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- BUSINESS, Page 53Business NotesNUTRITIONBig Mac Sees the Lite
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- Each year Americans consume millions of pounds of French
- fries at fast-food outlets. While the potatoes are innocent
- enough, the leading chains have traditionally deep fried them
- in oil that contains beef tallow. That substance contains
- cholesterol and saturated fat, both considered archenemies of
- the cardiovascular system. Phil Sokolof of Omaha, a wealthy
- businessman and health-food zealot, has been leading a public
- campaign to urge the franchises to stop using saturated fat to
- cook their fries.
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- Now the switch is on. Burger King said two weeks ago it
- would change to vegetable oil, eliminating cholesterol and
- dramatically reducing saturated fat. Last week McDonald's and
- Wendy's followed suit. McDonald's claimed its decision was
- based on "more than eight years of extensive research and
- customer tests." Even so, Sokolof was calling it a victory.
- Said he: "The American public has the power to move mountains."
- Even fat ones.
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