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So, Do Calorie Counts On Menus Help People Make Better Choices? Or Not?
There have been two recent studies concerning NYC's menu labeling law. One said that the posted calorie counts had no effect — and the other disagrees. So, who is right? More » -
menu labeling
Does Posting Calorie Counts On Menus Sway Consumers?
Starting last year, fast food restaurants in New York City were required to list the total calories of every item on the menu. The idea was to provide greater transparency for consumers so that they can make smarter choices. Has it worked? Professors at New York University and Yale have completed a study that shows that the labeling makes consumers think they're being healthier, but in fact they're ordering more total calories than before the law went into effect. More » -
menu labeling
CA's Menu-Labeling Law Inspires Restaurants To Cut Calories
California's law requiring that chain restaurants post calorie counts for their foods took effect earlier this month. It's already producing results, as two chains, Macaroni Grill and Denny's, are reexamining and revising their offerings.
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nutrition
National Menu Labeling Law Moves Closer To Reality
As states continue to adopt laws requiring chain restaurants to include nutritional information on menus, Congress has been considering proposals for a national menu-labeling law. This week, members of Congress, the restaurant industry, and consumer groups reached agreement on a proposal that they hope to introduce this summer.
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this is why you're fat
Oregon Set To Require Menu Labeling For Chain Restaurants
Oregon has passed legislation requiring that chain restaurants post calorie information on menus. Oregon's governor is expected to sign the bill. More » -
your health
Menu Labeling Controversy Reaches Congress
California and New York City already require chains to display calorie counts alongside menu items, but if two Members of Congress have their way, menu labeling legislation will soon apply to chains and fast food restaurants throughout the nation. The Menu Education and Labeling (MEAL) Act introduced by Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) would go even farther than existing state and local regulations by requiring chains to disclose fat, carbohydrate and salt content on their printed menus. The food industry, of course, is supporting a more palatable bill with an equally snappy acronym... More » -
fast
Massachusetts Fast Food Chains Must Now Display Calorie Counts
Massachusetts has approved a new regulation to list calorie counts at fast food eateries and other chain restaurants throughout the state. More » -
nutrition
Red Lobster Finally Makes Nutritional Info Available
Last May, we reviewed which fast food and chain restaurant websites were sharing nutritional information with customers and which ones weren't. Red Lobster has always been stingy about nutritional info, so we're happy to report that they've finally changed their ways and now offer an online and downloadable nutrition guide. The only thing we can't figure out is how their "1 1/4 lb" steamed lobster is only 45 calories—that works out to about 1.5 ounces of actual lobster. (Thanks to zlionsfan!) -
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nutrition
Terrifying Website Tells You How Many Calories You Drank Last Night
If you'd like to feel bad, we have a link for you. The BBC's "Alcohol Experiment" shows you the amount of calories you consumed while drinking last night — or any night — and then translates them into (British) food. More » -
nutritional information
Baskin Robbins Death Shake Has 2,300 Calories
Please, do not ever buy this 2,300 calorie shake from Baskin Robbins, which contains approximately half a pound of sugar. As Consumerist reader Doug points out, More » -
checkers
Why Won't Checkers/Rally's Make Their Nutrition Information Available?
When we posted our Ultimate Fast Food Nutrition Guide a few months ago, a couple readers pointed out that Checkers/Rally's, the chrome and neon double drive-thru hamburger joint, has refused to provide nutrition information to customers for years.
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menugate
McDonald's CEO Calls Customers Who Want Calories On Menu Boards "CAVE People"
If you'd like fast food and chain restaurants to post calorie information on menus and menu boards, Jim Skinner, the CEO of McDonald's thinks you're a "naysayer" and a "CAVE person," — meaning Citizens Against Virtually Everything, says theChicago Tribune. More » -
menugate
Poll: Consumers Aren't Very Good At Estimating Calorie Content
The Center for Science in the Public Interest and the American Heart Association recently conducted a scientific poll (unlike the completely unscientific one above) in which they asked a sampling of consumers to tell them which menu items had the fewest calories. The results? Consumers had no clue. One of the poll questions is reproduced above. If you like, you can take a guess and then head inside for the answer. (Peaking is easy, but in poor taste.) More » -
menugate
Judge: Calories To Be Posted On Fast Food Menus In NYC!
The Wall Street Journal's Health Blog informs us that a federal judge has given the go ahead to NYC's new (rewritten) menu labeling law, thus ending (until the inevitable appeal) a fierce and sometimes weird battle between the fast food industry and NYC's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. More » -
menugate
San Francisco Orders Restaurants To Display Calorie Information, Industry Laughs
San Francisco passed a resolution last week requiring chain restaurants to display calorie information on their menus, but the industry couldn't care less. They will continue fattening us up like gingerbread cash-cows, regardless of whatever regulations pitiful municipalities hurl their way. More » -
menugate
NYC To Vote On New And Improved Menu Labeling Regulation
The New York City Board of Health will vote today on a new regulation requiring calories on menu boards in New York City. The former rule was shot down by a federal judge who ruled that the regulation's criteria for determining which restaurants would be required to post calorie information on their menus was illegal. More » -
nutrition
Taco Bell "Fresco" Bowl: 13g Of Fat or 8g? 350 Calories or 430?
Reader Todd finds Taco Bell's new "Fresco Style" menu confusing. On the menu the "Fresco" Zesty Chicken Border Bowl is listed at 8g of fat and 350 calories. If you enter the menu item into the nutrition information calculator on Taco Bell's website, the same item is 13g of fat and 430 calories. What gives? Why is this so confusing, Taco Bell? More » -
health
Top 10 Most Calorie-Packed Fast Food Items
ACalorieCounter.com compiled the 272 fast food items most densely packed with calories. Here's the 10 worst offenders:
Food / Calories
10. Dairy Queen Chicken Strip Basket (6 piece): 1270
9: Jack In The Box OREO Cookie Ice Cream Shake (24oz): 1290
8. Nathan's Chicken Tender Platter: 1300
7. Dairy Queen Large Chocolate Malt: 1300
6. Hardee's Double Bacon Cheese Thickburger: 1300
5. Dairy Queen Large Choc. Chip Cookie Dough Blizzard: 1320
4. Hardee's Monster Thickburger: Calories: 1420
3. Carl's Jr. Double Six Dollar Burger: 1520
2. Nathan's Fish N Chips: 1537
1. White Castle Chocolate Shake - Large (Louisville region): 1680Print out this list and keep it in your wallet. When the robomutants attack, you'll want to know which restaurants to raid to most quickly regain all the energy you'll be burning fighting the bloodthirsty genetic deviants.
The 272 Fast Food Items Highest In Calories [ACalorieCounter]
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