Which Olive Garden dishes have the most calories?
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Not surprisingly, many of the top items on this list contain cream-based sauces, such as carbonara or Alfredo. Is your favorite dish among the most caloric?
- Alex Greer, HealthGrove.com
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Olive Garden has many signature dishes, but it's perhaps most famous for its breadsticks. The Italian food restaurant chain won over fans with its unlimited breadsticks deal, even as some investors criticized the policy for being wasteful.
From a nutritional perspective, the health benefits of these breadsticks are questionable. Each individual breadstick, and its garlic-butter spread, contains 140 calories, 25g of carbs and 460mg of sodium. While that may not seem like a lot, we all know how easy it is for one breadstick to turn into two or five.
Regardless, the breadsticks are far from the restaurant's most caloric items. Using information from Olive Garden, HealthGrove, a health research site powered by Graphiq, set out to find the 25 most caloric items on the menu. In the event of a tie, menu items with more sodium are ranked higher. Of course, calories aren't the only factor that determines a food item's nutritional value. To provide more context, we also list each menu item's total fat, sodium and carbs.
Unsurprisingly, many of the top items on this list contain cream-based sauces, such as carbonara or Alfredo. Perhaps more surprising is how frequently chicken-based dishes appear on the list. While it's true that chicken is normally a healthier alternative to beef or pork, when it's doused in cheese sauce and fried, the health benefits start to disappear.
*Note: Dinner portions are used for items that appear on both the lunch and dinner menus. This list does not consider all seasonal or limited time only items.
Photos from Olive Garden
- Alex Greer, HealthGrove.com
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Calories: 820
Fat: 46g
Sodium: 1,150mg
Carbs: 73g
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Calories: 860
Fat: 59g
Sodium: 1,870mg
Carbs: 48g
- Alex Greer, HealthGrove.com
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Calories: 860
Fat: 46g
Sodium: 2,190mg
Carbs: 65g
- Alex Greer, HealthGrove.com
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Calories: 870
Fat: 56g
Sodium: 2,400mg
Carbs: 67g
- Alex Greer, HealthGrove.com
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Calories: 880
Fat: 54g
Sodium: 290mg
Carbs: 89g
- Alex Greer, HealthGrove.com
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Calories: 930
Fat: 53g
Sodium: 2,070mg
Carbs: 56g
- Alex Greer, HealthGrove.com
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Calories: 940
Fat: 91g
Sodium: 1,320mg
Carbs: 14g
*Note: Image depicts the fettuccine Alfredo.
- Alex Greer, HealthGrove.com
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Calories: 950
Fat: 58g
Sodium: 1,950mg
Carbs: 33g
- Alex Greer, HealthGrove.com
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Calories: 970
Fat: 43g
Sodium: 1,910mg
Carbs: 71g
- Alex Greer, HealthGrove.com
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Calories: 1,010
Fat: 56g
Sodium: 850mg
Carbs: 97g
- Alex Greer, HealthGrove.com
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Calories: 1,020
Fat: 60g
Sodium: 2,740mg
Carbs: 58g
- Alex Greer, HealthGrove.com
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Calories: 1,060
Fat: 54g
Sodium: 1,990mg
Carbs: 113g
- Alex Greer, HealthGrove.com
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Calories: 1,060
Fat: 52g
Sodium: 2,980mg
Carbs: 86g
- Alex Greer, HealthGrove.com
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Calories: 1,070
Fat: 71g
Sodium: 1,650mg
Carbs: 73g
- Alex Greer, HealthGrove.com
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Calories: 1,120
Fat: 58g
Sodium: 2,370mg
Carbs: 83g
- Alex Greer, HealthGrove.com
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Calories: 1,150
Fat: 69g
Sodium: 1,490mg
Carbs: 92g
- Alex Greer, HealthGrove.com
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Calories: 1,220
Fat: 71g
Sodium: 2,160mg
Carbs: 103g
- Alex Greer, HealthGrove.com
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Calories: 1,260
Fat: 72g
Sodium: 1,990mg
Carbs: 105g
- Alex Greer, HealthGrove.com
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Calories: 1,300
Fat: 88g
Sodium: 2,780mg
Carbs: 79g
- Alex Greer, HealthGrove.com
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Calories: 1,380
Fat: 85g
Sodium: 2,810mg
Carbs: 88g
- Alex Greer, HealthGrove.com
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Calories: 1,420
Fat: 82g
Sodium: 2,570mg
Carbs: 108g
- Alex Greer, HealthGrove.com
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Calories: 1,480
Fat: 94g
Sodium: 1,480mg
Carbs: 95g
- Alex Greer, HealthGrove.com
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Calories: 1,520
Fat: 96g
Sodium: 3,250mg
Carbs: 92g
- Alex Greer, HealthGrove.com
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Calories: 1,590
Fat: 114g
Sodium: 2,410mg
Carbs: 78g
- Alex Greer, HealthGrove.com
Anthony92931 / Wikimedia
Olive Garden has many signature dishes, but it's perhaps most famous for its breadsticks. The Italian food restaurant chain won over fans with its unlimited breadsticks deal, even as some investors criticized the policy for being wasteful.
From a nutritional perspective, the health benefits of these breadsticks are questionable. Each individual breadstick, and its garlic-butter spread, contains 140 calories, 25g of carbs and 460mg of sodium. While that may not seem like a lot, we all know how easy it is for one breadstick to turn into two or five.
Regardless, the breadsticks are far from the restaurant's most caloric items. Using information from Olive Garden, HealthGrove, a health research site powered by Graphiq, set out to find the 25 most caloric items on the menu. In the event of a tie, menu items with more sodium are ranked higher. Of course, calories aren't the only factor that determines a food item's nutritional value. To provide more context, we also list each menu item's total fat, sodium and carbs.
Unsurprisingly, many of the top items on this list contain cream-based sauces, such as carbonara or Alfredo. Perhaps more surprising is how frequently chicken-based dishes appear on the list. While it's true that chicken is normally a healthier alternative to beef or pork, when it's doused in cheese sauce and fried, the health benefits start to disappear.
*Note: Dinner portions are used for items that appear on both the lunch and dinner menus. This list does not consider all seasonal or limited time only items.
Photos from Olive Garden
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