I was perusing the nutritional information for a local restaurant, to see what had dairy in it. I had chosen this restaurant because it was next to the kids haircut location that I take my son to, so it was convenient, and because a location that served soup and salads had to be healthier than a burger joint, right? RIGHT?
Apparently not by much.
Their Garden Vegetable soup has HFCS on the list twice. It is both in the hydrolyzed vegetable protein and as a stand alone ingredient. It also contains sugar. Why does a vegetable soup require both sugar and HFCS? I cringe when I imagine a diabetic going in and ordering what they believe to be a fairly safe dish and then WHAM sugar spike and they can’t figure out why.
The beef chili has partially hydrogenated soy and cottonseed oils and several preservatives.
The french onion soup has so many cringe-worthy items that I won’t even list them.
The Wisconsin Cheese soup has Red dye #3 and #40 nestled among many other nasty ingredients.
And the list just goes on. I went in, again, after seeing a commercial for a soup with organic rice and I read the ingredients and then turned around and walked out.
McDonald’s just went “healthy” and is offering oatmeal with the convenience of a drive-thru. You can see the ingredient list for yourself online at http://nutrition.mcdonalds.com/nutrition1/itemDetailInfo.do?itemID=1500. Why does their cream have 7 ingredients? Their “healthy” alternative has 10 fewer calories than the egg mcmuffin.
