The New McDonald's 1,140 Calorie Mega Potato Fries In Japan Are Contradictory To New Healthy Image; Activists Urging McDonald's "Don't Add Mega Fries To US Menu!"[VIDEO]

McDonald's Mega potato fries are back at Japan Mcdonald's restaurants. The 1,140 calorie fries dish is  McDonald's most caloric item even on their menu, and are pretty pricey. The mega popato fries will set you back 490 yen, about $5. The new fries are inconsisent with McDonald's recent healthier image. 

McDonald's box of mega fries is not only double the size of a normal large order of fries at the restaurant, but it contains more than half the recommended daily amount of calories. In addition to the 1,140 calories the fries provide, there I also 57 grams of fat and almost 800 milligrams of sodium in the mega fry McDonald's dish.

The Mega Potato fries are a limited-time offering at the fast-food restaurant, like the on-again, off-again McRib sometimes found at McDonald's in the U.S.

McDonald's insists the carton is perfect for sharing. The promotional photo of the beast shows four different hands digging in.

The dish is almost triple the amount of calories of any of McDonald's fattiest items. A Large French Fries contain 460 calories, a Big Mac 540, and even a double quarter pounder with cheese contains 740 calories. The whopping 1,400 calories box of fries is considered absurd by any standards.

Health activists are begging McDonald's not to acquire the mega calorie dish in the US menu.  If the fries are a big hit in Japan it is highly likely that they will be added to the domestic menu.

Although it's for "sharing" Americans dining alone will not be able to resist the delicious dish and eat the whole thing solo. 

The mega fries craze is contradictory to McDonald's new promos that the chain is trying to keep it light and go healthier. Recently advertising salads and lighter chicken wraps, the new fries seem inconsistent with McDonald's new image. Are they just promos to make you think you're eating healthy when you walk in the door and then sneakily entice its consumers with 1,400 calorie snacks.

The Mega Potato will be launched in Japan on Friday.  Does McDonald's want to fatten up our skinnier counterparts in the eastern hemisphere as well?