I ran across this list from the Consumerist about Fast Food Restaurants and Nutrition.
It’s a great list describing what Fast Food Restaurants make it easy to find the Nutritional information.
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I know recently that there has been some talk about New York City law requiring Fast Food Restaurants to post their nutrition information on their menus. I am totally against it. Here’s why?
I think it should be for ALL restaurants. Seriously, why single out Fast Food Restaurants. I think all restaurants should post on the menu calorie, fat, protein, and carbohydrate data.
For those people who think it will clutter the menu, it won’t Graphic Designers are expert at creating quality designs with information, just see Edward Tufte if you need to.
For those people who say it will cost too much money and make small businesses go out of business. That’s a load of crock. New Business and technologies are available to fill the role of making it easier to analyze food for nutritional purposes. As this becomes a requirement across the board, the market will make it cheaper.
I am usually against the government telling us what to do. In this case, requiring nutritional information on menus at the point of purchase is one place that I think restaurants and cafes will not do until forced to.
I suggest we all write our public servants (senators, mayors, governors, trustees, etc..) asking them to enact a law that requires all restaurants to put calorie, fat, protein, and carbs on all items on all menus.
What do you think?
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I have to disagree. The fast food market mainly consists of combos of either beef and fries, chicken and fries, or fish and fries. Most resturants have options in food selections. Who wants to look at a menu the size of a phone book because all the nutrients were listed.
I think if a person is that interested in the nutrional value of a product they plan to eat at a resturant, they could research it online before going to dinner.
Just my thoughts.
Thanks for your thoughts.
I’m not asking for every single nutrient, I’m just asking for calories.
Just to counter your fast food comment, The thing is the restaurants are actually serving portions that are just too big.
Unless one goes to the $100/plate gourmet restaurants, The gourmet foods are usually spot on with portion sizes. However, if you go to your standard $10 to $20/plate restaurant, they all give too big of portions.
By publishing the calories on the menu, you’ll be more likely to make better selections.
It would be my desire, that the restaurants will learn how to shrink their portions to more standard fare.
Finally, I’ve tried to find restaurants, like Big Bowl, Wildfire, Cheesecake Factory, other Steakhouse nutritional information online, and they all do not post it.
One last additional thought when it comes to options at restaurants, For example, A Steak House might be a la carte. Order a Steak with optional sides, like Shrimp, Lobster, Potato, Asparagus. I know many different graphic designers that can add the calories to the menu without creating a phone book.
We are all allowed our opinions, and I appreciate yours. Thanks for commenting.