Fake Diet Menus at Restaurants

[Daisalana 33]

I heard Chili's got in trouble for this sometime in the past year, but they were miscaculating calories.

chicken and portobello sandwich was supposed to have six-grams of fat, but tested three times that with 18.6 grams!

[heartfire 4]

Nice! Just when you think it's safe to eat healthy at a restaurant, you find out it's not. UGH! Guess you just gotta be careful and choose as best you can. Tho, I guess that's tough if you're not getting the right information to begin with. It'll be interesting to see where these lawsuits go.

[green 6]

If it tastes good, it is likely to be fattening.

[Daisalana 33]

I was surprised about the fat content in the tilapia dinner, but then I realized it says 'dinner', not just the tilapia. I am not sure what they serve with the tilapia, but I'm guessing if you forgo the rest of the dinner surely they can't fatten tilapia up that much.. tilapia isn't a high fat fish.

I have a feeling it has to do with how they are cooking it. Again, not sure what the actual sides are but say it's suppose to be something grilled/baked.. and out of laziness they fry it in oil or butter with everything else they are frying..would certainly up the fat content.

[ReadySteadyGo 8]

I had the grilled chicken off the weight watcher menu and it was disgusting (at applebees) so I opted for a salad.

It was a salad with bacon ranch, avocado, etc, but I ate a little of that and didn't feel sick.

this is going to be interesting to watch. Thanks for posting.

[plain 12]

I'm just gonna play devil's advocate here (because I do sympathize....it seems like an easy enough thing to be honest with your patrons). If a difference of 6, or 12, or even 20 grams of fat for a meal is a "deal breaker" for a person, then they probably shouldn't be eating at Applebees anyway.

[BethFromVA 5]

I'm just gonna play devil's advocate here (because I do sympathize....it seems like an easy enough thing to be honest with your patrons). If a difference of 6, or 12, or even 20 grams of fat for a meal is a "deal breaker" for a person, then they probably shouldn't be eating at Applebees anyway.

It's a deal breaker because I believe they are frauding the weight-conscious customers in order to bring them in. If they were honest and up front about the content, then people could choose what they want to do.

[Chrisann 0]

Here in NYC the restaurants have to post calorie content in the food they sell, but no other stats. Some places are listing the fat content though.

But boy was I shocked to see what the calories in the appetizers in TGI Friday's were and the Snacks at Starbucks. WOW.:thumbup:

[BethFromVA 5]

Here in NYC the restaurants have to post calorie content in the food they sell, but no other stats. Some places are listing the fat content though.

But boy was I shocked to see what the calories in the appetizers in TGI Friday's were and the Snacks at Starbucks. WOW.:thumbup:

It's enough to make you change your eating habits, huh? :wink2:

[Daisalana 33]

I've never been a big fan of Applebee's, but they came out with a new menu sometime this year, that has the shrimp & spinach salad.. it is phenomenal. I don't count stuff, so I don't care either way, but there was a time when I would count calories and (that's what Chili's got in trouble for) if they mislabeled calorie content, that's not right!! ARGH! :cursing:

[ReadySteadyGo 8]

I've never been a big fan of Applebee's, but they came out with a new menu sometime this year, that has the shrimp & spinach salad.. it is phenomenal. I don't count stuff, so I don't care either way, but there was a time when I would count calories and (that's what Chili's got in trouble for) if they mislabeled calorie content, that's not right!! ARGH! :smile2:

Oh I love that salad.< /p>

[plain 12]

I wonder if my local "Waffles & Chicken" eatery have mislead me with their menu??

[Daisalana 33]

I wonder if my local "Waffles & Chicken" eatery have mislead me with their menu??

Only if they try to tell you it's on weight watchers.

[plain 12]

So the "diet fried chicken" is a sham?!? Damn, I knew it!

[HeatherO 7]

I guess the degree of which you are posting something incorrectly makes a big difference. If something varies 20-30%, not big deal . . . but 200-300% is unacceptable.

I have had a couple "diet" dishes that tasted way, way too good to be diet. I just chalk it up to an infrequent occurrence and eat extra careful the next day or two. I don't eat out often so it doesn't affect me so much.