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Sheldon > wrote:

>By JIM SALTER,AP
>Posted: 2007-10-15 14:35:13
>ST. LOUIS (AP) - The people who brought you the Monster Thickburger
>and the 1,100-calorie salad are at it again - this time for
>breakfast.
>
>Hardee's on Monday rolled out its new Country Breakfast Burrito - two
>egg omelets filled with bacon, sausage, diced ham, cheddar cheese,
>hash browns and sausage gravy, all wrapped inside a flour tortilla.
>The burrito contains 920 calories and 60 grams of fat.


Not too surprising.

Some time ago, I looked up the calorie content of a Baja Fresh
vegetarian burrito, and it was also over 900 calories. The
flour tortillas in those things are significant; they're oversized,
and have a high fraction of fat, and can be 350 or 400 calories just
for the tortilla.

Steve