Prison food vs cafeteria foodThanks to Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution, we’re aware that cafeteria food in US schools aren’t the most nutritious meals. But how do they compare when slopped alongside prison food?
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Just Chew it: click go the marketers in online assault
With nearly 1.4 million kids under the age of 12 online it’s no wonder Australia’s biggest food brands use the net to spread their message. And they’re really good at it.
Crikey Says: How fast food hijacked sport
New research from the University of Sydney claims the vast majority of Australian elite athletes are unhappy about sports stars promoting junk food and alcohol. And then there’s Coca Cola.
Shame on Kellogg’s
For the fourth year running, Kellogg’s has been dubbed the worst advertiser of junk food to children in Australia by The Parents Jury. It sure knows how to cash in on kid’s pestering,reports Melissa Sweet
America: where one milkshake equals 30 cookies
A scary list of the worst 20 most sugar and calorie filled drinks from the junk food capital of the world. Beware the chocolate and peanut butter Coldstone milkshake, which has as much fat as 68 strips of bacon.
America’s worst meals
Forget the Double Down, there are some truly terrifying things being served up at American fast food outlets — like Claim Jumper’s 4,301 calorie Beef Back Ribs, or Chili’s 2,130-calorie Jalepeno Smokehouse Burger.
KFC cooks up a deep-fried marketing win
KFC has released perhaps one of the most terrifying food-like products of all time: a double-cheese and bacon burger with fried chicken in place of a bun. And every food critic in America just had to try one.
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Which country consumes the most fake food?
The NYT compares different countries’ consumption of fresh food versus packaged food. Surprise! American eat a lot of prepackaged and frozen crap, the Chinese and Indians don’t.
$1 Coke? Still a rip-off
Soft drinks dispensed from fountains and machines (like you get at pubs and the movies) are an absolute price-gouge, Wallet Pop explains: it costs Coke $2.60 to manufacture enough syrupy goop for 50,000 drinks.
Salt restrictions leave a bad taste
Following the soda wars and calorie-counting menus, New York’s next big food-industry target is salt. The government should keep its mitts out of our cracker boxes, says Windsor Mann.
Could the Weight Watchers deal with Maccas promote weight gain?
Adrian Bauman, Lesley King and Louise Baur explain how a new deal between McDonald’s and Weight Watchers to promote “healthy choices” could actually see more people eating junk — and both companies will reap the rewards.
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Why a salad costs more than a Big Mac
Why is it cheaper to by a big fatty, salty, sugary burger at Maccas than a few pieces of fresh lettuce and cucumber? Consumerist lays it out: follow the government funds.
McDonald’s has a chef?!
Yup, Mickey D’s has a bona fide culinarian creating those Angus burgers and wraps. Meet Macca’s “Director of Culinary Innovation”, Daniel Coudreaut, a man who dreams of building a better Big Mac.
VIDEO: Domino’s: Our pizzas don’t taste like cardboard anymore!
A ballsy new marketing strategy from fast food chain Domino’s shows actual customers panning its (old) pizzas for tasting like cardboard and ketchup with a message that basically boils down to “we’re not shit anymore!”
Big Apple sets a salt standard for Australia to follow
After laying down the law on trans-fats and requiring restaurant chains to publish calorie counts on menus, New York is now sizing up to big salt — and Australia could learn a thing or two, says Jacqui Webster
McDonald’s Down Under: from Yagoona to 800 golden arches
Simon Canning was there when Australia’s very first McDonald’s in 1971. As the company raises its 800th set of iconic golden arches, he looks back at the brand Australia loves to hate.
Nando’s ads: tacky but terrific
Fast food chicken chain Nando’s latest ad campaign — featuring Warrick Cappa in very tight leopard-print undies — may be a bit tasteless, but it will probably sell a barnyard full of chicken burgers, says Camille Alarcon.
Burgers 101: from the Angry Angus to Neil Perry’s $22 Wagyu beef
“Gourmet” burgers are So Hot Right Now — even McDonald’s and Hungry Jack’s are getting in on the fad with their Angus beef numbers. But, high-end or not, there’s an art to engineering the perfect burger, says Ed Charles, and it all starts with fat and salt.
Hungry Jack’s burger mysteriously loses 6.7g of fat overnight
Just days after Hungry Jack’s new “Angry Angus” burger was slammed for its high fat and salt content, the nutritional information on the company’s website was quietly changed to show 83 fewer calories — 6.7g of fat and a gram of salt mysteriously vanished overnight.
The soft drink wars heat up
Discussion about the soft drink industry’s recent forays into public health is heating up, with PepsiCo, the Cancer Council, obesity experts and a host of others weighing-in.
IPA: What’s wrong with a few Golden Arches in schools?
Australians should welcome the sponsorship of companies like McDonald’s for education programs in our cash-starved schools, says the Institute of Public Affairs’ Carolyn Popp. No-one’s forcing Big Macs down kids’ throats.
Drinking with the enemy: the soft drink marketing wars
Soft drink giants Coca-Cola and PepsiCo are locked in a neck-and-neck battle to become new best friends of public health. It’s what you do when your industry is facing flak as an enemy of public health, writes Melissa Sweet.
The deep-fried wonderland that is the Texas State Fair
Set your arteries to “harden”: the AV Club samples chicken-fried bacon, fried peanut butter, jelly and banana sandwiches, deep-fried butter, and other culinary delights of the Texas State Fair
McDonald’s in the Louvre? Sacré bleu!
McDonald’s is setting up shop at the Louvre, and the French are not lovin’ it. But the gallery claims erecting the Golden Arches outside the home of fine art “is in line with the museum’s image”.
