Frisch's is a chain fast-food restaurant serving mostly sandwiches and burgers. Frisch's Big Boy Fillet Fish sandwich is one option diners can choose. But if you are concerned about your fat, sugar and sodium intake, choose another option or make this fish sandwich an occasional indulgence rather than something you eat regularly.
Calories and Fat
A Frisch's fish sandwich contains 467 calories, so if your normally consume 2,000 calories per day, nearly 25 percent of your calories will come from this sandwich. Each sandwich is also packed with 23 g of fat. Cleveland Clinic suggests that no more than 25 to 35 percent of your daily calories come from fat. That's 56 to 77 g of fat per day on a 2,000-calorie diet.
Other Nutrition Information
Each fish sandwich from Frisch's has 32 mg of cholesterol, 824 mg of sodium and 11 g of sugar. There are 3 g of fiber in this sandwich. Healthy adults should consume less than 300 mg of cholesterol per day.
Healthier Options
If you're craving fish but don't want to ruin your diet, there are a few healthier options to choose from on the Frisch's menu. For instance, the broiled lemon cod and plain baked potato dinner has 446 calories and only 4 g of fat. Other healthy choices are vegetable soup and the side salad. One cup of vegetable soup contains just 84 calories and 4 g of fat. A side salad from Frisch's has 125 calories and no fat.
Sugar and Sodium Intake
The American Heart Association recommends that adults consume no more than 1,500 mg of sodium each day. The fish sandwich from Frisch's supplies well over half of your recommended daily amount. The AMA also suggests that women consume no more than 100 calories each day from sugar and that men have no more than 150. The Frisch's fish sandwich has 44 calories from sugar.
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