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NJCher

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Thu Oct 12, 2023, 10:01 AM Oct 2023

Jaw-dropping food product of the season: pumpkin latte [View all]

The Eric to whom Marion Nestle refers is Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation. From Food Politics web site:

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I did not believe it, but excellent journalist that he is, Eric sent me the DUNKIN’ NUTRITION evidence. Go to page 6 and check out the highlighted item: 930 calories and 167 grams of added sugars.

No, you could not make this up.

930 calories, by the way, is about half of what many people need in a day.

Advice: share this with friends—plural.

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See at Marion Nestle's Food Politics web site (so you don't have to click "X&quot .

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