging enough, there seems to be a fast food restaurant everywhere we turn. Sure they’re handy and the fare can be tempting, but their menus are also notorious for featuring high-calorie, high-fat foods. The Fast Food Calorie Counter application is a tool that helps you to make wise selections even when you find yourself in the fast food line.

Fast Food Calorie Counter is organized around the menus of forty-one fast food chains. Its list includes ubiquitous burger outlets like McDonald’s and Burger King, chicken chains including KFC, Church’s and Popeye’s, and pizza giants Pizza Hut, Papa John’s, Sbarro and others. It also features large but more regional outlets like Jack-In-The-Box and Hardee’s. In all, there are more than 4,700 menu items rated.

When you choose a restaurant, you’ll be presented with a listing of most of its menu selections. You can sort the menus by category, name, or calorie content as well as by fat, carbohydrate, fiber or protein level. For any selected menu item, you can select the View More Info/Chart option and you’ll be given a graphic breakdown of the item’s total calories and grams of fat, carbohydrates, fiber, and protein.

The Fast Food Calorie Counter application won’t rid the world of high calorie, low nutrition foods but it does give you a tool that will help in making choices that won’t sabotage your best efforts to eat properly. Whether you have the opportunity to plan your destination in advance or find yourself in line making a last minute decision, this handy guide is as close as your BlackBerry. It’s well worth its $9.95 price if it saves you from putting on unwanted pounds or jeopardizing your health.

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