hosted.ap.org — Starbucks Corp. is cutting trans fats from the doughnuts, muffins and other treats in half of its U.S. stores, and plans to eventually drop the artery-clogging fats from company-operated coffeehouses across the country.
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inquebissJan 3, 2007
I just hope that people realize that not having transfat doesn't make your 600 calorie muffin any more healthier. And doing a city wide bad of transfat is just silly. NYC has a huge cake decorating business, but how are they going to make cakes without their hi-ratio shortenings or fluid flex? The only alternatives are naturally leavened chiffon cakes, which are far more espensive and labor intensive, not to mention less sweet. People should be health conscious, and if the govermnent really feels the need to step in, they should do so with educational programs, and not just telling people how they should cook their food. After all, you don't have to eat those sickly muffins or danishes when you order your $5.00 caramel macchiatto (god forbid anybody actually know what a real macchiatto is.)Give a man a fish . . .
holyjawJan 3, 2007
Er, yeah, Starbucks sells three kinds of donuts currently.
maiku00Jan 3, 2007
Oreos willingly removed transfats from their foods quite awhile ago
thezeppelin62Jan 3, 2007
trans fat sucks
luigi1015Jan 3, 2007
@Topher06I believe this is a good move for Starbucks, if they can make the food/drinks taste the same or at least very similar to the more fattening originals.For one thing, if the "fake" food tastes just as good and has less fat/calories, what's the problem? What I don't get is this dislike people have of "fake" food. I mean, why do people think that anything man-made is inherently of poorer quality than something made by nature/God. We have brains in our heads, why not use them to improve on what we find in nature? If Starbucks could make drinks as healthy as water and as tasty as the "real" drinks, wouldn't that be a good thing? It's improved food, not poison.For another thing, Starbucks is helping to combat the obesity problem in America with this initiative, so what's the problem? If you have a problem with people eating too much junk food, please don't mock a company for helping to combat the problem. Your time would be better served supporting this initiative by Starbucks and supporting any other initiative to promote healthy lifestyles.
mlernerJan 4, 2007
"Doesn't seem to bother the cigarette companies."Addiction is the magical ingredient for guaranteed growth.
luigi1015Jan 5, 2007
megaloid:I think you missed my point, I was supporting progress in making healthier "fake" food over just eating/drinking salad and water because it's "real". I was not supporting trans fat over healthier alternatives.
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