“We are proud of our Happy Meal which gives our customers wholesome food and toys of the highest quality and safety,” Whitman [McDonald’s VP of Communications] said.

The company made a pledge in 2007 to advertise only two types of Happy Meals to children younger than 12: one with four Chicken McNuggets, apple dippers with caramel dip and low-fat white milk, or one with a hamburger, apple dippers and milk. They both meet the company-set requirement of less than 600 calories, and no more than 35 percent of calories from fat, 10 percent of calories from saturated fat or 35 percent total sugar by weight.

(less than 600 calories in a meal? for kids? damn wholesome food alright.)

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