A book 38" thick.
Estimate of how much paperwork the new Obamacare calorie publication mandate would require:
The following example is for build-your-own pizzas only. Please forgive any mistakes as my permutation & combination theory may be a little rusty.
Types of pizzas:
crust types: 2
sizes: 3
different topping items (from web site): 21 (20 toppings plus plain)
Total of all combinations of size, crust & toppings: 12,582,906
To publish the calorie count of each of the possible pizzas you could use telephone book style printing (similar size font, 1 pizza per line, two columns, double sided):
total pages required: 28,598
number of pages/inch typical phone book: 750
thickness of calorie count publication: 38 inches
So you would need to give out a 38” thick “phone book” with each menu. Note that this estimate is for publishing the calorie counts for build-your-own pizzas only & does not allow for double or triple pizza toppings or any of the other menu items. It also does not allow for other possible mandated listings such as salt, trans fat, cholesterol etc.
PointyHairedBoss on April 1, 2010 at 1:21 PM
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I didn't make this up, I am just repeating it.
Not only all that, but it will have to be in a large font size and multiple languages.