Don t for a minute think that the Cheesecake Factory makes the most caloric meal in America.
According to the Center for Science in the Public Interest s Xtreme Eating Awards which with a healthy dose of irony celebrate unhealthy food that honor belongs to Red Robin. The 470 store chain offers a Monster Meal that includes an A.1. Peppercorn burger with bacon Bottomless Steak Fries and a Monster Salted Caramel Milkshake. That combo destroys the competition with 3 540 calories. (The USDA recommends moderately active adults get about 2 000 calories per day though recommended counts change by gender and age.)
Still just like when Crash won the Best Picture Oscar that seemed destined to go to Brokeback Mountain the Cheesecake Factory won t be ignored.
Its French Toast Napoleon 2 900 calories.
Boom.
Its Brul ed French Toast 2 780 calories 93 grams of saturated fat 2 230 milligrams of sodium and 24 teaspoons of sugar.
As serious as a heart attack.
And its Peanut Butter Chocolate Cake Cheesecake 1 500 calories 43 grams of saturated fat and 21 teaspoons of sugar.
As CSPI pointed out It would take four and a half hours of aerobics to neutralize that weapon of mass construction.
CSPI who created the awards had a clear message Those who enter that calorie slinging hole at the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and Military Road do so at their own peril.
We re giving a special XXXtreme Eating award to The Cheesecake Factory the center wrote in a press release. It took three of our nine coveted spots and as usual it could easily have filled all nine. Congrats
This isn t the first time the Cheesecake Factory has been targeted by the health conscious.
Last year the editors of Men s Health said the chain made The Worst Food in America in Eat This Not That 2013 For the 3rd year in a row the bastion of gluttony known as the Cheesecake Factory received the top prize in our contest of diet debauchery. We give the chain props for rolling out some lighter options as of late but its menu is still home to the most caloric fare in the country.
Calorie concerns don t seem to have affected the Cheesecake Factory s stock which is trading not far below all time highs.
Still competition is getting robust.
When we were screening candidates for the first Xtreme Eating awards in 2007 we were shocked to see 1 500 calorie entr es the Center wrote. This year nearly all of our winners hit (or just missed) the 2 000 calorie mark. And a few doozies topped 3 000.
The Cheesecake Factory did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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