Via AAP
McDonald's will lose
the right to display the National Heart Foundation's Tick on foods marketed as
healthy options.
The fast food giant
pays about $300,000 a year so it can put the trademarked Tick next to fish
burgers, salads and chicken wraps.
But the Heart
Foundation has told McDonald's it is removing the company's right to use the
Tick, which has been used to promote its foods during the past five years, News
Ltd reports.
A number of smaller
takeaway chains, including gourmet pizza group Crust, will also lose the Tick,
but the symbol will remain on supermarket foods.
The foundation's chief
executive Lyn Roberts said the move was not a criticism of McDonald's but a
change in direction to concentrate on ingredients delivered to restaurants and
food outlets.
The foundation also
plans to announce a new plan to conduct random tests on restaurant and takeaway
food for levels of saturated fat and salt.
What does this mean for you as a consumer? I know that I never went to McDonalds with the hope of eating something healthy – I went for the French Fries, Cheeseburger and McNuggets!
I barely go to the fast food chain, but at least they
offered something that was deemed healthy so that people who wanted to the option
of choosing something that was better for them, could do so.
What are your thoughts regarding this? Are you surprised
that the ‘tick’ has been taken away? Did you or anyone you know actually choose
the healthy options offered on the McDonald’s menu?
Let me know!
