Nutritional Information for Olive Garden Breadsticks

Nutritional Information for Olive Garden Breadsticks
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Olive Garden is an Italian-themed restaurant chain in the United States. Bread sticks are a thin length of crispy bread that originates from the Turin region of Italy. One of Olive Garden's signature menu items is breadsticks, which are included in many meals and are also available as a side order.

Serving Size

This nutritional information is based on a single, plain Olive Garden breadstick. These breadsticks come with a garlic butter spread already on them. This nutritional information doesn't include any additional ingredients, although you frequently eat the breadsticks with butter or margarine.

Calories

An Olive Garden breadstick contains 150 calories. This is 7.5 percent of the Daily Value (DV) for total calories based on a diet of 2,000 calories per day. Carbohydrates account for 136 calories and fat provides the remaining 14 calories. Olive Garden breadsticks don't have any protein.

Carbohydrates

An Olive Garden breadstick has 28 grams (g) of total carbohydrates, including 26 g of complex carbohydrates and 2 g of dietary fiber. The DV for total carbohydrates is 300 g, so an Olive Garden breadstick provides about 9 percent of the DV for total carbohydrates. The DV for dietary fiber is 25 g, so an Olive Garden breadstick provides about 8 percent of the DV for dietary fiber.

Fat

An Olive Garden breadsticks contains 2 g of total fat, all of which is unsaturated fat. The DV for total fat is 65 g, so an Olive Garden breadstick provides about 3 percent of the DV for total fat. An Olive Garden breadstick doesn't have any saturated fat, trans fat or cholesterol.

Sodium

A serving of Olive Garden breadsticks contains 400 milligrams (mg) of sodium. The DV for sodium is 2,400 mg, so an Olive Garden breadstick provides about 17 percent of the DV for sodium.

References

Article reviewed by MER Last updated on: Mar 2, 2010

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