Unofficial Calorie Count For Arby’s Meat Mountain: There Are Worse Things You Could Eat

Reddit user The_Motivated_Man tallied up the various ingredients in the Meat Mountain to reach this unofficial calorie count.

For the last few days, the Internet has become more than a little obsessed with the Arby’s Meat Mountain, a pile of protein including roast beef, ham, turkey, steak, bacon, brisket, chicken tenders, and various cheeses. While you might initially think that this would be off the calorie charts, an unofficial tally of the nutrition info shows that it’s not even in the range of many chain restaurant calorie bombs.

Redditor The_Motivated_Man took on the challenge of breaking down the components of the Meat Mountain to see what it would all add up to. You can see his results above.

If accurate, the Meat Mountain is indeed a massive amount of calories (1,275), but that’s only about 2/3 of the recommended daily calorie total for most people. But it wouldn’t even put the sandwich on this year’s list of the most calorie-filled chain restaurant items.

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The lowest calorie count on that list was 1,500 (for the Reese’s Peanut Butter Chocolate Cake Cheesecake at the Cheesecake Factory), while some items, like Joe’s Crab Shack’s The Big “Hook” Up meal, crossed the 3,000 calorie line. By comparison, the Meat Mountain looks like light fare.

While 1,275 calories is nothing to sneeze at, the bigger concern for some Arby’s customers may be the sodium count. At 3,536mg, that’s significantly more than the recommended daily maximums.

Of course, this is all very unofficial an unscientific. The Mountains will likely vary greatly from Arby’s to Arby’s. So don’t take these numbers as gospel.