] Global hamburger giant McDonald's latest line in healthy
] looking salads may contain more fat than its hamburgers,
] according to the company's Web Site.
] For example, on the new menu to be launched in the United Kingdom
] at the end of this month, a "Caesar salad with Chicken Premiere"
] contains 18.4 grams of fat compared with 11.5 grams of fat in a standard
] cheeseburger.

All I have to say is look at the ingredents for a Crispy Chicken Bacon Ranch Salad.

Crispy Chicken Bacon Ranch Salad

Crispy Chicken Breast Filet: Boneless skinless chicken breast filet with rib meat containing up to 19.5% of a solution of water, seasoning (salt, spices and spice extractive), sodium phosphates. Battered and breaded with wheat flour, water,
modified corn starch, salt, spice, dried egg white, wheat gluten, and leavening
(sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, monocalcium phosphate).
Breading set in vegetable oil. Cooked in partially hydrogenated vegetable oils,
(may contain partially hydrogenated soybean oil and/or partially hydrogenated
corn oil and/or partially hydrogenated canola oil and/or cottonseed oil and/or sunflower oil and/or corn oil). TBHQ and citric acid added to help preserve
freshness. Dimethylpolysiloxane added as an anti-foaming agent. Salad Mix:
Iceberg lettuce, romaine lettuce, spring mix (may contain baby red romaine,
baby green romaine, baby red leaf, baby green leaf, baby red swiss chard, baby
red oak, baby green oak, lolla rosa, tango, tatsoi, arugula, mizuna, baby spinach, radicchio, frisee), carrots. Cheddar /Jack Cheese: Cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto (vegetable color)] Monterey jack cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, powdered cellulose (to prevent caking)]. Bacon Bits: Cured with water, salt, smoke flavoring, sodium phosphate, seasoning [gum acacia, smoke flavor, maltodextrin, hydrolyzed corn protein, natural flavor (vegetable source), autolyzed yeast extract, hydrolyzed corn, wheat, and soy protein, modified cornstarch, contains less than 2% of disodium guanylate, disodium inosinate, natural flavor (vegetable oil), salt, succinic acid, xanthan gum], sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite. Grape tomatoes.

McDonald's salad - Mar. 9, 2004