{"id":12827,"date":"2012-07-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-02T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=12827"},"modified":"2020-12-24T11:22:19","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T21:22:19","slug":"news-get-your-beta-carotene-on-with-carls-jr-sweet-potato-fries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2012\/07\/02\/news-get-your-beta-carotene-on-with-carls-jr-sweet-potato-fries\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWS: Get Your Beta-Carotene On With Carl&#8217;s Jr. Sweet Potato Fries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/danorth1\/1460457275\/\" title=\"100_3610 by danorth1, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1064\/1460457275_f316c20b9d.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"100_3610\"\/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Me likey this trend of fast food joints offering sweet potato on their menu because I love the vitamin A it contains, which gives me killer night vision, which allows me to scoff at those who need flashlights.<\/p>\n<p>Wendy&#8217;s had their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2012\/05\/21\/review-wendys-signature-sides-mac-n-cheese-baked-sweet-potato-and-chili-cheese-fries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Baked Sweet Potato<\/a>, Burger King has their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2012\/06\/14\/review-burger-king-sweet-potato-fries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sweet Potato Fries<\/a>, and now Carl&#8217;s Jr. has made available their own Sweet Potato Fries.<\/p>\n<p>Although, to be honest, this whole sweet potato thing should&#8217;ve happened a long time ago.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodbeast.com\/content\/2012\/06\/21\/carls-jr-joins-growing-trend-adds-sweet-potato-fries-to-menu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to Foodbeast<\/a>, Carl&#8217;s Jr.&#8217;s Sweet Potato Fries are available for a limited time and won&#8217;t be available at sibling chain Hardee&#8217;s. They&#8217;re available in small, medium, and large and prices start at $1.99.<\/p>\n<p>A small serving of Carl&#8217;s Jr. Sweet Potato Fries has 440 calories, 24 grams of fat, 4 grams of saturated fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 480 milligrams of sodium, 54 grams of carbohydrates, 6 grams of fiber, 16 grams of sugar, and 3 grams of protein.<\/p>\n<p>Commercial below:<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qja0G7u3Ahg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p><b>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/foodbeast.com\/content\/2012\/06\/21\/carls-jr-joins-growing-trend-adds-sweet-potato-fries-to-menu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Foodbeast<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><small><\/p>\n<div xmlns:cc=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/ns#\" about=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/danorth1\/1460457275\/\"><a rel=\"cc:attributionURL\" href=http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/danorth1\/1460457275><\/a>Image via flickr user danorth1 \/ <a rel=\"license\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nd\/2.0\/deed.en\">CC BY ND 2.0<\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Me likey this trend of fast food joints offering sweet potato on their menu because I love the vitamin A it contains, which gives me killer night vision, which allows me to scoff at those who need flashlights. Wendy&#8217;s had their Baked Sweet Potato, Burger King has their Sweet Potato Fries, and now Carl&#8217;s Jr. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1429],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fast-food-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":44250,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2020\/06\/16\/fast-food-news-arbys-sweet-potato-waffle-fries\/","url_meta":{"origin":12827,"position":0},"title":"FAST FOOD NEWS: Arby&#8217;s Sweet Potato Waffle Fries","author":"Marvo","date":"June 16, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Good news! 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