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As local franchises start complying with the city’s new calorie law – which requires establishments with over 15 locations nationwide to prominently display caloric info – there are bound to be some bumps in the road. But this snafu is hard to top: Blog about town “Cellar Door” spotted an interesting discrepancy at two different Dunkin' Donuts purveyors located next to each other inside Penn Station.
At one, the chocolate glazed products are correctly listed as containing 340 calories. But according to Cellar Door, donut fans looking to slim down for Speedo season need only walk over to the adjacent Dunkin’ to cut 260 calories from the treat. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the big seller here is still the 340 calorie version, because there really is something suspicious about a chocolate glazed donut that only has 80 calories.
UPDATE: A publicist for Dunkin' Donuts has informed us that this is not a calorie wormhole, but "merely a matter of human error. The 80 calorie chocolate glazed donut represents the Munchkin portion, while the 340 calorie chocolate glazed donut represents the full sized donut. Once the franchisee was alerted to this inconsistency, the donuts were labeled with the appropriate calorie label."
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I am so getting those 80-calories donuts after work today.
calories from fat is a more telling number for these foods (170 calories from fat for the pictured donut according to dunkindonuts.com). why isnt that info listed? cant we get information that gives an accurate portrayal of what we're eating??
oh ya, b/c this law is still crap!
The 80 calories is for the Chocolate Glazed Munchkin, not the donut.
The law is awesome. Whoever put the wrong sign up is an idiot.
While Mayor Mike is off battling OTB, look what has transpired. Mayor Mike, get your priorities in order! Punish those who disobey the law!!!!
I'm a fan of the law too, but what kind of idiot thinks that donuts are not extremely fattening?
You can enjoy donuts with zero calories. Just don't swallow after chewing.
You would have to be pretty dumb to think a full sized chocolate glazed donut is only 80 calories. Then again, this city is populated by dummies, which is why we need this law in the first place.
Dunkin' Donuts is numerically challenged. I once was in a Chelsea shop and noticed that a half-dozen donuts cost more than six individual donuts. The people behind the counter had no clue, but said I could buy six individual donuts if I wanted.
can u say thruth in advertising?
Pay up on the doughnuts!
This law is stupid. They should simply just be allowed to put Calories: Lots.
Only 340 calories? I've downed up to a dozen of those at a time. Not often, mind you. Eating that much sugar every day would be begging for a diabetic coma.
The calorie labels are similar to those messages on cigarette packs and ads stating, in effect, "our product causes cancer. Don't use it."
The purpose, more or less, is to drive personal behavior away from smoking or donut-eating and, as worthy as that may be, I resent the governmentally-dictated warnings.
www.forgotten-ny.com
What do I need to do to get some food with trans-fats? Go to the UN or a duty free shop?
Thanks for the link, guys!
The only information you need about a doughnut is that you gotta have coffee with it.
My motto is: if you have to ask how many calories it has, you probably shouldn't be eating it.
That is so funny. The management of the Dunkin' Donuts with the 80 calorie donuts is smart. What the hell does it matter? The calorie count is so arbitrary. Just have one and get over it.
What they should really be posting is the ingredients list, which includes delicious items like: Modified Food Starch, Polyglycerol Esters Of Fats & Fatty Acids, Artificial Flavor, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Egg Albumen, Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose, Propylene Glycol, Mono- & Diglycerides, Soy Flour, Monocalcium Phosphate, Sodium Caseinate, L-Cysteine Hydrochloride, Potassium Sorbate (Preservative), Agar, Citric Acid, and Cellulose Gum.
Yum! I don't care if the thing has 5 calories. I don't want that stuff in my body.