RANKINGS

54 chains, by the numbers.

The health and dietary-fit questions people actually ask, answered from official nutrition data. Every ranking links back to the primary source — no aggregators, no estimates.

01

Lowest sodium

Sodium is the most-asked-about concern for fast food fries. Chains ranked from lowest to highest per-serving.

30 chains ranked 02

Lowest saturated fat

Saturated fat varies dramatically by frying oil. Chains using beef tallow rank highest; peanut and sunflower-oil chains rank lowest.

30 chains ranked 03

Lowest calorie

Calories per serving across all 54 chains. Note: serving size varies — smaller chains often have smaller "medium" orders.

30 chains ranked 04

Highest fiber

Fiber content in fast food fries is mostly a function of serving size and whether the skin is left on. Here's who delivers the most.

30 chains ranked 05

Vegan-friendly

Only five major chains cook fries in a dedicated fryer with no animal-derived ingredients. These are the chains where "vegan fries" actually means vegan.

8 chains qualify 06

Gluten-free-friendly

Chains whose fries are both gluten-free by ingredient and cooked in a dedicated fryer. Critical for celiac disease, where shared-fryer cross-contact triggers reactions.

8 chains qualify
A note on ranking methodology Serving sizes vary across chains — Five Guys' "Little" (227g) is not the same as McDonald's "Medium" (111g). Where possible, rankings use the chain's published "medium" or closest equivalent. Each ranking page shows serving size alongside the nutrient value so the comparison is transparent. For apples-to-apples comparisons, we also compute per-100g figures where needed. Where nutrition data isn't published, we say so explicitly.