If you've ever been in a restaurant where you order the "Skinny Chicken" meal or something along those lines, you might have assumed that you were at least making a better decision right? You probably are, but not nearly as good as you were lead to be believe.
Restaurants are not required to list the nutritional information of food, but if they make it public, it can't be a lie - but it seems like a few of them might have done just that.
Here's an excerpt of the must-read article:
To test the food, Scripps ordered dishes from restaurants in Phoenix, Kansas City, Mo., Tampa, Fla., Detroit, West Palm Beach, Fla., Cleveland, Baltimore and Tulsa, Okla.
Items were packed in coolers and sent to Analytical Labs in Boise, Idaho. Technicians performed nutritional tests, determining the items' caloric and fat contents. They did so by breaking the food down in a simulated digestion process.
The lab separated fat and other molecules, then measured them. After determining the amount of fat, protein and carbohydrates in each meal, the lab was able to calculate the overall number of calories.
The Macaroni Grill sample showed the widest variance from the menu's claims. Its "Pollo Margo Skinny Chicken," which was supposed to have 500 calories, actually had 1,022, according to the testing. The chicken dinner was supposed to have 6 grams of fat. It had 49.
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