Food & Recipes

Fat Shockers: Surprisingly High-Fat Foods

My List of Fatty Foods

On a recent trip to the grocery store, I took note of foods that were high in total fat and/or saturated fat (most had 20 or more grams of fat per serving) or were surprisingly high in fat. Take a look at the items listed below, and see if any of these shock you, too.

Muffins and Coffee Cake Snack Cakes                        

• Otis Spunkmeyer Chocolate Chocolate Chip Muffins (4 ounces): 26 grams (g) fat, 6g saturated fat, 480 calories
• Otis Spunkmeyer Banana Nut Muffins (4 ounces): 24 g fat, 4 g saturated fat, 480 calories
• Entenmann's Little Bites Chocolate Chip Muffins (2 pouches, 3.3 ounces): 18 g fat, 5 g saturated fat, 380 calories
• Hostess Coffee Cakes Cinnamon Streusel (2 small cakes, 3.25 ounces): 12 g fat, 3 g saturated fat, 340 calories

Snack Cakes and Pies                   

• Entenmann's Rich Frosted Donuts (1): 19 g fat, 5 g saturated fat, 290 calories
• Hostess HoHos Strawberries and Crème (3 cakes): 17 g fat, 13 g saturated fat, 360 calories
• Hostess Ding Dongs (2 cakes): 19 g fat, 12 g saturated fat, 360 calories
• Little Debbie Frosted Mini Donuts (6): 26 g fat, 15 g saturated fat, 430 calories

Chips and Crackers          

• Terra Vegetable Chips, Mediterranean (2 ounces): 18 g fat, 2 g saturated fat, 300 calories
• Terra Spiced Sweet Potato Chips (2 ounces): 22 g fat, 2 g saturated fat, 340 calories
• Ritz Bits Cheese Cracker Sandwich (2 ounces): 16 g fat, 6 g saturated fat, 300 calories

Canned Entrees and Soups                        

• Snow's New England Clam Chowder (1 cup) available at most Walmart stores: 15 g fat, 3.5 g saturated fat, 200 calories
• Stagg Chili with beans, Dynamite Hot (1 cup): 17 g fat, 7 g saturated fat, 1 g trans fat, 340 calories
• Wolfgang Puck Organic Creamy Butternut Squash (1 cup): 11 g fat, 8 g saturated fat, 140 calories
• Campbell's Chunky Chicken Broccoli Cheese with Potato (1 cup): 11 g fat, 4 g saturated fat, 210 calories

Cured Meats and Sausage                         

• Hebrew National 1/4 pound beef franks (1 frank): 33 g fat, 13 g saturated fat, 1.5 g trans fat, 360 calories
• Jimmy Dean Cooked Sausage Patties (2 patties): 24 g fat, 8 g saturated fat, 250 calories
• Johnsonville Stadium Brats, various types (1 link): 20 g fat, 8 g saturated fat, 220 calories  
• Hillshire Farm Beer Brat (1 link): 23 g fat, 8 g saturated fat, 260 calories
• Oscar Mayer Beef Bologna (2 slices): 16 g fat, 7 g saturated fat, 180 calories

Refrigerated Biscuits, Scones, and Cinnamon Rolls      

• Pillsbury Grands Supreme Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Icing (1 roll): 9 g fat, 7 g saturated fat, 1.5 g trans fat, 310 calories
• Immaculate Baking Co. Wild Blueberry Scones (1 scone): 10 g fat, 6 g saturated fat, 200 calories
• Pillsbury Grands Homestyle Butter Tastin' Biscuits (1): 8 g fat, 2 g saturated fat, 3.5 g trans fat, 180 calories