Originally published November 27 2005
McDonald's will add nutrition info to its packaging
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
By the end of 2006, 20,000 of McDonald's 30,000 restaurants will have food packaging with nutrition information to educate consumers.
The labels will provide nutritional data on calories, total fat, protein, carbohydrates and sodium, but will not display information about trans fat.
Encourage patients to be mindful of the nutritional content of the foods they eat and to choose foods that are low in calories, fat, and sodium and high in nutrients, vitamins and minerals.
On the packaging of chicken nuggets, double quarter pounders with cheese, side of fries, and everything else that comes in billions and billions, McDonald's will soon feature graphics and a bar chart to provide consumers with easy-to-read nutritional information.
Their announcement comes amid growing criticism against the fast-food industry for allegedly contributing to the rising obesity rate among both adults and children.
Several other fast-food companies, including Burger King and Subway, provide nutritional data on their corporate web sites, and Subway also prints limited nutritional data on its napkins.
Restaurants are not required by law to publish the nutritional data of their foods like packaged foods sold in grocery stores.
Publishing nutritional data has become a hot political issue in Washington and in some state legislatures, including New York, where lawmakers are considering measures to force restaurants to print nutritional information on their menus.
However, whether increasing the accessibility of this nutrition information will make any dent in the current obesity epidemic remains to be seen.
"People who are going to be very uptight about eating an extra gram of fat aren't going to go to McDonald's and eat a double cheeseburger."
I can't conceive that a person who's going to order a Big Mac can't have an idea of what they're eating in the first place.
And I can't conceive that once they see that nutritional information on the package that they're going to throw that Big Mac away.
I don't think it'll have an impact on public health."
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