Re: which has more fat in it? salad or hamburger

Hi, Leanna.

To answer your question, we have to set some parameters. What is going into your salad? What will you eat with the hamburger patty?

A 3 oz (85 g) hamburger patty, by itself, has about 305 calories and 13 g of fat. Put that patty on a roll, add a slice of cheese and some ketchup and you will be eating 474 calories/19 g of fat.

You could have a salad that equals this hamburger in fat content if you add lots of dressing, cheese, croutons, etc. But your basic salad with 1 cup of lettuce, cucumber and tomato slices and 1 tbsp of dressing contains about 100 calories and 9 g of fat.

There can still be room in your healthy diet for the occassional hamburger; just try to eat some lower fat foods for your other meals that day.