How many calories would you like with those fries?

Bricks pizza. Photo by Becca Dilley/Heavy Table

Soon you'll see those numbers right on the menu, like it or not, thanks to a rule in the health care bill.

By MAURA LERNER, Star Tribune

Last update: March 29, 2010 - 9:52 PM

Would it surprise you to know that a crispy chicken salad at Burger King has as many calories (670) as a Whopper? Or that a 16-ounce mocha at Starbucks has twice the calories of a cappuccino?

These numbers aren't exactly trade secrets -- you can find them on the restaurants' websites -- but in the next few years, they will start showing up on their menus as well, thanks to a small provision in the massive health care law President Obama signed last week.

The new rule, which applies to restaurant chains with 20 or more locations, won't formally kick in for at least a year. But consumer advocates say it could be a powerful weapon in the battle against obesity, simply by allowing consumers to see how many calories they're eating when they dine out.

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Menu Labeling: Full Disclosure

Chain restaurant operators work to make the most of new menu-labeling legislation.

By Christine LaFave Grace, Associate Editor -- Restaurants & Institutions, March 1, 2010

Picture Caption: Five states, as well as New York City, Philadelphia, four New York counties, Maryland’s Montgomery County and Washington’s King County have passed menu-labeling laws.

In November, the New Jersey Restaurant Association (NJRA) issued a statement strongly opposing a menu-labeling bill under consideration in the state Senate. Urging elected officials to vote against the measure, which would require restaurant chains with 20 or more units nationwide to post calorie counts on in-store and drive-thru menus, the association argued, “Menus are intended to market the food, ambiance and characteristics of eating-and-drinking establishments and should not be used as tools for government to disseminate public health messages.”

Furthermore, the NJRA asserted, New Jersey “has a lot of work to do” to become more business-friendly and affordable for consumers. It concluded, “This is not the time for [New Jersey] to place another burdensome mandate on eating and drinking establishments in the state.”

The effort failed. In January, New Jersey became the fifth state—following California, Massachusetts, Maine and Oregon—to pass statewide menu-labeling legislation. A similar bill cleared Delaware’s state Senate two weeks later. Moreover, the specter of federal calorie-posting requirements looms large: Menu-labeling provisions are included in federal healthcare bills that as of press time were stalled in Congress, and the National Restaurant Association has thrown its support behind federal menu-labeling legislation, stating that a uniform national standard represents the only equitable approach to menu labeling.

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