We’ve talked about comparisons in food before, and here’s another putt in that direction. Men’s Health has found some good discoveries after reading “Eat This, Not That.”

16 restaurants were “featured,” if you can call it that. They include: Outback Steakhouse, Applebee’s, IHOP, Red Robin, Hooters, Arby’s, Fuddruckers, Dunkin’ Donuts, Papa John’s, Burger King, Panera, Chevy’s Fresh Mex, Maggiano’s Little Italy, T.G.I. Friday’s, Baskin Robbins, and Sit-Down Chains.

From Men’s Health:

But it wasn’t until we began work on the book version of the popular Men’s Health column “Eat This, Not That” that we discovered just how hard the industry works at keeping its dietary secrets. Indeed, the law is on its side: The Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990 actually absolves restaurants of all nutritional liability to the American public. Under that legislation, no fast-food or chain restaurants are required to provide calorie, fat, or sodium information for any of their menu items unless they describe the items as “low sodium” or “low fat.” Yet through scientific testing, consultations with nutrition experts, and good old-fashioned snooping, we uncovered some of the secrets these mega-restaurateurs have been keeping.