How Much Saturated Fat Is In A Krispy Kreme Donut?

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An original Krispy Kreme donut has

11 grams of

fat—5 of those being saturated—while a Dunkin’ original donut has 6 gram of saturated fat (30 percent of your fat intake). Meanwhile, a typical chocolate chip cookie has 2.4 grams of saturated fat…so um…let’s just agree that donuts are sugar AND fat bombs.

How much fat is in a Krispy Kreme donut?

The average medium-size (64-gram) glazed doughnut contains ( 1 ): Calories: 269. Protein: 4 grams. Fat:

15 grams

.

How much saturated fat in a Krispy Kreme glazed donut?

Calories 190 (794 kJ) Total Fat 11 g 17% Saturated

Fat


5 g


25%
Trans Fat 0 g Cholesterol 0 mg 0%

Do donuts have a lot of saturated fat?

Most doughnuts have from

two to five grams of saturated fat

and two to five grams of trans fat. That’s a quarter to one-half the recommended daily limit for saturated fat. Unfortunately, the bakery muffins for sale are hardly better. Most contain from 11 to 27 grams of total fat.

What is the healthiest donut at Krispy Kreme?

The Original Glazed is one of the lowest calorie doughnuts on the menu. At 190 calories, Krispy Kreme’s signature is a solid go-to doughnut.

Are Krispy Kreme Doughnuts healthy?

DUH,

donuts are bad

for you. … An original Krispy Kreme donut has 11 grams of fat—5 of those being saturated—while a Dunkin’ original donut has 6 gram of saturated fat (30 percent of your fat intake).

What is a healthy amount of saturated fat?

Healthy adults should limit their saturated fat intake to

no more than 10% of total calories

. For a person eating a 2000 calorie diet, this would be 22 grams of saturated fat or less per day.

What’s the healthiest donut to eat?

This donut consistently tops lists of the healthiest donut options at Dunkin’ Donuts. Each French cruller from Dunkin’ only has 220 calories and 10 grams of sugar. As far as donuts go, the French cruller is practically a health food.

Is it OK to eat a donut once a week?

It’s all about quantity. Eating a doughnut (or anything “unhealthy”)

once in a while is fine

. … Eating one doughnut is not necessarily bad but if you eat one every day or eat one in combination with other high sugar/fat/ carb foods is when it becomes a slippery slope, especially when you are trying to lose weight.

What is the most unhealthy donut?

  • of 5. Tim Hortons Honey Cruller Donut. The Crime: 310 calories (22g sugar) …
  • of 5. Krispy Kreme Double Dark Chocolate Doughnut. The Crime: 370 calories (27g sugar) …
  • of 5. Starbucks Old-Fashioned Glazed Doughnut. …
  • of 5. Dunkin Donuts Bismarck. …
  • of 5.

Which is healthier Dunkin Donuts or Krispy Kreme?

, there are only 190 calories in one glazed donut compared to the 260 found at Dunkin’.

Krispy Kreme’s donuts

also contain less sugar, less fat, and 245 milligrams less sodium.

Are Krispy Kreme donuts fried?

Like most doughnuts,

Krispy Kremes are fried (cooked in oil)

. Frying cooks the dough rapidly from the outside in to give the doughnuts their distinctive crispy texture. The flipper turns the doughnuts over midway through the oil. … Since the doughnuts are floating, the bath only cooks one side at a time.

Why are donuts so bad for you?

Doughnuts will cost you 250 to 550 calories, but the

15 to 30 grams of sugar in each

is the real problem. With such a huge amount of sugar in a small package, your body pumps out loads of insulin to try to accommodate. A huge blood sugar spike leads to an even bigger sugar crash.

How long do Krispy Kreme Donuts last?

Once refrigerated, the shelf-life of a Krispy Kreme Donut is

about four days

. The good news is that they freeze well, so it’s worth freezing them for future enjoyment if you have leftovers. Otherwise, it’s recommended that you freeze the donut instead to prevent going bad sooner than necessary.

What is the lowest calorie donut?

While you might think that the sugar raised donut or the plain glazed donut has the least calories, in fact it’s the

French cruller

that’s the least unhealthy. The French cruller contains 220 calories, 15 grams of fat, seven grams of saturated fat, and 10 grams of sugar.

What oil does Krispy Kreme use?

We use

vegetable shortening (palm, soybean, and/or cottonseed and canola oil)

for zero gram of trans fat per one serving of doughnut. All monoglycerides and diglycerides are vegetable based. Enzymes are also present. The lecithin we use is soy-based.

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