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CindySue48
Tue, Mar-09-04, 10:50
McDonald's Salad Has More Fat Than Cheeseburger
50 minutes ago Add Health - Reuters to My Yahoo!

LONDON (Reuters) - Global hamburger giant McDonald's latest line in healthy looking salads may contain more fat than its hamburgers, according to the company's Web Site.

McDonald's, plagued by health critics and flattening sales, has launched the biggest change to its menu in 30 years with its plans to get into the multi-million pound prepared salad market.

"You can choose your salad, topping and dressing. You can mix and match to suit your diet and lifestyle," said a McDonald's spokeswoman.

However, consumers hoping to lose weight by switching from burgers to salads may be disappointed, according to the Interactive Nutrition Counter on the McDonald's Web site.

For example, on the new menu to be launched at the end of this month, a "Caesar salad with Chicken Premiere" contains 18.4 grams of fat compared with 11.5 grams of fat in a standard cheeseburger.

The British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) told Reuters it welcomed the salad menu but warned that salad dressings bought in fast-food outlets or supermarkets could be very high in fat and calories.

BNF said the recommended daily fat intake for men is 95 grams per day and for women 70 grams per day.

McDonald's has 1,235 restaurants in the UK and serves three million customers per day.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=594&e=1&u=/nm/20040309/hl_nm/health_mcdonalds_salad_dc
mrfreddy
Tue, Mar-09-04, 11:08
For example, on the new menu to be launched at the end of this month, a "Caesar salad with Chicken Premiere" contains 18.4 grams of fat compared with 11.5 grams of fat in a standard cheeseburger.


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=594&e=1&u=/nm/20040309/hl_nm/health_mcdonalds_salad_dc


I'll take 3!!!!
Quinadal
Tue, Mar-09-04, 11:42
Me too! As long as the get rid of that nasty bowl of weeds they call lettuce! Spring mix is nasty.
bevbme
Tue, Mar-09-04, 12:44
GRRRRR.. So you should not have a nutritionally balanced salad with protein because there is fat(Code for evil in SAD diet)in the dressing?
I'm glad Mc"d is offering choices like this.
FYI they now have a diet lemonade
Nancy LC
Tue, Mar-09-04, 14:51
I love spring mix! :p
MyJourney
Tue, Mar-09-04, 17:12
mmmm spring mix!!! I buy it and add some spinach, diced grilled chicken breast, cooked pepperoni slices and mayo and I am a happy girl
madpiano
Tue, Mar-09-04, 17:19
Burger King and McD have been offering Salads on their Menu in germany for years. I allways missed them over here in the UK. They are ok, but not necessarily for LC. The salad contains carrots and the dressings have quite a lot of sugar/starch in them. They are better though than 3 plain hamburgers without bun. Certainly more filling....
mercedes03
Tue, Mar-09-04, 19:04
Who on earth can ever eat 1 McDonald's cheeseburger? Either you eat it with a large serving of fries or you eat couple of them. At least the salad fills you up.
Quinadal
Tue, Mar-09-04, 20:29
mmmm spring mix!!! I buy it and add some spinach, diced grilled chicken breast, cooked pepperoni slices and mayo and I am a happy girl
If they made it with spinach instead, I'd eat one every day!