Fast Food (junk food): top 10 facts, statistics, Disturbing facts, effects on health and trends.

FAST(junk food)FOOD

Fast food refers to food that can be prepared and served quickly. It can come from many places: sit-down restaurants, counter service, take-out, drive-thru, and delivery. Fast food is popular because the food is inexpensive, convenient, and tastes good. However, fast food is often made with cheaper ingredients such as high fat meat, refined grains, and added sugar and fats, instead of nutritious ingredients such as lean proteins, whole grains, fresh fruits, and vegetables.

Many people all over the world enjoy junk food. Exactly how many? Well, you’ll see that soon in our fast food statistics. It’s quick, easy, and often quite tasty. Some people view it as a treat, while others look at it as a convenient answer to lunch or dinner.

In the following article, you’ll gain some great insight into junk/fats food, who eats it, how many people consume fast food, and how much the fast food industry is worth. 

So what are you waiting for? Sit back, relax, and get to reading. Here are some fascinating stats and facts about fast food. 

Top 10 Fast Food facts: That you would never know

#1. It’s estimated that in the course of an adult American’s life, they will spend around $70,500 on fast food or take-home meals.

#2. Around 80% of fast food consumed by children comes from McDonald’s. 

#3. From the years 2013 to 2016, on an average day, 36.6% of grown-up people would eat fast food.

#4. Lunch is the most common meal where fast food is consumed, with 44.7% of adults who eat fast food claiming to do so for this meal.

 

#5. Fast-food consumption statistics from 2018 list that there were 37,855 McDonald’s fast-food restaurants around the world. 

#6. Only 29.42% of survey respondents said they consume fast food fewer than one time in the space of a week. 

#7. 23% of survey respondents ate fast food for three meals or more in the space of a week. 

#8. 80% of people in the United States eat fast food at least once a month.

#9. Revenue from the fast-food industry was around $200 billion in the United States in 2015.

#10. The United States is home to more than 200,000 fast-food businesses. 

General statics of fast food

1. Fast food is segmented according to type.

These types are as follows: chicken, pizza/pasta, burger/sandwich, seafood, Asian/Latin American food, and the rest are categorized as “other.”

2. It is estimated that in the course of an adult American’s life they will spend around $70,500 on fast food or take-home meals. The study estimates this amount based on the 60 years between 18 years old and 78 years old. 

3. Fast-food consumption statistics from 2018 list that there were 37,855 McDonald’s fast-food restaurants around the world. In 2017, there were 37,241, which means that, in one year, 614 new restaurants were established. In 2008, there were 31,967 restaurants, which means that, in 10 years, there were 5,888 new restaurants established, which is quite an accomplishment for the brand.   

4. Children who were exposed to television ads for fast food had a 30% higher likelihood of eating the advertised food, say fast-food advertising statistics. The same study found that three of every four ads the children saw was for the popular fast-food restaurant McDonald’s, making it the most popular of all fast-food restaurants. This shows a correlation between the amount of advertising seen and the consumption of a specific fast-food brand.  

5. Around 80% of fast food consumed by children comes from McDonald’s. This just goes to prove how popular McDonald’s is with young people in the United States. 

6. Fast-food consumption statistics worldwide prove that the United States consumes the most fast food in the world. France sits in second place on the list of countries that consume the most fast food, and Canada is in third place. The rest of the top 10 fast-food consuming countries in the world are the United Kingdom (fourth place), South Korea (fifth place), Japan (sixth place), Austria (seventh place), Germany (eighth place), Switzerland (ninth place), and Sweden (10th place).  

9. Lunch is the most common meal where fast food is consumed, with 44.7% of adults who eat fast food claiming to do so for this meal. Dinner comes a close second at 42%. Fast food is eaten for breakfast by only around 22.7% of adults who consume fast food. And only 22.6% eat fast food as a snack. 

10. The second-most-valuable fast-food brand in the world in 2019 was Starbucks. In that year, Starbucks had an overall brand value of around $45.9 billion, which is $84.5 billion less than McDonald’s, which takes first place. 

Top 7 Disturbing Facts About Fast Food.

1. Soda Machines Contain Fecal Matter: 

You might be getting a side of fecal matter with your coca cola. A recent study found that 48 percent of soda fountains at fast food establishments contain coliform bacteria, a type of bacteria commonly found in feces. Eleven percent of these machines contained E. Coli as well.

2. Burgers Can Contain Meat From 100 Different Cows:

Unlike steak, which is made from one cut of one animal, burger patties are made with a mish-mash of muscle tissues from an unknown number of different cows. McDonalds even confirmed that they blend the meat of over 100 cattle to make their batches of minced meat.

3. Your Breakfast Sandwich Is Made With Ingredients Found In Soap:

You might think that opting for an egg sandwich might be the healthier choice, but it turns out those breakfast sandwiches are made with more than just eggs. Most “eggs” used in these dishes are actually a combination of real eggs and “Premium Egg Blend,” which is really just a mix of ingredients that contain substances such as glycerin, a solvent found in soap, moisturizes, and shaving cream.

4. Chicken Nuggets Barely Contain Chicken:

Those little nuggets you are consuming don’t really contain much chicken. studies have found  that they are mostly composed of fat, bone, nerve, and connective tissue. These parts are then blended together and fried to form a nugget.

5. The “Healthy Options” Are Worse Than The Main Meals:

Many people may believe ordering a salad is the far superior choice, but a large selection of fast food salads are worse for you than a big mac, which contains 550 calories, 30 grams of total fat, 10 grams of saturated fat, and 1000 mg of sodium. These salads often contain double the amount of calories than a burger and contain a number of chemicals and additives.

6. Eating Fast Food Can Shrink Your Brain And May Cause Alzheimer’s:

That’s right: Research from the journal Neurology found that consumption of trans fat, one of the main ingredients in fast food, causes brain shrinkage that can not only lead to poorer memory, attention, language and processing skills, but also Alzheimer’s disease.