IHOP new health menu, tips including suggesting turkey bacon
By Rita Jane Gabbett
IHOP announced a new “Simple & Fit” menu of more than 30 items under 600 calories, including all kid’s menu items.
The Glendale, Calif.-based family dining chain is also adding tips throughout the menu, “to adjust favorite IHOP meals to guests’ nutritional need,” including suggesting substituting turkey bacon or asking for a bun-less burger.
Among the new menu items are:
Simple & Fit Take Two Combos: Choose a half sandwich (Turkey Sandwich or Double BLT Sandwich) and pair with seasonal fresh fruit. Half Turkey Sandwich combo is 370 calories; Half Double BLT Sandwich combo is 470 calories.
Simple & Fit Simply Chicken Sandwich: A grilled chicken breast on a toasted Romano-Parmesan bun with lettuce and fresh tomato served with a side of fresh fruit is 470 calories.
As of June 30, there were 1,476 IHOPs in 50 states and the District of Columbia, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
NCC responds to Dr. Oz show segment on chicken
By Meatingplace Editors
The National Chicken Council released a detailed statement in defense of fresh chicken this week after TV personality Dr. Oz “raised some questions but provided incomplete answers” about how the birds are produced in a recent segment.
The show suggested chickens are bigger today because of chemicals and drugs given to the birds that carry health risks for humans.
NCC emphasized that animal health products have no effect on antibiotic resistance in people, and stressed that any bacteria on chicken is easily killed through the heat of cooking.
The NCC also addressed the use of roxarsone, which contains natural arsenic, to promote gut health. And it clarified that chickens are larger today than they were years ago due to better animal husbandry, not genetic modification or bioengineering.
“Nothing is given to chickens that is not approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration,” the NCC said.
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