Overall, we have to admit it's something that KFC has whipped up so much buzz simply by cutting out the bread from a chicken sandwich. It's pretty much a dead heat on sodium, with the McDonald's sandwich 1360 milligrams, just 20 milligrams shy of the Double Down.

'I'm definitely going to need a workout tonight if I finish this!'īoth sandwiches are pretty high in fat, though, with the Double Down weighing in at 32 grams versus 28 grams for the McDonald's sandwich. 'I'm already full by bite two,' she groans. Still, Rachel says it feels much heavier. At 540 calories, the Double Down, though not exactly a dieting food, is 90 calories lighter than McDonald's Premium Crispy Chicken Club Sandwich. Still, KFC's new creation might surprise you a little on the nutritional front. For comparison's sake, the American Heart Association recommends people eat less than 1,500 mg of sodium in an entire day.Ĭonsidering the rising consciousness on healthy eating - from rules that will require calorie counts on menus nationwide to Jamie Oliver teaching kids in West Virginia to make better food choices - it was pretty gutsy of KFC to market a product that sandwiches bacon and mayo-based sauce between two pieces of fried chicken. I like salty, but this is just too salty.' And the sodium content is high - a whopping 1,380 milligrams - more than a half-teaspoon's worth of salt. 'There's nothing holding this together! This is not a sandwich,' she says.Īs for the taste, she says: 'There is way too much going on in this thing. Even so, Rachel says this only made the DD a little more awkward to handle. The folks at the KFC we visited seem to have made a mistake - the cheese was on the outside, definitely not something we saw in any of the promo pictures. The cheese is just freaking me out.' We see her point. Get the latest Flash Player.Īfter taking her first bite, Rachel needs a minute to clear her throat and gather her thoughts: 'I mean, not good. This slideshow requires version 9 or higher of the Adobe Flash Player.

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