The way I see it, if you want the information, you should be given access to it. Consistency is OK, if you were going to eat at the same restaurant all the time, and order the same thing, but even if I go to the same place twice (which I seldom do) I won't order the same thing.
Some days, I want steak and potatoes, all of it in butter. And other times, I want a steak and a salad. And even the steaks vary. How can you "require" nutritional information on food when so much of it is personal taste?
I don't eat margarine; I cook in lard; I eat butter and fatty red meat. I don't think I would appreciate going into a restaurant and ordering something like that and finding that they were going to serve me a lean steak cooked in soy oil and served with soy margarine...with the ingredients pasted to the bottom of the containers...
But that's just me. :o])
That's true, but if I go to the grocery store and buy a steak or a pound of hamburger, I can read the nutritional information right on the label of the steak or hamburger. If I go home and cook it on the grill, I know the nutritional value of the meal I just ate.
Why is it so hard for a restaurant to post that information on its website (I think it's over the top to put it on the menus, though I note that Applebee's puts the nutritional information of its "diet" foods on the menu without any trouble)?
I didn't see where they were trying to change the food that restaurants serve. What's wrong with knowing the calorie and fat count of the food you're eating?