McDonalds Premium Salad - how many carbs?

[snorkelman]

I just bought a McDonalds Premium salad for lunch.

It was a bacon ranch one with grilled chicken. Of course I threw away the croutons (8g carbs) and the Ranch Dressing (9g carbs)

I assume that this was pretty low on the carb count, but I can't find it listed anywhere.

Does anyone know how many carbs this salad was?

(It did contain about 4 or 5 cherry tomatoes & what I assume was real bacon).

[not2late]

Here's the McDonald's website.

http://www.mcdonalds.com/app_controller.nutrition.index1.html

Just an FYI, most fast food and chain restaurants have the nutritional info on their websites. Just google them.

[hulagrl1120]

http://www.mcdonalds.com/app_controller.nutrition.index1.html

you can look up the nutrional info here

[snorkelman]

The website says it has 12 g carbs and 3 g fiber, so that would seem like 9 carbs.

Then it lists the same salad without the chicken and it is 9 carbs with 3 carbs fiber. I assume that means that the chicken has 3 carbs.

That doesn't seem right. See, those websites almost always suck because they list the burgers with the mayo and other stuff (so that fat counts are rarely correct, so I question the carb count since i don't use the croutons and dressing).

Again, does anyone know for sure?

The grilled chicken might have some kind of glaze on it or it might just be spices - i can't tell.

I also took a look at the Wendy's website and I can't believe it. They list Wendy's Mandarin Chicken Salad (no almonds, no noodles, no dressing)
as having a whopping 17 carbs. Can that be right?

[not2late]

Unfortunately, that's the best information we can give you.

McDonalds is one the fast food places where you can customize your order. According to the customize feature this is the breakdown:

Grilled Chicken Breast 2 carbs
Salad mix 2 net carbs (5 totals, 3 fibers)
Tomatoes 3 net carbs (3 totals, 1 fiber)
Cheese 1 net carb
Bacon bits 0 net carb

8 net carbs.

The chicken breast might have a much higher carb count than listed because if you plug the nutritional info into a hidden carb calculator, the calculated calories and the listed calories are waaaaay off.