A euphemism for one of the three 'S's?
I notice that yoghurts are on the list, no doubt a thinly veiled attack on Guardian readers by the previous Tory administration, I hope Keir Starmer removes it from the list.
I would also like confirmation that "breakfast cereal" doesn't include muesli.
Ban this filth!
crisps and savoury snacks
Woaaahhhh there,
Glad to see pies have recognised as a critical part of a nutritionally balanced intake and left off the list.
That’s the power of the ‘Big Greggs’ corporate lobbyists
Can't wait for the C4 expose, "Under the crust: inside the flaky world of pastry"
Will drinks with apple juice be included?
It's a very cheap and sneaky way lots of companies add sugar to their products.
I disagree that a burger is necessarily "junk".
I make burgers from mince, with salt and pepper. Eat them with cheese and salad. What's wrong with that?
Fat is a necessary part of any diet.
The facility that pasta and rice are "healthy", is part of the reason that there are so many overweight kids.
Of course not but you knew that.
MacDonald's burgers are the same. Beef, seasoned with salt and pepper.
MacDonald’s burgers are the same. Beef, seasoned with salt and pepper.
Well if MacDonald's burgers are not high in fat, salt, and sugar, then they will presumably be able to advertise them before 9pm.
What would happen if you sat in a pub beer garden playing a YouTube reel of Gary Linekars Walkers crisps adverts on your phone?
What would happen if you sat in a pub beer garden playing a YouTube reel of Gary Linekars Walkers crisps adverts on your phone?
After 9pm and without smoking a fag? Fine
I think they should probably ban pubs from selling crisps btw. And drinks high in alcohol.
As a teetotaler who is trying to give up crisps I would approve.
Is it just crisps Ernesto or are you an attempted refusenik on all savoury snacks?
Where do you stand on the pork scratching, or on that perennial pub debate… is the mini cheddar technically a crisp?
I'm a non meat eater so pig skin, or whatever it is, is definitely out. I have a great weakness for mini cheddars.
Yesterday I decided to have a Sainsbury's mini apple pie, I thought the apple filling must surely be healthy. I was horrified to read on the box that two mini apple pies contains a quarter of the recommended daily saturated fat intake. In fact it stressed me so much that I had to eat four for the satisfying comfort of the sugar.
I have a great weakness for mini cheddars
I feel your pain, brother. When I’m working from home I have to constantly remind myself that it isn’t compulsory for me to emerge with another packet of them every time I go in the kitchen. Controversially, I prefer the Red Leicester ones to the originals.
And not that I’m trying to lead you astray, but they sell these beauties in my local, which is the best crisp to have with a pint EVER! I’ve just checked and, somewhat counterintuitively, they are fine for vegetarians
£24.80 for a packet of crisps?
I paid £3.50 for a tea in this supposedly "cyclist's pub" the other day and thought that was a rip-off
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Controversially, I prefer the Red Leicester ones to the originals.
I'm with you on that one.
£24.80 for a packet of crisps?
For 12 large packets of crisps 🙂
From McDonalds' own figures, a classic burger contains 22% of recommended daily salt intake and 17% of the DV for saturated fat, plus a healthy 9% of your DV of added sugar, so I suspect they'll be struggling a bit to evade any advertising ban.
Once you move on to the cheeseburger you obviously get a lot more for your money, and a couple of big Macs will pretty much satisfy all your daily fat and salt requirements.
Of course, no-one is going to prevented from enjoying a McD burger, they're just not going to be advertised pre watershed. So stay up late and enjoy all the food advertising you want.
I am really surprised that a Macdonald's classic burger contains so little saturated fat....17% of recommended daily allowance?
My Sainsbury's Bramley apple pie (six in a box) contains 14% ! And they are tiny! You can easily eat four, as I can testify
Pastry is basically fat and starch.
The McD burgers contain a lot less fat than my homemade burgers.
I use mince with 20% fat. Makes a far better burger.
I've used 5% fat mince and the burgers are rubbish, very bland. Which is roughly the same as the McD's. Which if you eat one without any pickles, onions etc. taste of almost nothing.
For 12 large packets of crisps 🙂
that is still more than £2 per packet though just to buy & eat at home, which to me is an expensive crisp! I wonder how much the pub sell them for?!
Each bag is the same as 6 x 25g though. Which is about the same price of a multi pack in the supermarket.
that is still more than £2 per packet though just to buy & eat at home, which to me is an expensive crisp!
Have you been to a supermarket recently?
the best crisp to have with a pint EVER! I’ve just checked and, somewhat counterintuitively, they are fine for vegetarians
Vanishingly few crisps in the UK aren't vegetarian-friendly. I'm loathe to say "all" because there's probably outliers but I can't think of any offhand.
Each bag is the same as 6 x 25g though
The blurb underneath the image reads 6x150g.
Will they be banning Honey ? That stuff is pure sugar.
The may not ban it completely but you’ll only be allowed to eat it after sunset
I am really surprised that a Macdonald’s classic burger contains so little saturated fat….17% of recommended daily allowance?
If you want to go big on calories at the Golden Arches then breakfast is the time to do it. A breakfast wrap, (or heart attack’ wrap as they are christened by Macy’s employees) contains all the salt and saturated fat you’ll need for a week. Double sausage and egg McMuffin for the breakfast of champions, obvs
Will they be banning Honey ?
ICYMI,
The ban is on advertising, not the product itself. I'm honestly not seeing a downside to this, marketing shite to impressionable kids must create a demand where parents eventually just give in to the pressure. If it didn't, they wouldn't do it.
The only people this will effect is companies like ITV and channel 4. Advertising has been migrating away from TV since the advent of social meedya anyway
This will just accelerate it with Maccy D’s KFC etc pulling the plug and switching entirely to Tik Tok, Instagram and digital billboards etc.
Ultimately it’ll make no difference at all as da kidz never watch terrestrial TV anyway (does anyone?), though you may now get a cheaper advertising slot during Corrie or Gogglebox, so there’s that…
If it didn’t, they wouldn’t do it.
Or it's aimed at the parents......."if you really want to make your children happy and smiling, like those in this advert, buy them...."
I remember my mother innocently poisoning her grandchildren with Sunny Delight because apparently it was the great taste which kids love.
Didn't Sunny Delight have to change their packaging and/or advertising as it was very misleading?
They changed their recipe! They were forced to do so when it became widely known that it was full of suspect chemicals. But I think it was too late to stem the collapse of their sales, as I remember.
I can’t get my head around marketing drinks towards parents to buy their kids, that contain stimulants
My business idea is to market one at parents to buy for their kids that contains Valium
Would I be able to advertise it before 9pm though?
Night Nurse?
My recollection of the Sunny D story is that it all came to the fore when someone drank heroic amounts of the stuff and the artificial colouring sent their skin orange.
I think that may have been the catalyst for a bit of a rethink in the UK. I've watched a couple of YT videos recently, Americans trying British 'candy.' It's been something of an eye-opener because they all react to our packaging the same way, "no artificial colours or flavours, huh!" Compare and contrast UK and US Fanta for instance, ours looks like orange juice, theirs looks like you could find it in the dark.
American food in general is terrible.
Their beef has a weird flavour and is jammed with steroids.
I bought a bag of salted pistachios, they were inedible. Their "lightly" salted were saltier than the stuff in the UK.
They put sugar in bread!
My business idea is to market one at parents to buy for their kids that contains Valium
When I was little, my parents used to give me "gripe water" to stop me grizzling. It was alcohol-based. No wonder it shut me up, I was two years old and shitfaced.
When I was about 5, I used to pinch the bottle of Dinnefords gripe water out of cupboard and neck it. Loved it.
