Soon At Burger King: Healthier Options For Kids
Burger King's finally getting on the healthy bandwagon. Today the company announced that BK restaurants will be rolling out healthier options for Kids Meals in 2008: flame-broiled (as opposed to fried) chicken tenders, low-fat milk instead of soda, and apple slices cut like fries to replace french fries. Total for the meal: 305 calories, 8.5 grams of fat. Not too bad. The company also said it will not advertise Kids Meals that contain more than 560 calories, more than 30 percent of calories from fat, and more than 10 percent of calories from sugar.
Nutritionists quoted for the AP article said this is good news, of course, but parents are still going to have to teach healthy habits and limit fast food. It's going to be tough convincing children to choose milk over soda at the BK counter, and if dad sits down with a Whopper and fries, the kid's not going to want apple slices.
Burger King Unveils Healthier Kids Menu [Associated Press]
