Huge Fast-Food Wraps Are Full Of More Than Just Food

Are you enraptured by wraps? They’re the latest fast-food craze, in which tortillas, pitas and flatbreads “wrap” savory fillings. But they can be a land mine of fat and calories, warns the Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter.

The newsletter compares the nutritional content of a number of wraps. Taco Bell’s Chicken Fajita Wrap has 460 calories and 21 grams of fat - more than the 419 calories and 16 grams of fat in a Subway Meatball Sub. Even the Taco Bell Veggie Fajita Wrap, with 420 calories and 19 grams of fat, is slightly higher than the sub.

Why do wraps, perceived to be a healthful alternative to subs, pack all that fat? They tend to be gargantuan in size. If you’re wrapping regularly, have half and save the rest for the next day, or split one with a friend.