Nutritional comparison between combo meal deals from different fast-food chains/ COMPARATIVO NUTRICIONAL ENTRE COMBOS DE LANCHES DE DIFERENTES REDES DE FAST-FOOD

• Published in: Revista brasileira de obesidade, nutrição e emagrecimento Vol. 16; no. 102
• Main Authors: Antonelli, Glenda, Vieira, Renata Leia Demario, Uchida, Nancy Sayuri, Gatti, Raquel Rosalva, Schmitt, Vania
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Pesquisa e Ensino em Fisiologia do Exercicio. IBPEFEX 01.05.2022
• ISSN: 1981-9919; 1981-9919

Introduction: In the current eating out of the home scenario, fast-food chains have a major role in people's lives. Bearing this in mind, consumers tend to look for those restaurants for flavor, variety, accessibility, in addition to internal and external influences. Objective: nutritionally analyzing combo meal deals from fast-food chains, evaluating energy and nutrient values. Material and Methods: It was made a cross-sectional, descriptive, and quantitative research in different fast-food food chains, analyzing options available in their online menus. Based on those, carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, saturated fats, sodium, and fibers values were calculated. Results: When evaluating each nutrient mean values, it was observed; inadequate energy supply (926.67 kcal), carbohydrates (130 g), proteins (32.7 g), lipids (44.23 g), saturated fats (16.8 g), and sodium (1283.33 mg). It means that all values are above of the average recommendation for consumption in one meal. Conclusion: According to the obtained results, it is noted that the nutritional compositions of those meal deals analyzed are inadequate, presenting high values, which may reflect on the consumer nutritional status. Key words: Fast foods. Chronic non communicable diseases. Food. Nutritional Recommendations. Introducao: No cenario atual da alimentacao fora de casa, as redes de fast-food estao se destacando e com isto os consumidores tendem a procura-las por sabor, variedade, acessibilidade, alem de influencias internas e externas. Objetivo: Analisar nutricionalmente combos de lanches de redes do tipo fast-food, avaliando valores energeticos e de nutrientes. Materiais e Metodos: Pesquisa de carater transversal, descritiva e quantitativa em diferentes redes de alimentos do tipo fast-food, analisando opcoes disponiveis em seus cardapios on-line, sendo calculados, os valores de carboidratos, proteinas e lipidios, gorduras saturadas, sodio e fibras. Resultados: Ao avaliar os valores medios de cada nutriente observou-se inadequacao na oferta energetica (926,67 kcal), de carboidratos (130 g), proteinas (32,7 g), lipidios (44,23 g), gorduras saturadas (16,8 g) e sodio (1283,33 mg), estando todos os valores acima da recomendacao media para consumo em uma refeicao. Conclusao: De acordo com os resultados obtidos, identificou-se que a composicao nutricional dos combos analisados se apresentou inadequada, com valores elevados, podendo refletir no estado nutricional do consumidor. Palavras-chave: Comida rapida. Doencas cronicas nao transmissiveis. Alimentos. Recomendacoes Nutricionais.