The Health of It All
Eating Healthier at Fast Food Restaurants : La Madeleine
La Madeleine is a French bakery and café that has mostly located in Texas and across the Southeast and Southwest. The original location has its roots in France, with the first American restaurant opening in 1983. There are now over 80 locations, and as chain food restaurants go it remains closer to its roots of being French than a manufactured restaurant such as Olive Garden (which bears almost no relationship to Italy).
As such, there are some reasonable choices for you to order in their restaurants.
They are a pretty good choice for breakfast. Their quiches come in at over 700 milligrams of sodium but that's not too bad for a chain food restaurant. They do have one of the best oatmeal options with little added sugar and a great variety of healthy oatmeal topping selections.
Their breads do have a fair amount of sodium so that makes sandwiches higher in salt. The best choice is a half sandwich and while this may seem like a cop out, those sandwiches come in at between 400 and 500 calories for a half sandwich - more than enough for lunch.
They also have options for smaller servings of soups and salads alongside the option of ordering only a half sandwich. This might bring you in at moving towards 1,000 milligrams of sodium, yet you can put together a relatively healthy meal by comparison to other chain restaurant choices.
Cal. | Total Fat (g) | Sod. (mg) | Fiber (g) | |
BREAKFAST | ||||
Fresh Fruit Salade Bowl | 130 | 0.5 | 35 | 3 |
Fresh Fruit Salade Cup | 60 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
Oatmeal, Bowl | 120 | 2.5 | 5 | 3 |
Oatmeal, Cup | 60 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Quiche Florentine | 750 | 48 | 740 | 2 |
Quiche Florentine - Breakfast | 750 | 48 | 740 | 2 |
Two Eggs Any Style | 330 | 29 | 440 | 1 |
BREAKFAST - EGG OPTIONS | ||||
Eggs | 330 | 29 | 440 | 1 |
OATMEAL TOPPINGS - BOWL | ||||
Almonds (Oatmeal Bowl Toppings) | 70 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
Blueberries (Oatmeal Bowl Toppings) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Brown Sugar (Oatmeal Bowl Toppings) | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pecans (Oatmeal Bowl Toppings) | 160 | 16 | 0 | 2 |
Raisins (Oatmeal Bowl Toppings) | 100 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Strawberries (Oatmeal Bowl Toppings) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OATMEAL TOPPINGS - CUP | ||||
Almonds (Oatmeal Cup Toppings) | 30 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Blueberries (Oatmeal Cup Toppings) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brown Sugar (Oatmeal Cup Toppings) | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pecans (Oatmeal Cup Toppings) | 80 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
Raisins (Oatmeal Cup Toppings) | 50 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Strawberries (Oatmeal Cup Toppings) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SALADE SAMPLER | ||||
Chicken Salade | 390 | 32 | 730 | 1 |
Country Potato Cup | 240 | 18 | 950 | 1 |
Cream of Mushroom Cup | 210 | 18 | 450 | 0 |
French Lentil & Kale Cup | 90 | 2 | 590 | 3 |
Fresh Fruit Salade Cup | 60 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
Mediterranean Kale & Quinoa Salde - Cup | 190 | 12 | 300 | 2 |
Petite Caesar with Fat-Free Dressing | 90 | 4 | 370 | 2 |
Petite Caesar with Original Caesar Dressing | 260 | 24 | 380 | 2 |
Petite Cranberry & Pecan Wild Field Salade | 160 | 12 | 30 | 2 |
Petite Strawberry & Bacon Spinach Salade | 130 | 12 | 130 | 2 |
Strawberries Romanoff Cup | 80 | 2 | 25 | 3 |
Tomato Basil Cup | 270 | 25 | 300 | 1 |
Tomato Basil Pesto Pasta Salade Cup | 370 | 26 | 650 | 2 |
ENTRÉE SALADES | ||||
Cranberry & Pecan Wild Field | 470 | 34 | 180 | 6 |
Strawberry & Bacon Spinach | 360 | 32 | 340 | 5 |
SALADE ADD - ONS | ||||
Side of Chicken | 150 | 6 | 480 | 0 |
Side of Salmon | 230 | 15 | 270 | 0 |
Side of Shrimp | 80 | 3.5 | 320 | 0 |
HOMEMADE SOUPES | ||||
Cream of Mushroom Cup | 210 | 18 | 450 | 0 |
French Lentil & Kale Cup | 90 | 2 | 590 | 3 |
Tomato Basil Cup | 270 | 25 | 300 | 1 |
CAFÉ SAMPLER | ||||
Mediterranean Kale & Quinoa Salade - Cup | 190 | 12 | 300 | 2 |
Petite Caesar with Fat-Free Dressing | 90 | 4 | 370 | 2 |
Petite Caesar with Original Caesar Dressing | 260 | 24 | 380 | 2 |
Petite Cranberry & Pecan Wild Field Salade | 160 | 12 | 30 | 2 |
Petite Strawberry & Bacon Spinach Salade | 130 | 12 | 130 | 2 |
Tomato Basil Cup | 270 | 25 | 300 | 1 |
CAFÉ CLASSIQUES | ||||
Quiche Florentine | 750 | 48 | 740 | 2 |
SANDWICHES | ||||
Half Chicken & Pesto | 430 | 23 | 750 | 2 |
Half Chicken Caesar | 480 | 24 | 760 | 3 |
Half Chicken Salade Croissant | 340 | 24 | 530 | 2 |
Half Mozzarella & Tomato | 440 | 10 | 410 | 2 |
Updated: June 8, 2020
Eating Healthier at Fast Food and Chain Restaurants
- Baja Fresh
- Boston Market
- Burger King
- Chick-fil-A
- Chopt
- Cosi
- El Pollo Loco
- Hardee's
- Jack in the Box
- Kentucky Fried Chicken
- La Madeleine
- Maggiano's Little Italy
- McDonald's
- Noodles & Company
- Olive Garden
- Panda Express
- Panera Bread
- Popeyes
- Ruby Tuesday
- SouperSalad
- Souplantation
- Subway
- Sweetgreen
- Taco Bell
- Wendy's