''An Apple ... and Some Grapes and Walnuts ... a Day'' Now Available at McDonald's; Introducing Delicious and Healthy New Fruit & Walnut Premium Salad; Helps Customers Meet USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans' National Eating Recommendations.SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- Today in Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern and at restaurants nationwide, McDonald's(R) is introducing a fresh new taste -- a Fruit & Walnut Premium Salad that offers premium fresh fruit: USDA USDA, n.pr See United States Department of Agriculture. #1 sliced apples and red seedless Seed´less a. 1. Without seed or seeds. Adj. 1. seedless - lacking seeds; "seedless grapefruit" seedy - full of seeds; "as seedy as a fig" seedless adj → grapes, with a side of low-fat vanilla yogurt and candied can·died adj. Permeated, covered, encrusted, or cooked with sugar: candied sweet potatoes. candied Adjective coated with or cooked in sugar: Diamond(R) walnuts to sprinkle on top. The Fruit & Walnut Premium Salad is a fresh and wholesome menu option, and demonstrates McDonald's continued commitment to encourage customers to lead balanced, active lifestyles through food choice and physical activity. The new salad delivers one and a half cups of fruit, which is more than half of the daily fruit requirement for most moderately active adults and teens as recommended by the Produce for Better Health Foundation, the nation's leading fruit and vegetable nutrition education program. It also helps meet the daily requirements for a variety of beneficial nutrients including vitamins A and C, fiber, calcium and omega-3 fatty acids This is a list of omega-3 fatty acids. Common name Lipid name Chemical name α-Linolenic acid (ALA) 18:3 (n-3) octadeca-9,12,15-trienoic acid Stearidonic acid 18:4 (n-3) octadeca-6,9,12,15-tetraenoic acid , too. "It's important that leaders in the food industry, like McDonald's, offer choice and variety to consumers," said Brenda Fried Humphreys, Director of Food Service, Produce for Better Health Foundation. "The new Fruit & Walnut Salad at McDonald's offers a convenient, anytime way to include delicious, fresh fruit in your diet, while educating people on the importance of proper nutrition proper nutrition, n in Tibetan medicine, a therapeutic concept that begins with a digestive formulation because it is believed that a medical condition is primarily the result of a nutritional dysfunction or disturbance in the process of delivering nutrients. and the value of eating more fruits and vegetables." "We're excited to offer our tasty new Fruit & Walnut Premium Salad as a sit-down meal or a snack on the go at any time of the day. This addition to our premium salad menu further expands the choice, variety and convenience that we bring to our customers," said Brad Goldblatt, president of the Northern California McDonald's Restaurant Cooperative. At the national launch today in New York Today in New York is WNBC-TV's pre-Today newscast, also post-Today on weekends, airing from 5 AM to 7 AM weekdays with the local news cut ins being branded as such. City, McDonald's Balanced, Active Lifestyles ambassadors, Destiny's Child, Venus Williams, Bob Greene, Dr. Rovenia Brock and Dayanara Torres were on hand to help McDonald's executives walk the "green" carpet. Also announced in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of was the McDonald's-sponsored Destiny's Child tour -- "Destiny Fulfilled ... and lovin' it Destiny Fulfilled ... And Lovin' It was a massive worldwide 2005 concert tour by the reunited American female R&B trio Destiny's Child, that visited 16 countries throughout Australia, Japan, Middle East, Europe and North America with 67 dates in total. " -- which is beginning the U.S. and Canadian portion of its 35-stop tour this summer. Nutrition and McDonald's In 2004, McDonald's unveiled an unprecedented, comprehensive balanced, active lifestyles platform (BAL (1) (Basic Assembly Language) The assembly language for the IBM 370/3000/4000 mainframe series. (2) (Branch And Link) An instruction used to transfer control to another part of the program. BAL - Basic Assembly Language ) to help address obesity in America and improve the nation's overall physical well-being. The program's title captures the message that people should pay attention to Energy IN -- the foods they eat -- and Energy OUT -- their level of activity or exercise -- in order to find their balance. The new Fruit & Walnut Premium Salad is a prime example of McDonald's commitment to its objective. Without the walnuts, the salad is a low-calorie, low-fat meal or snack containing only 170 calories. With the walnuts, it contains 310 calories, along with the additional health benefits provided by the omega-3 fatty acids found in walnuts. McDonald's is committed to doing the right thing for its customers and communities and understands the importance of providing a variety of food options and information needed for customers to make informed decisions to meet nutritional goals. Complete nutritional information for the new Fruit & Walnut Premium Salad is available in McDonald's restaurants, online at www.mcdonalds.com or by calling 1-800-244-6227. About the Northern California McDonald's Restaurant Cooperative The Northern California McDonald's Restaurant Cooperative includes owner/operators for 255 McDonald's restaurants in the 15-county Bay Area region -- from King City in the south to Ukiah in the north, and from San Francisco to the eastern outreach of Contra Costa County. Northern California McDonald's owners have made ongoing commitments to their communities both through the region-wide Ronald McDonald House Charities This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. of the Bay Area and individual outreach efforts. About McDonald's Corporation McDonald's is the leading foodservice provider in the United States serving a variety of wholesome foods made from quality ingredients to millions of customers every day. More than 80 percent of McDonald's 13,700 U.S. restaurants are independently owned and operated by local franchisees. For more information, visit www.mcdonalds.com. EDITORS: Electronic Press Kit available at: www.mcdepk.com/fruitandwalnutsalad. |
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