Birds Eye Crinkle Cut Zucchini Fries Nutrition
While most people immediately think of potatoes when they see “fries” on the menu, these crinkle cut goodies are made with zucchini. They are coated with a corn and wheat flour batter and cooked until crispy.
You can cook them in the air fryer, pan fry with oil, or bake until crispy. Try these zucchini fries with a side of ranch or a little cider vinegar.
Each serving of about 20 pieces contains 140 calories. Read this article for nutrition facts, ingredients, and allergens in the Birds Eye® Crinkle Cut Zucchini Fries.
Calories and Nutrition Facts
All calories and nutrition facts are based on a single serving, measured as 85 grams, or about 20 pieces.
Calories
There are 140 calories in one serving of crinkle cut zucchini fries. Half of the total calories are derived from carbohydrates. Fat contributes about 43% of the total calories and the rest is from protein.
- Fat: 60 calories
- Carbs: 70 calories
- Protein: 10 calories
- Total: 140 calories
The caloric breakout by nutrient is a rounded estimate based on the nutrition facts label printed on the package of Zucchini Fries.
Sodium
As with most packaged foods, I believe it’s important to take a look at the amount of sodium. Birds Eye Zucchini Fries contains 410 milligrams per serving. That amount is about 18% of the recommended daily value.
Keep that in mind if you’re watching the amount of sodium you consume.
Nutrition Facts Label
Total Sugars include 0g Added Sugars.
Ingredients and Allergens
Ingredients
The zucchini fries are made with zucchini that is cut and covered in a special batter then cooked in sunflower oil before frozen.
Here is the complete list of ingredients used to make the crinkle cut zucchini fries.
Zucchini, Batter (yellow corn meal, wheat flour, salt, cornstarch, dextrose, sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking soda), and Sunflower Oil.
Allergens
The crinkle cut zucchini fries are made with ingredients that contain wheat.
Compare Zucchini Fries to Fast Food Fries
If you’re interested to know how the nutrition facts in these zucchini fries stack up against fries offered at popular fast food restaurants, take a look at this comparison table.
Crinkle Cut Zucchini Fries vs Fast Food Fries
You can use the small arrows in the top row to sort the data by brand, calories, fat, carbs, or protein.
Brand | Menu Item | Calories | Fat | Carbs | Protein | Sodium |
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Birds Eye | Crinkle Cut Zucchini Fries | 140 | 7g | 18g | 2g | 410mg |
Arby's | Curly Fries (Small) | 410 | 22g | 49g | 5g | 940mg |
Shake Shack | Fries | 470 | 22g | 63g | 6g | 740mg |
Shake Shack | Cheese Fries | 710 | 44g | 64g | 12g | 1020mg |
Shake Shack | Bacon Cheese Fries | 840 | 52g | 65g | 24g | 1570mg |
Zucchini Fries: Crinkle Cut vs Shoestring Cut
In addition to the crinkle cut Birds Eye® makes zucchini fries in a shoestring cut. You may be interested to know that the nutrition facts are not the same. In fact, the shoestring cut have a higher number of calories per serving.
While the serving size weight is the same at 85 grams, the number of pieces per serving is different. The crinkle cut fries are larger and the serving size is about 20 pieces. By comparison, each serving of the shoestring cut zucchini fries has about 51 pieces.
Here is a quick comparison of the nutrition facts of crinkle cut vs shoestring cut.
Crinkle Cut
- 140 Calories
- Fat: 7g
- Carbs: 18g
- Protein: 2g
- Sodium: 410mg
Shoestring Cut
- 190 Calories
- Fat: 9g
- Carbs: 27g
- Protein: 2g
- Sodium: 530mg
Nutrition facts, ingredients and allergens source: Birds Eye
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