Salads and pasta salads on the “healthy” side. There are a lot of vegetables in the burgers, almost no option with only meat in it.
But it’s not so much that than the differences in portion sizes and calories. There are legal limits to added sugar, salt or fat and to how much calories you can put in a meal. It’s way lower than what you can find in the US.
Unlimited sodas are forbidden in France(Europe maybe ?) + they have way less sugar than in the US (+they are even cut a bit more in fast foods)
There must be a few other stuff but out of my head they are the main ones.
Despite that we still have obesity (~23% which is kind of average today but still bad)
Unlimited sodas are forbidden in France(Europe maybe ?)
They are legal (but rare) in Slovakia. I think IKEA has them at the restaurants they have in their shops.
they have way less sugar than in the US
I think this is more general than people realize. The food you buy under the same name and trademark in different countries is likely to be different, to comply with the local laws… or exploit their absence.
(I tried to google a half-forgotten example, but it is completely buried under tons of PR articles about how Coca Cola deeply cares about the purity of water in their products in India.)
Exactly, the quality rules in the EU sometimes feel too strict but a few weeks in the US and I saw the difference. The compounding effect of food on your health is huge.
What does McDonald’s sell in France?
Salads and pasta salads on the “healthy” side. There are a lot of vegetables in the burgers, almost no option with only meat in it.
But it’s not so much that than the differences in portion sizes and calories. There are legal limits to added sugar, salt or fat and to how much calories you can put in a meal. It’s way lower than what you can find in the US.
Unlimited sodas are forbidden in France(Europe maybe ?) + they have way less sugar than in the US (+they are even cut a bit more in fast foods) There must be a few other stuff but out of my head they are the main ones.
Despite that we still have obesity (~23% which is kind of average today but still bad)
They are legal (but rare) in Slovakia. I think IKEA has them at the restaurants they have in their shops.
I think this is more general than people realize. The food you buy under the same name and trademark in different countries is likely to be different, to comply with the local laws… or exploit their absence.
(I tried to google a half-forgotten example, but it is completely buried under tons of PR articles about how Coca Cola deeply cares about the purity of water in their products in India.)
Exactly, the quality rules in the EU sometimes feel too strict but a few weeks in the US and I saw the difference. The compounding effect of food on your health is huge.