Knack For Concealment?

“It turns out the trans fat secrets Colonel Sanders is keeping from his customers—information so arcane even a medical specialist cannot reasonably be expected to know it—is contained in a ‘Nutrition Guide’ on KFC’s Web site and on big, conspicuous posters in KFC outlets.” (Jacob Sullum, “The Fried Logic of Food Police”, Reason.com, Aug. 18). […]

“It turns out the trans fat secrets Colonel Sanders is keeping from his customers—information so arcane even a medical specialist cannot reasonably be expected to know it—is contained in a ‘Nutrition Guide’ on KFC’s Web site and on big, conspicuous posters in KFC outlets.” (Jacob Sullum, “The Fried Logic of Food Police”, Reason.com, Aug. 18). See Jun. 14, Jun. 20.

3 Comments

  • Two words: “deep fried.”

    If those don’t tell you it’s not exactly steamed broccoli, you’re probably too big a moron to live without 24-hour supervision.

  • I don’t remember if I posted it here, but I’ve been saying that exact thing since this broke.

    McDonald’s, Burder King, and several other places (that I’ve noticed, and I’ve nver gone looking) have this stuff available like that for literally 10-15 years that I’ve known about it, and probably a lot longer than that before I noticed.

    This suit is one of the worst offenders on your site, and that’s saying a LOT.

  • “But the real goal is to impose CSPI’s ideas about a proper diet on consumers who have different values and priorities.”

    But hey aint dis costing us lots of money????

    Gee airlines are looking at a 30% reduction in the amount of seating available! Now that’s a problem worth suing over!! HAR HAR!!!