They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day, so you might want to think twice before you gobble up the 920 calories and 60 grams of fat loaded into Hardee’s Country Breakfast Burrito. The restaurant chain rolled out its new menu item today. I think I am in shock.
The burrito is stuffed with two omelets loaded with bacon, sausage, ham, cheddar cheese, hash browns, and sausage gravy. Why would anyone want to do that to themselves?
Hardee’s makes no apologies for its mega-size burrito.
The Associated Press quotes the fast food chain’s marketing chief, Brad Haley, as saying, “We don’t try to hide what these are. When consumers go to other fast-food places they feel like they’ve got to buy two of their breakfast sandwiches or burritos to fill up. This is really designed to fill you up.”
But if that’s just not enough for you, don’t worry – Hardee’s offers its new burrito as a combo meal that includes coffee and hash browns. You can do the math here.
The USDA recommends a daily caloric intake ranging from 1,600 calories for sedentary women and older adults to 2,800 calories for teenage boys and active adults. Blow 920 calories right from the start and there’s no room for many of us to eat much more the rest of the day.
It’s up to the individual if they eat one of these burritos or not personally i’ll eat anything i like i’m not going to eat one every morning but i’m not going to deprive myself of things i like either even if their not the healthiest foods. It just means i have to work out that much more something i’m willing to do in order to enjoy the foods i love. Everything in moderation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Edwardo – Yes, I agree. But I would much rather splurge on chocolate.
Working out extra in order to eat a gluttonous meal is not “everthing in moderation,” it is exactly the opposite.
i believe in moderation as well. keep in mind, however, that a workout will burn calories but NOT unclog arteries that are full of saturated fat!
Great point, zeta – prevention is a better way to go about things, really!
I eat too much. Anything I eat turns to fat.
Restaurants will only offer what they can make money on. Apparently, people will eat this….it actually sounds kind of tasty to me. I hope Carl’s Jr. offers it soon. The government has no play in this. If someone wants to eat this, they have the right and it’s not like Hardee’s is force feeding anyone or trying to hide what it is. I don’t think it’ll go over well in NYC though.
Hardees promotes their fare as “man food,” but why do we want our men to shorten their life spans and glut themselves on fat, cholesterol, calories, and salt by eating humongous burgers or burritos loaded with meat, cheese, eggs, and bacon? (though I LOVE bacon!)
Personally I want my man to be in good health, live a long time, and not have a big gut hanging over his belt (or me, for that matter!)
bobbyGee – True – I’m sure this is a popular menu item! It’s good to know how many calories are in restaurant foods, then we can each decide whether we want to order it or not. Personally, I’d pass on this one…
Great point, my7kids! It’s so unnecessary, in my opinion.
They want to outlaw smoking. the next thing they are going to do is outlaw fat people. eat right and exercise. Burn more then you take in and you will be fine.
That looks good. WIsh i had a hardees near where i live. Why do you people but your nose into other peoples business? As a consumer i am free to eat whatever i like, As a business they should be free to serve what they like.
BTW, Do you REALLY feel you need to make the public aware that a 3 meat gravy filled burrito is NOT Healthy? Lmao. Wow, this is your job? Remind them also not to stick a fork in the toaster as well.
Hi Alexander,
Thanks for your comment. You’re so right – I too think we should all eat whatever we want. I just think it’s interesting to know the nutrition info in different foods, then we can decide whether it’s something we want to eat or not.
Its a fast food joint. Who goes to a fast food restaurant to eat healthy anyway?
I think this was actually made for michael phelps. He can munch down 5 of these and burn it off in his morning exercise.
LOL itsamegrego on the Phelps comment!
The reason why this is worth mentioning is that people are mistaken when they think their actions don’t affect others. This simply is not the case. Just as how we drive affects insurance costs for all, so does how we eat (and any other actions we take that affect our health, drugs, smoking, etc.).
anyone? – thanks for your perspective on this! It certainly is a topic with a lot of different views!
Listen, I try to eat healthy myself, but we all every once in a while spoil ourselves with a treat weather it’s going to a theam park or eating a deep fried twinkey or one of these monstrosities above. My wife has us all eating haelthy, but we do have our “free” day where we go out & eat whatever we want. This burrito is DEFINATELY something I would eat in a “free” calorie intake day but I WOULD eat it. Listen, the point I’m trying to make is simply this… set aside the whole “Moderation” rule, at what point does accountability for one’s actions play a role. We’re a country of spoiled brats because we no longer want to take it upon ourselves to make responsible decisions about what we do or in this case “eat”… instead, we point the finger at the other end of the spectrum and blame it on the person or company that offered it. This is something that I would expect a 5 year old to do, not a grown adult. The point was also made about how it drives up insurance costs, well… the worst thing we can breath is pollutants from cars yet we all drive them without a care in the world. I think we tend to have selective arguments, as long as it’s something that we as an individual can cut out, we’re willing to argue our point but I doubt any of us including you “fatfighter” is gonna give up their vehicle in order to prove we should be breathing healthy air. You’ll probably find a lot of mispellings in my little rant here, well that’s because I’m not nor do I claim to be book smart nor intelligent for that matter, I do however have plenty of common sense.
Anyway, just my opinion..
Archangel – thank you for your opinion.
It also seems to me that someone who eats this burrito is probably down for the count on lunch. Divide it by two and you have essentially a decent amount of calories for two meals. I don’t know…Am I the only person who can eat a huge meal and be satisfied almost all day long?
archangel great point!!
now me being a healthy 18 year old male that participates in “extra” activities i consume 4000 or more calories per day, so 920 doesn’t sound so bad to me and muscle burns fat so feed it. sounds like a good breakfast item to me, a heck of a lot better than tofu.
While I agree 100% that anyone should be allowed to eat whatever they want whenever they can afford it, I think we need to be retrained to make more healthy choices. Fast food has become the normal lunch for everyone in America. It’s all about getting the most for the least. Double this, twofer that, etc…I went for it all! And I am glad that America does, because I raise and sell beef cattle to feed America, but who brings in a complete lunch of fresh veggies, sans the fat dressings, anymore? Why is a plate of fresh veggies considered a snack?
I have spent quite sometime getting my body and strength back through diet and exercise and I am not even close to where I should be with regards to my weight, but an hour every morning on an Elliptical in forward and reverse is really starting to make differences. My blood pressure, feeling humongous and especially the screaming headaches after sex were a wake up call to me. Remember, I raise cattle and I truly love a good beef whatever but I now make conscious decisions about what I ingest and I CHOOSE to save my calorie treats for QUALITY items. I CHOOSE to go to Publix and I buy a beautiful delicious Del-Monico ( Now called Ribeye) for my dinner when I want to splurge. I CHOOSE NOT to waste calories on sales frenzied fast food that is just gonna degrade my QUALITY of life in the remaining QUANTITY of life.
BTW, Eat anything and everything you want, just not for every meal. Keep in mind it is all about quality of life together with quantity, while you are making daily decisions. EAT BEEF, snow ski, and exercise daily!! It is simple math, 11.2K calories in – 14.7K calories out = 1 pound lost each week!!! Lose the weight FIRST and then begin to make HEALTHY choices to IMPROVE your innards, just LOSE THE WEIGHT!!!
Everything in moderation INCLUDING moderation.
This is absolutely disgusting!! Not just the fact that it has a buttload of calories, but it really looks nasty. Granted, people choose to put things in their mouthes, but at what point do some of these chains become responsible? I am not saying to sue a restaurant because you’re fat, but these chain places make more than enough money to substitute somewhat healthier ingredients. Turkey sausage, lowfat wraps, etc. Just changing a few key things would not make the burrito so bad. However these places would rather buy the cheap crap, charge less and in turn make things that are 1000 calories alone! Sick!!!
I just don’t understand the outrage. There are bigger fish to fry than what SOMEONE ELSE is having for breakfast. I agree that this is a glutonous mess – I also agree that a couple of bites of it may be tasty (I can’t imagine anyone finishing this thing) but for Christ’s sake there are much more important matters that NEED your attention!
treasurevalley85 – Splitting it in two would be a great idea, but I’m not sure many people do that…
HungryMan – Good point – you are one of the exceptions – someone who BURNS so many calories. Good for you.
roper1dano – I totally agree – you have the right to eat whatever you want, but these days, it’s so out of control! Good for you for choosing to make changes in your life to better your health.
Guys, we are ALL missing the point. We are ALL doing the classic “Pass the buck” move. Alot of the responses I’m hearing is pointing the finger elsewere. These fast food chains SHOULDN’T be held accountable because they’re not doing anything illiegal. Listen, take the tabbaco companies for example, they didn’t lose a huge class action law suit because of what they were doing. They weren’t doing anything illigal, they were sued because they LIED & missled the public. In this case, these fast food chains aren’t sitting here telling us these are healthy items to eat. They’re flat out telling us “Hey, here’s a heart attack, come get it if you’re interested” .. no one’s hiding anything. Yet despite these fast food chains telling us flat out the huge amount of calories people STILL go & eat that crap, again.. same as ciggarets. There’s warning lables all over the ciggarett box & STILL people smoke, the only difference here is that ciggaretts are addicting & fast food is not (to most of us anyway). Again, it’s NO ONE’S responsibilty to watch what we eat but our own. That’s the bottom line people. If someone wants to sell “Deep Fried Dog Crap” & YOU are dumb enough to go buy it, then so be it. I don’t think we need to “re train” ourselves to do ANYTHING but start taking some accountability for our actions & stop counting on other people to FORCE us to eat healthier. What makes me sick to my stomach is people feeling others owe them something, take Arizona for example, if you are legally considered “obeesed” you can actually collect a check every month from dissability. Are you kidding me?! Again, it’s not the fast food these people ate that’s to blame. It’s THEMSELVES, these people do NOT deserve a DIME until they start taking some responsibilty for why they got as big as they did & start doing something about it & STOP counting on everyone else to make their food healthier just for you. THere’s healthy food out there, & there’s garbage if you want to eat the garbage that’s YOUR choice.
But hey, what do I know…
To stay healthy takes work, dedication & responsibile decisions. In MY opinion, there’s not such thing as someone who’s “Obeesed” in my opinion someone who’s over weight is just plain “Lazy” and refuses to put in the work & effort on their own to live a healthier life.
Eat what you want…true…but then don’t drive up all our hospital costs and insurances with your other poor eating induced issues caused by eating sh***y…clogging up our system with heart disease, diabetes that could have been somewhat prevented. It all ties together.
Yes, moderation is a great thing to practice.
I love burgers/fries too…just not everyday..maybe once in a week or two.
SO WHAT…..LOL….YOU PEOPLE MAKE TO MUCH OF A SMALL THING…GET OVER IT…YEAH, IT’S ALL OUR OWN CHOICE..