News Nugget: Restaurant chains could soon reveal calories

Counting calories may soon become easier to do at restaurants. Chains have now agreed to support legislation that would require them to post calories on their menus. Restaurants with 20 or more locations would have to list the number of calories in each item. And if someone asks, they would also have to show them [...]

News Nugget: Menu labeling bill on Capitol Hill

It’s back. A bill Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) introduced that would require nutrition labeling on chain-restaurant menus across the country was reintroduced today. If the Menu Education and Labeling (MEAL) Act passes, fast-food and other chain restaurants would have to post calories on menu boards and list calories, saturated fat, [...]

News Nugget: New York gets ready to fight salt

Last summer, New York City was the first city in the country to go trans-fat-free. Then it posted calories on menus. Now, NYC’s health department is taking on salt. City officials are meeting with food makers and restaurants to talk about cutting down the amount of salt in common foods like soup, pasta sauce, salad [...]

New Report: Calories on menus influencing diners’ choices

Does having the calorie counts on menus really make a difference to diners? A new report says it does. The survey – from food service consultants, Technomic – shows the requirement for New York City restaurants to post calories on menus is affecting what people order and which restaurants they visit.

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Requiring calorie counts on menus could go national

Just this month, Philadelphia joined New York City and California in requiring calorie counts be posted on restaurant menus. Now the rest of the country may do the same.

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Philadelphia requires restaurants to post calories

Philadelphia joins California and New York City in making it easier to find out how many calories you’re getting when you eat out. The Philadelphia City Council passed a measure Thursday that requires restaurants to post calories on their menus. Starting on January 1, 2010, chain restaurants with more than 15 locations will have to [...]

Taco Bell, KFC will post calories on menus

You don’t have to guess how many calories are in the foods at some popular fast-food chains anymore. Yum Brands Inc. – the parent company of KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, Long John Silver’s and A&W All-American Food – is going to start posting calories on menu boards in its restaurants nationwide.

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Calories now required on California menus

If you knew how many calories were in these French fries, would you still order them? Californians will now know a lot about calories in fries and plenty of other restaurant foods. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a new law Tuesday that requires restaurants with 20 or more locations in the state to post the calorie [...]

News Nugget: L.A. may make restaurants post calories

Another possible food law.. This time L.A. may be following in New York’s footsteps when it comes to restaurants and calories. Two Los Angeles County Supervisors will present a proposal next week that would force fast-food chains and restaurants to display the number of calories next to the price of the items on their menus. [...]

“Light” menus investigation: more calories than you think?

Do you try to eat healthy when you eat out? Scan the menu for the meals that show you how many calories and how much fat you’re getting? Turns out you may be getting way more of both than you think.

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