Maryland Man Suing Applebee’s, Weight Watchers for Being Too Fatty
According to the Kansas City Star, "The suit says that Applebee's Weight Watchers Cajun Lime Tilapia is advertised as having 6 grams of fat and 310 calories but when tested was found to actually contain more than twice as much fat (14.3 grams) and 25 percent more calories (401) than advertised." [via Washington City Paper]
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6 Comments:
I'm keenly interested in this one... I'm hoping someone from WW will comment soon
ronzoni at 1:06PM on 09/16/08
...In other news, magic markers not really "magic".
SqueezeBottle at 1:31PM on 09/16/08
You can say a portion of food has this many calories and this much fat but in reality when a restaurant that relies heavily on a formula for making entrees and meals is ordering ingredients they substitute all the time.
So what should be canola oil might in fact be peanut. What could be 4 oz portions of butterflied chicken or fish might be out at the provisioners that week so 6 oz is substituted. When you have a major chain like Applebees you do not tell them your out of something. You sub it. With the volume and contract most provisioners get from a chain they will sub to fill the order.
Another part of it is the preparation. If you eat anything at a chain restaurant and then travel around the country you know that something at say Applebees on the menu doesn't always taste exactly the same someplace else. When I lived in NC the Applebees wings were spot on.
When I moved back to NJ they were not that good. My friend was working there and told me how they ordered food for Applebees. Every area of the country has their own provisioning and formulas and ingredients vary.
JerzeeTomato at 2:43PM on 09/16/08
Do I sound bad when I say that a hundred calories extra in a restaurant portion isn't that obscene? I'm pretty neurotic, and I have heard instances where things have 2X as many calories, but a hundred extra you could easily serve yourself, measuring carelessly at home.
HeartofGlass at 6:43PM on 09/17/08
@Heart - I agree with you, but double the fat? That's no slip up.
embolini9 at 2:34PM on 09/18/08
Yeah, of course, the restaurant was in error--but I guess I'm more inclined to think that too many calories, versus too much fat is more to worry about, not being fat-phobic at all--again, the customer should get what s/he expects but it doesn't seem as if the damage was litigation-worthy in this instance.
HeartofGlass at 6:09PM on 09/18/08