Large oreo shake jack in the box calories

Is it a “fast-food crime,” as @EatThisNotThat says? We’ll leave it to you to decide the merits of Jack in the Box’s Oreo Cookie Ice Cream Shake (in a 24-ounce cup), but here are the nutritional vital signs. Are you sitting down?

• 1,450 calories
• 75 grams of fat
• 670 milligrams of sodium
• 166 grams of carbohydrates
• 132 grams of sugar

That tweet gets its info from the “Eat This, Not That” page (beget by the book of the same name) and bills itself as the “most comprehensive, up-to-date menu and grocery information from the experts at Men’s Health.” Its nutritional info differs substantially from the numbers provided on Jack’s own Web site. That has the Oreo shake as having only 1,169 calories, 61 grams of fat, 555 mg of sodium, 134 g of carbs and 105 g of sugars.

Either way, it’s a charter member of the HL1KCC, the Healthy Living One Thousand Calorie Club.

In case you were wondering, for a 2,000-calorie diet, the FDA recommends people limit their intake to around 65 g of fat per day, as well as 2,400 mg of sodium. There is no official rec for sugar, although 40 grams is generally the consensus (a can of Pepsi has 41).  

The Oreo shake is the highest-calorie, fattiest item on the Jack in the Box menu, but there are other eye-popping entries, including the Bacon Ultimate Cheeseburger, which weighs in at 937 calories and 65 g of fat. Think chicken sandwiches are better for you? The battered kind generally have a little less calories and fat, but they’re high in sodium: The Homestyle Ranch Chicken Club has 1,943 milligrams, compared with 1,837 for the Bacon Ultimate.

The new grilled sandwiches Jack is offering — the Turkey, Bacon & Cheddar and the Deli Trio — are off the charts on sodium, checking in at 2,128 and 2,461, respectively, despite having “only” 647 and 627 calories.

If you’re craving Jack but don’t want to run a 10K to burn off that shake or a gut-busting sandwich, there are a couple of options: Try the Grilled Chicken Strips (243 calories, 6 grams of fat) or the Hamburger Deluxe (362 cals, 18 g).

One attribute in Jack’s favor is that it has a very easy-to-use Web site that displays nutritional info on dozens of items, as well as a Build a Meal button that calculates the numbers for whatever combination you enter.

If you hear about any other quadruple-digit caloric delights, let us know.

Meantime, chew on these other stories about fast food:

• More snacking fueling childhood obesity
• Who makes the best burger in Southern California?
• ‘Food Inc.’ director says people want more info
• Jack in the Box rolls out new McDonald’s-style fries
• Good riddance to trans fats in restaurants