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SHAREWARE REVIEW
PROGRAM: FastFood -- Nutritional Listings
AUTHOR: Michael Jacobson
REGISTRATION: Demo
WHERE FOUND: Sound of Music (516) 536-5630
RESTRICTIONS: None
RATING: 10.0
We have all had nights, or even days, when we have been putzing away at the
keyboard and gotten hungry. The common reaction is to get up, go to the
frig, and chow. Some of us call Dominos, while some of us even drive to
McDonald's. Before you start plowing through meat laden pizza, or
demolishing that Big Mac fire up FASTFOOD.
USE: FASTFOOD is a demo which pitches a product called NUTRITION WIZARD.
Unlike contemporary demos which offer flashy, glitzy graphics, FAST
FOOD settles for boring, lethargic text to get your attention. It
succeeds.
Using something called a GLOOM FACTOR, (derived from a calculation that
takes into account the nutrients in a product) FASTFOOD shows several
fast food places, and their respective food stuffs, in a relative
light. Each food is shown via a very easy to use menu, which unlocks a
trove of information. Everything from the sodium content to the
vitamin A content is displayed, as well as, the infamous GLOOM FACTOR.
For example, the worst offender:
Food Number 5 Restaurant - Burger King
Food Name DOUBLE BEEF WHOPPER W/CHEESE
Portion 1 Gloom Points 95
% RDA % RDA
Calories Cal 998.00 42.5% Phosphorus mgs Unk
Protein gms 49.00 108.9% Iron mgs 7.30 40.6%
Fat (total) gms 70.00 Potassium mgs 838.00
Saturated Fat gms 30.00 Sodium mgs 1206.00
Monounsat. Fat gms 30.00 Vitamin A IU 100.00 2.0%
Polyunsat. Fat gms 10.00 Vitamin B1 mgs 0.40 26.7%
Cholesterol mgs 199.00 Vitamin B2 mgs 0.60 35.3%
Carbohydrate gms 43.00 Vitamin B3 mgs 10.40 52.0%
Dietary Fiber gms Unk Vitamin C mgs 14.00 23.3%
Sugar, Refined gms 0.00 Caffeine mgs 0.00
Calcium mgs 222.00 22.2% Weight gms 373.00
Percent of Calories from:
Protein - 20%
Fat - 63%
Carbohydrate - 17%
Unk = Unknown data
95 GLOOM POINTS is over twice the recommended number allowed.
The following restaurants are also supported:
Arby's, Burger King, Carl's JR, Church's, Dairy Queen, Domino's, Hardee's,
Jack in The Box, Kentucky Fried Chicken, McDonald's, Roy Rogers, and
Wendy's.
SUMMARY: GOOD POINTS BAD POINTS
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√ Information Packed
√ Needed
√ Useful
RATING FOR FASTFOOD.ZIP:
1----------5---------10:
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10.0
FastFood will let you compare what you eat before you eat it. Who knows,
maybe it can add a day or two to your life....
(C) 1989 Patrick Grote