McDonalds New Item:

oh im glad I can count on my hands the number of times I've eaten fast food.

anywho, I don't think knowing the calorie number will change anything. Those who are trying to be healthy should not be eating at McDonald's, and those who don't care about their body should just... die. lol

Well, I'm healthy and can fit McDonald's into my healthy lifestyle.

well, maybe you are not that healthy after all?

oh im glad I can count on my hands the number of times I've eaten fast food.

anywho, I don't think knowing the calorie number will change anything. Those who are trying to be healthy should not be eating at McDonald's, and those who don't care about their body should just... die. lol

Well, I'm healthy and can fit McDonald's into my healthy lifestyle.

well, maybe you are not that healthy after all?

ah. so you are clearly a member of the Organic Rainbow Lettuce Brigade.

LOL

whatever you want to call it, my friend. I'm not ashamed of it =P

I haven't eaten in McDonald's in at least nine months...

...and now, thanks to this post, I want to.


LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL yeah me too

dunno if its been posted yet or not, but mcds has had the nutrition facts on a majority of their boxes for a while, like the fries and nuggets and some of the burger sandwhiches.

They actually have it at the drive thurs here in Michigan. I was mortified to see how many calories were in certain foods there. Especially my Caramel Frappe.

I so wish that every restaurant/eatery listed the nutritional information - including serving size - on all menus!

Agreed!!

I'm not going to lie, I still go to McDonald's occassionally. I love that they're posting caloric information on their menus now. I usually go with the intention of getting a double quarter pounder with cheese (I used to eat them multiple times a week) and am deterred now. It's hard for me to eat like that when it's staring me in the face.

I love it when any place posts nutrition information. Especially since in a restaurant you REALLY don't know what you're getting. Stuff might sound healthy but you have no idea what ingredients they use. I've been to places where you can have an 800 calorie burger or a 1400 calorie salad, and you wouldn't know the burger was the healthier option unless you read the nutrition information. I've ordered a grilled chicken sandwich with no cheese thinking I was being healthy, and then gone home and looked it up only to find out I might as well have had a greasy burger and fries for all the calories they packed into it. You can never really know unless they tell you or you cook it yourself.

I actually think that McDonalds stands to gain from this... being the top fast food restaurant they have become pretty much synonymous with "unhealthy" so it might surprise some people to find out that depending on your meal choices you could get less calories eating at McDonalds than you might at Chipotle or Subway, which both have healthier reputations.

I so wish that every restaurant/eatery listed the nutritional information - including serving size - on all menus!

^^This. Sometimes I don't have much of a choice on where I eat, like business provided food, but I can choose healthier based upon what is available from the place.

Been like this for years at all our McDonald's locations, as well as nearly all fast food chains. Maybe major metropolitan areas already implemented these things.

It's actually really excellent and the reason I go to McDonald's if I want fast food: they easily offer up calories in all their items and provide a variety of lower calorie options, believe it or not.

I think it's a good thing. Some people will ignore it, but it will open the eyes of others.

I agree. And just because a lot of slobs out there don't care, doesn't mean it doesn't matter to people like me. I tend to only go to places that have nutritional information posted - and there are quite a few these days. I want to know what I'm eating. I have a digestive disorder and I will get sick if I don't watch what's going in my mouth. Having this info available makes me more likely to try a place out. I know I can find something appropriate for me without guessing my way into a potential disaster. :sick:

Every single restaurant should have to do this, no matter the size.

It's too expensive. That would put smaller restaurants out of business.

And the government should not force these stupid restrictions on businesses. If you don't want the food because you don't know how many calories are in it, just don't eat there.

I don't know if it's a question of expense (how expensive is it to figure out the caloric values of your food items and print new menus?) so much as it is that I know they probably don't measure everything down to the nearest gram or hundredth of an ounce. A lot of cooks will approximate ingredients, so caloric values may vary. Not only that, but they might not measure exactly how much they put on the plate either, but just put enough on to fill it up. When you're in a dinner rush, you're just trying to push things out quickly.

I guess that the solution is just to say that caloric values on the menus are just only approximate estimations, though I bet there's some regulation that will stipulate that your variance has to be within a certain range.

In the long run, caloric values really only matter to those who are trying to be careful about what they eat and have some idea of what range they should be in. To anybody else, it's just another number on the menu that might be confused for the price or just ignored altogether.

It's pretty expensive--I think legally, to print calorie information, they have to give the item to a company that tests for it. I'm not totally sure of the science of it, but it's (as we know) how much effort it takes to incinerate the item. But more sciencey and expensive.

On the Drive Thru menu's here it only lists things 'Under 400, 300, 200, or 100' calories. It's kind of a sad menu too. lol

Interesting.....I haven't had McDonald's in a while (simply because I get nauseous from their food, no matter what it is) but if they have done this, its been since I was there last :huh: . Or maybe I just haven't paid attention.

For what it's worth, fast food chains aren't doing this out of the goodness of their hearts. They're doing it because it's now mandated by the federal government as part of the health care reform.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/business/24menu.html