McDonald's Fruit and Walnut Salad
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| McDonald's Fruit & Walnut Salad | |
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| Serving size | 1 salad (264g) |
| Energy | 310 (16% USRDA) cal |
| Energy from fat | 120 cal |
| Total fat | 13g (20%) |
| Saturated fat | 2g (9%) |
| Trans fat | 0g |
| Cholesterol | 5mg (1%) |
| Sodium | 85mg (3%) |
| Total carbohydrate | 44g (16%) |
| Dietary fiber | 6g (24%) |
| Sugars | 32g |
| Vitamin A | 0 IU (0%) |
| Vitamin C | 576mg (640%) |
| Calcium | 150mg (15%) |
| Iron | 2mg (24%) |
| Source | McDonald's |
| Notes | May vary outside US market. USRDA based on 2000 calorie diet. |
The fruit and walnut salad is a fruit dish sold in US branches of global fast-food chain McDonald's. It was launched by famous tennis player Venus Williams in May 2005 [1], and is part of their move towards creating a healthier image.
The ingredients are seedless grapes, apple slices, candied walnuts and low-fat vanilla yogurt. Including the walnuts, it has 330 calories. The apple slices are dipped in the preservative calcium ascorbate, a compound of calcium and vitamin C, in order to keep them crisp and prevent them losing color and flavor. Calorie-count.com rates its good points as: very low in cholesterol, low in sodium, and very high in vitamin C, and its bad point as "very high in sugar".
US apple producers welcomed the expected extra demand for their products. McDonalds announced that it expected to require 54 million pounds (25 million kg) of apples per year. The move makes them the largest food-service customer for apple producers.
Recently, some McDonald's locations have started to switch to the Fruit and Walnut Snack, which contains the same ingredients as above, in a prepackaged and separated container, much to the pleasure of many McDonald's employees.
