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Poll: Consumers Aren't Very Good At Estimating Calorie Content
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
I ordered the Zesty Chicken Border Bowl Fresco style without dressing. On the menu at the store, it reads under 9 grams of fat but on online, it reads 13 grams of fat. Please compare your special nutrition page for Fresco menu items to the Nutrition Calculator on the Taco Bell site. I made sure that I chose "Fresco Style" on the calculator and to be advertising something as under 9 grams of fat, but really having 13 is very misleading and wrong.
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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): 1680
Print 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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60 Minutes Tackles The Menu Labeling Controversy
60 minutes aired a lengthy report last night on the menu labeling controversy, and all the usual suspects were in attendance. More »
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New York City Proposes New Menu Labeling Regulations
NYC just isn't giving up. They've rewritten the menu labeling regulation so that rather than making the menu rules dependent on whether or not the restaurant was already supplying nutritional information, all restaurants with more than 15 locations nationally will be required to put calorie info on the menus. This change puts them in accordance with federal law. More »
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Schwarzenegger Vetos Menu Labeling Legislation
Governor Schwarzenegger vetoed California's menu labeling legislation, claiming that the burden of having to post calorie info on menus was "unfair" and "inflexible." More »
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Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink
McDonald's has been struggling to give themselves an image makeover—they've cut the "supersize" menu and added salads and "apple dippers." But what's this? More »
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Seattle To Require Calorie Labeling At Chain Restaurants, Cut Trans Fat
Seattle will be going trans fat free, according to the CSPI. Not only that, Kings County is also adding a calorie labeling requirement similar to that of NYC. NYC is currently being sued over the regulation by the a restaurant group representing most fast food chains. Subway has complied with the requirement and their menu is being used as an example in court. More »
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Subway Is Not Ashamed: First Fast Food Restaurant To Put Calorie Info On Menus
While the other large fast food chains sue the City of New York to keep calorie information off their menus, Subway has gone ahead and complied with the New York City regulation. Dunkin' Donuts, meanwhile, submitted a sample menu meant to "prove" that putting calorie info on its menu just couldn't be done... and the NYC Health Department responded by having its own graphic designer redo the sign to prove that it could be done. More »
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Attack Of The 2,000 Calorie Appetizers
We all know that eating out can be unhealthy, but would you really imagine that your appetizer had 2,000 calories? Enough calories for a full day? According to the CSPI's Press Release, there might be more calories in your appetizer, or your entree, than you'd probably imagine. Uh, a lot more. For example, from the CSPI:Ruby Tuesday's "Fresh Chicken & Broccoli Pasta." Pity the poor diner who thinks this healthy sounding entr e is on the light side: Thanks to its parmesan cream sauce and layer of melted cheese, the 2,060 calories and 128 grams of fat make it the equivalent of two 12-ounce sirloin steaks, two buttered baked potatoes, and two Caesar salads.We're sorry, that's just gross. Or how about this appetizer from Uno Chicago Grill:
Uno Chicago Grill's "Pizza Skins." "We start with our famous deep dish crust, add mozzarella and red bliss mashed potatoes, and top it off with crispy bacon, cheddar, and sour cream," says the menu. The menu doesn't disclose that this fusion of pizza and potato skins—which is meant to precede a meal of pizza—packs 2,050 calories, 48 grams of saturated fat, and 3,140 milligrams of sodium (more than a day's worth). "Even if you split it with two other people, it's like eating dinner before your dinner even hits the table," Jacobson said.Nutritional info really should be available, don't you think?—MEGHANN MARCO More »
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