--- description: McDonald's new "healthy" kale salad has more calories than the fast food chain's signature sandwich. title: McDonald's New Kale Salad Has More Calories Than a Big Mac image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Health](/section/health/) ## Health Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Food & Drink](/tag/food-drink/) ## Food & Drink Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # McDonald's New Kale Salad Has More Calories Than a Big Mac ## Video: Should I Eat French Fries? [Watch (HLS stream): Should I Eat French Fries?](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/kL7utfHP.m3u8) (2:30)  _Published 2015-06-10. A record number of experts weighed in on this one, and regretfully, 7 out of the total 9 give French fries a firm thumbs down._ by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 5, 2016 1:12 PM CUT by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 5, 2016 1:12 PM CUT McDonald’s new “healthy” kale salad has [more calories](http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/mcdonalds-kale-calorie-questions-1.3423938?cmp=rss "undefined") than the fast food chain’s signature sandwich. A new salad released in Canada, the [“Keep Calm, Caesar On,”](http://www.mcdonalds.ca/ca/en/menu/full%5Fmenu/salads/keep%5Fcalm%5Fcaesar%5Fon.html/#/ "undefined") has a higher caloric content than a [Big Mac](http://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en/food/product%5Fnutrition.burgerssandwiches.5.big-mac.html "undefined")—730 calories to 540 calories, respectively. McDonald’s announced last year it [would add kale to it’s menu](http://time.com/3740453/mcdonalds-kale-menu/ "undefined"). The leafy green vegetable became the [latest trendy superfood](http://time.com/3645929/heres-why-kale-so-good-for-you/ "undefined") as it is full of vitamins. A report from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation recommends folks up north to eat McDonald’s other kale salad option the “I’m Greek-ing Out,” which has 420 calories. The CBC also suggest [removing some of the extras](http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/mcdonalds-kale-calorie-questions-1.3423938?cmp=rss "undefined")—like feta cheese—and using only half of the provided dressing. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4209169/mcdonalds-new-kale-salad-has-more-calories-than-a-big-mac/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4209169/mcdonalds-new-kale-salad-has-more-calories-than-a-big-mac/"},"headline":"McDonald's New Kale Salad Has More Calories Than a Big Mac","datePublished":"2016-02-05T13:12:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T14:48:00.090Z","description":"One of the salads has nearly 200 more calories than the Big Mac","url":"https://time.com/4209169/mcdonalds-new-kale-salad-has-more-calories-than-a-big-mac/","keywords":["Food & Drink","Food","Mcdonald's","Fast Food","kale"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/food-drink/","name":"Food & Drink"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4209169/mcdonalds-new-kale-salad-has-more-calories-than-a-big-mac/","name":"McDonald's New Kale Salad Has More Calories Than a Big Mac"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Should I Eat French Fries?","description":"A record number of experts weighed in on this one, and regretfully, 7 out of the total 9 give French fries a firm thumbs down.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/kL7utfHP/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-10T22:49:27.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/kL7utfHP.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4209169/mcdonalds-new-kale-salad-has-more-calories-than-a-big-mac/","duration":"PT2M30S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4209169/mcdonalds-new-kale-salad-has-more-calories-than-a-big-mac/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```