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lost in translation
How Healthy Is This Juice? Depends If You Speak English Or Spanish
Orchida Coconut Juice displays nutrition data in both English and Spanish, but the values aren't the same. The English nutrition panels claims that the juice has 240 calories and no fat. Apparently, our Spanish-speaking friends are supposed to read that as 150 calories and 2.5 grams of fat. Pictures of the strange panels, inside... More » -
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 » -
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 » -
fast food
Blimpie, Please Put Your Nutritional Info Back Online
The new caloric information law in New York City has begun to show itself in restaurants—yesterday we decided against a fudge brownie at Starbucks because it was over 400 calories. A reader named Spoon wrote in to let us know that Blimpie, however, still hasn't bothered to put its nutritional information back on its website. They took it down last summer in a failed attempt to skirt the NYC law before it was rewritten. Now, ten months later, they're still keeping consumers in the dark and incorrectly blaming it on New York City. More » -
menu labeling controversy
UPDATE: Judge Says States, Cities May Require Nutrition Labeling at Restaurants
The CSPI emailed to let us know the reason that the NYC menu labeling regulation got tossed out: More » -
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There's Apparently Not Enough Room For Jell-O Pudding Pops Nutritional Information
"I was out shopping the other day when a box of Popsicle brand Jell-O Pudding Pops caught my eye. My local supermarket doesn't carry them, so I thought I'd pick up a box as a treat. When going to open the box at home, I noticed a very suspicious location for the perforated tear-away opening strip. More » -
food
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: More » -
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