Day 037 - 14 Oct 94 - Page 26
1 Q. So the first one is 50 per cent?
2 A. Yes, something of that order. Suddenly -- you know,
3 I am looking at it from a marketing point of view --
4 suddenly it means something, and you start to think to
5 yourself: "Is this really the sort of product I should be
6 eating?" I suspect that is not the reaction that
7 McDonald's wish ordinary people should have.
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9 Q. When I said 50 per cent, I mean of the fat, half of the
10 fat is saturated?
11 A. Yes.
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13 Q. So the next document you look at -----
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15 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You also make the point in your statement
16 that it is easier to compare different foods if you use
17 the same percentage of calories.
18 A. Yes, if you adopt the same convention.
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20 MR. MORRIS: You did also, while we are on that subject, refer
21 to the Department of Health Dietary Reference Values?
22 A. Yes.
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24 Q. And how do they express their recommendations?
25 A. In the way that I previously referred.
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27 MR. JUSTICE BELL: The grammes actually, it may just be that
28 you would make the same criticism of other suppliers, but
29 a lot of packaged foods in this country do give it in
30 grammes, do they not?
31 A. Yes.
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33 Q. They give it 100 grammes, then they give it total
34 quantity?
35 A. Yes, well, that is even more misleading.
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37 Q. I do not mind confessing that I have really only begun to
38 look at those papers with any care since I started hearing
39 this case, but, having done that, it is a very common way
40 of doing it, is it not?
41 A. Yes. My opinion is that measuring it per 100 grammes
42 is even more misleading, in fact, because nobody eats a
43 100 grammes precisely of food. Together with that
44 measurement on the packet almost always there is an
45 approximate serving size, and if the serving size is 157
46 grammes you have to go through huge mental arithmetic.
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48 MR. MORRIS: This may be an obvious point, but you put it in
49 your statement: Is the problem that you are saying is
50 here -- I can put it to you because it is in your
51 statement -- the problem is that their levels of fat in
52 their foods are high in any event and saturated fat also?
53 A. This is plainly so.
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55 Q. If we just move on to the next document, which is The
56 Facts About Eating at McDonald's with nutrition in mind.
57 A. Yes.
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59 MS. STEEL: Document No. 8 in the bundle.
60 A. This is a pretty awful document.
