Day 012 - 18 Jul 94 - Page 35
1 For example, we recently lowered sodium in our pork
sausage by 32% and our pickles by 21%. We take a lot of
2 care with all our foods because taking care is what it
takes to be smart."
3
Then it says: "For more information", and so on. Please
4 turn over the page to 107, this is the explanatory page of
the same advertisement: "More about salt and McDonald's
5 good food. These days more and more people are aware of
the amount of salt in their diet. Here's how McDonald's
6 food fits in with current thinking about sodium.
7 How much salt is too much? For the average person, the
Food and Nutrition Board of the National Academy of
8 Sciences recommends between 1.100 and 3.300 milligrams of
sodium daily. For reference one teaspoon of salt contains
9 about 2,000 milligrams of sodium". That kind of
information, would that come from within McDonald's or
10 will it have been provided by independent nutritionists?
A. In terms of the -----
11
Q. Factual information?
12 A. It would have come from a nutritionist who had
obtained the information, or we may have obtained it
13 directly from the Federal Government in terms of
publications.
14
Q. "More than that is not recommended".
15
MR. JUSTICE BELL: Is that added sodium or does it include
16 sodium in the actual foods?
17 MR. RAMPTON: It could be either, but I think one would have to
take both together. I am not sure about that. "How much
18 is a pinch? Depending on which cook book you happen to
have handy, you'll find a pinch of salt is about an eighth
19 of a teaspoon. Or about 250mg of sodium. In the case of
our regular order of french fries, the average is 109 mg
20 of sodium". Do you know enough about the cooking of
McDonald's food to know at what point the salt is, as it
21 were, married to the potato?
A. Yes, I do.
22
Q. The answer is?
23 A. After the potatoes have been cooked the salt is then
added.
24
Q. "In the case of our regular order of french fries the
25 average is 109 mg of sodium -- all in all, quite
consistent with a reasonable diet.
26
Order to fit your needs: The US Departments of Agriculture
27 and Health and Human Services dietary guidelines recommend
you monitor your sodium intake. This chart provides the
28 kind of information available for all our menu items to
help you when ordering at McDonald's". There we see a
29 chart, do we not, Mr. Horwitz?
A. Yes, we do.
30
Q. Which tells us the amount of calories, protein,
