Cato Institute: McDonald's Happy Meal Move, Campbell's Soup Choice Show Absurdity of Some Government Intervention

by Walter Olson

This article appeared in the New York Daily News on July 28, 2011.

As you may have heard, McDonald's announced Tuesday that it's revamping its Happy Meals to include apples or other fruit as standard instead of an option, make milk the beverage unless a customer asks for soda and reduce the size of the fries portion from 2.4 ounces to 1.1 ounces. All told, the changes are expected to cut the calorie count of a Happy Meal by about 20%. Moreover, the fast-food giant will tinker with its grown-up menu as well, with the aim of cutting (for example) salt content by more than 15% by 2015.

The company denied that political pressure, such as San Francisco's ban on existing Happy Meals, was a major factor. But a lot of for-your-own-good "food policy" types are keen to take credit.
They aren't so keen to associate themselves with the week's other big food announcement: Faced with a consumer revolt, Campbell's is putting salt back in its 31 Select Harvest soups "in an effort to improve the way they taste," as the L.A. Times reported. Investors applauded, with the company's stock price ticking up 1.3%.FULL STORY




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