Wait . . . what? Low fat french fries?<\/strong> Don\u2019t fat and french fries goes hand-in-hand? With less or no fat, what\u2019s left?!<\/p>\n Is this the first step towards healthy (or healthier) fast food? Or the introduction of more chemicals into food?<\/p>\n French fries are a staple at fast-food joints. But as far as nutrition goes, they offer little more than fat, salt and calories to our diets.<\/p>\n Burger King has allegedly come up with french fries<\/em> that they say has about 40 percent less fat and 30 percent fewer calories than the french fries sold by its competitor McDonald\u2019s. Burger King says that 70 grams of its new french fries, named Satisfries, has 150 calories, while the same amount of McDonald\u2019s fries has 226 calories.<\/p>\n \u201cYou live in Manhattan and might be having a kale smoothie on your way to work this morning,\u201d said Eric Hirschhorn, chief marketing officer for Burger King, the nation\u2019s No. 3 hamburger chain after McDonald\u2019s and Wendy\u2019s. \u201cBut a lot of people don\u2019t even know what kale is, and if they do, they don\u2019t want to eat it. You have to give people what they want.\u201d<\/p>\n Burger King, which has struggled as a series of owners traded it like a baseball card, was late to try to improve the nutritional quality of its food.<\/p>\n But under its newest owner, the private equity group 3G Capital, the chain has invested time and money in retooling its menu over the last two years, adding choices like cranberry apple salads and mango smoothies and taking one of two slices of cheese off its burgers in the biggest changes to its menu since opening in 1954.<\/p>\n \u201cBehavior doesn\u2019t change as quick as attitudes,\u201d Mr. Hirschhorn said. \u201cIt\u2019s easy to put things on a menu and check off the box, but the reality is that nobody buys them.\u201d<\/p>\n Roughly a decade ago, McDonald\u2019s began using a soy-corn blend of fats instead of beef tallow to cook its fries in an effort to reduce the trans fats that contribute to higher cholesterol. But this adds countless GMOs (genetically modified organisms) into the equation.<\/p>\n More than 100 million customers eat in a Burger King store each month, and 56 million of them order french fries. While the chain had made minor adjustments, offering healthier sweet potato fries and curly fries, nothing matched the scale of reinventing the french fries.<\/p>\n French fries served in fast-food settings are coated with a thin batter that seals in flavor and moisture and enhances exterior crunch. Burger King spent the last two years working with\u00a0McCain Foods, its French fry supplier, to develop a batter that was less porous and would therefore absorb less fat in the frying process.<\/p>\n The new fries will be crinkled, so that Burger King staff can distinguish them from their full-fat cousins<\/strong>, which will continue to be sold. The chain\u2019s meals for children will offer them at no extra charge, but Burger King is recommending that its franchisees add 20 cents to 30 cents to the price for adults.<\/p>\n \u201cOn its own, this may seem like a small step,\u201d Mr. Hirschhorn said. \u201cBut we think it can add up to something big.\u201d<\/p>\n SOURCE:<\/strong> NYTimes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n A lot of people think it is. And it can be, compared to the cheap crap they\u2019re pushing at the fast food joints. Cheap food is exactly that . . . cheap food. Sometimes \u2018food\u2019 isn\u2019t even accurate; it\u2019s just something you eat.<\/p>\n But if you think eating healthy is expensive, try being sick. Medical bills associated with illness and chronic disease can be staggering. Who needs that?!<\/p>\n Either way, wouldn\u2019t it be nice to have a little more money? Did you know you can make extra money just by sitting at home in front of your computer, blogging<\/a> and using social media? If you\u2019re using the computer anyway, you might as well get PAID for it, right?! You can. You can blog about whatever you want, just like the article you just read, and get paid for it! And if you don\u2019t know how to blog, don\u2019t worry . . . we\u2019ll show you!<\/p>\n Take a minute and click on the link below<\/strong>\u00a0to see why I chose Empower Network<\/a> as my preferred blogging platform and how I\u2019m getting paid to blog! It\u2019s great to earn extra income online by simply sharing my opinions!<\/p>\nWhy low fat french fries?<\/h3>\n
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