While Long John Silver's claims its Hushpuppies have 3 grams of trans fat, CSPI’s lab tests found 3.7 grams.

Long John Silver’s does not disclose nutrition information for the haddock used in the Big Catch since it is a temporary addition to the menu, but it does list nutrition information for its regular items.

'Nutrition aside, that's just plain piracy.' 'It turns out that when Long John Silver's says 7 to 8 ounces of 100 percent haddock, it's more like 60 percent haddock, and 40 percent batter and grease,' Jacobson said. (Almost-invisible print indicates that the haddock is three times bigger than 'one piece of uncooked Alaskan pollock' of unspecified size.) In fact, once CSPI researchers carefully removed the breading from the fish, they found an average of about four and a half ounces of actual fish and almost three ounces of oil-soaked batter. Its television ads boast that the haddock is '3X bigger,' though it wouldn't be clear to consumers what it is three times bigger than. 'It's the largest fish we have ever offered, weighing in at 7 ounces to 8 ounces of 100-percent premium haddock caught in the icy waters of the North Atlantic,' Long John Silver's executive Charles St. It is outrageous that Long John Silver's foods are still loaded with artificial trans fat and that the FDA still permits it in foods.'Īlso, CSPI charged that Long John Silver's website greatly overstates the amount of actual fish in the Big Catch meal, and greatly understates the amounts of trans fat and sodium in the side orders. 'It might have been defensible to use hydrogenated oil in the 1980s, before trans fat's harmfulness was discovered, but no longer. Willett, chair of the nutrition department at the Harvard School of Public Health. 'Trans fat from partially hydrogenated oil is a uniquely damaging substance that raises your bad cholesterol, lowers your good cholesterol, and harms the cells that line your blood vessels,' said Walter C. In 2006, before a CSPI lawsuit prompted KFC to stop using partially hydrogenated oil to fry its chicken, the worst meal on the KFC menu had 15 grams of trans fat-less than half the trans fat in the Big Catch with Onion Rings. Most major chains have stopped using partially hydrogenated oil altogether, in response to bad publicity, lawsuits, and local government restrictions on its use. Instead of the Big Catch, I'd call it America's Deadliest Catch.' 'This company is taking perfectly healthy fish-and entombing it in a thick crust of batter and partially hydrogenated oil. 'Long John Silver's Big Catch meal deserves to be buried 20,000 leagues under the sea,' said CSPI executive director Michael F. In other words, Long John Silver's Big Catch meal with onion rings has 16 times as much trans fat as the heart association recommends-more than two weeks' worth. The American Heart Association recommends that people limit themselves to about two grams of trans fat per day-or about as much as one might consume from naturally occurring trans fat in milk and meat. What most startled CSPI researchers was the 33 grams of trans fat in the Big Catch meal, all of which comes from industrially produced partially hydrogenated frying oil. It's easy to find fast-food meals with more calories-the Big Catch has 'only' 1,320-but when it comes to clogging arteries, CSPI says the Big Catch is by far the 'Worst Restaurant Meal in America.' On top of that, the meal has another 19 grams of saturated fat, which also promotes heart disease, and nearly 3,700 milligrams of sodium, which promotes high blood pressure and stroke.

Laboratory tests released today by the Center for Science in the Public Interest show that Long John Silver's Big Catch meal, when comprised of fried fish, Hushpuppies, and Onion Rings, has an astonishing 33 grams of trans fat-the most powerful promoter of heart disease in the food supply. 'We appreciate the speed and seriousness with which Long John's Silver's leadership addressed our concerns and made this important change for the better.' 'Partially hydrogenated oil does not belong in the food supply and we are glad that Long John Silver's will, by the end of the year, transition to a trans-fat-free oil for frying,' said CSPI executive director Michael F. Update: On August 28, Long John Silver's announced that it will discontinue the Big Catch and transition to a trans-fat-free frying oil by the end of 2013.

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