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Isn’t it wonderful to know how many calories are really in that dish served up at chain restaurant x in NYC?\u00a0 Yes, it’s great for people to think about how many calories they’re eating.\u00a0 However, I would love to see this go one step further.\u00a0 Obviously, for these “chain” restaurants in NYC to include calorie contents for their menu items, they must first list and insert ingredient amounts into some calorie counting software program.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Wouldn’t the next wonderful step be to require these establishments to also provide the list of ingredients in their menu items to be customer-accessible and located at the counter or on the table?\u00a0 Imagine that!\u00a0 Anyone could dine out veg*n style with far less effort than currently.\u00a0 This could help those who might wish to eat veg*n food but are embarassed to make a scene in front of their family, significant other, friends, boss or co-workers.\u00a0 Additionally, it would avoid those maladroit situations where the establishment’s staff isn’t really sure if an item is veg*n or not.\u00a0 Instead of waiting for the sheepish response that the staff will\u00a0check for you, the diner would likely already know himself or herself\u00a0by reading the ingredient list!\u00a0<\/p>\n

I applaud NYC’s efforts to mandate posting calorie contents, and believe it is just a matter of time before ingredient lists will have to be as readily available too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Isn’t it wonderful to know how many calories are really in that dish served up at chain restaurant x in NYC?\u00a0 Yes, it’s great for people to think about how many calories they’re eating.\u00a0 However, I would love to see this go one step further.\u00a0 Obviously, for these “chain” restaurants in NYC to include calorie contents for their menu items, they must first list and insert ingredient amounts into some calorie counting software program.\u00a0 Wouldn’t the next wonderful step be to require these establishments to also provide the list of ingredients in their menu items to be customer-accessible and located at the counter or on the table?\u00a0 Imagine that!\u00a0 Anyone could dine out veg*n style with far less effort than currently.\u00a0 This could help those who might wish to eat veg*n food but are embarassed to make a scene in front of their family, significant other, friends, boss or co-workers.\u00a0 Additionally, it would avoid those maladroit situations where the establishment’s staff isn’t really sure if an item is veg*n or not.\u00a0 Instead of waiting for the sheepish response that the staff will\u00a0check for you, the diner would likely already know himself or herself\u00a0by reading the ingredient list!\u00a0 I applaud NYC’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11394,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[179,2338,180],"class_list":["post-420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dining","tag-calories","tag-dining","tag-dining-out"],"yoast_head":"\nCalorie Counting and Ingredients - 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