Comments on: Jason’s Deli Owner: Restaurant Industry Should Remove HFCS From Its Menu And We’ll Lead The Way

By: Dan (aka Renegadediabetic)

Dan (aka Renegadediabetic) — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 18:48:40 +0000

Great news. I hope this will start a trend. We need more market driven solutions rather than government action.

I like Jason’s Deli. Though the sandwiches are carby, they have a great salad bar.

By: PaulaB52

PaulaB52 — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:47:16 +0000

I’m so excited they cut the HFCS. Our family eats at JD at least once a week. It’s one of the few places that we’ll actually visit. It’s got LC options and the food is healthier and fresher than any other chain.

By: Jen

Jen — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:58:38 +0000

HFCS is about 55% fructose. Sucrose (cane sugar) is 50% fructose. Substituting sugar for HFCS affords only a minor reduction in fructose content. Sucrose and HFCS are both toxic substances in quantity; sucrose is slightly less toxic.

By: Dana

Dana — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 05:38:34 +0000

You know the sad part of us sitting around going “wonder if the soft drink companies will go along with this”? Originally they had been one of the BIGGEST opposition forces to the introduction of HFCS into the food supply. Believe it or not!

I can still find sugar-sweetened Coca-Cola in the Mexican food section of my local Kroger. Yep, you guessed it: imported from Mexico. Legend has it that you can also find it elsewhere in a grocery store during Passover (corn is not considered kosher by some Jewish groups, and isn’t considered kosher by *any* of them during Passover, because of the risk of typical corn-eating bugs being processed along *with* the corn). I’ve tried finding it during Passover, though, and it just ain’t happening. But you know, Coke tastes different with sugar. There’s actually a flavor to it that HFCS just drowns out–a flavor I’d not tasted since I was a child!

But I’d much rather have something with Splenda. Which, again, Coke’s leading the way on that one, if you can find their diet-with-Splenda formula in your store. So I make do with Diet Dew because they at least use sucralose along with the aspartame and ace-K.

By: Robin Weinrich

Robin Weinrich — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:54:48 +0000

What an awesome testimony this company is making–this is the kind of courage and right motivation that will propel them to profitable sales. Forget the greed of the wall street companies–here’s one trying to make a difference! Thanks for sharing it with us!
Robin

By: Glucoholic

Glucoholic — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 23:37:16 +0000

Jimmy,

Kudos to Jason’s, and to you for pointing this out. We need to encourage and support this kind of business decision on a large scale, and two things will accomplish that:

1) People like you being enthusiastic about it and spreading the word.
2) People voting with their wallets to prove that decisions like this are not only possible, but wise.

By: shilpa

shilpa — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:17:10 +0000

Hi
I really admire Jason’s Deli! Unfortunately, there isn’t one in my town as yet… but I am sure that I’ll go there when visiting family/friends in Texas!

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:40:00 +0000

Kudos, Rusty Coco, for taking this giant step. Living La Vida Low Carb, I thought I had to avoid Jason’s. Now you’ll see me in my Phoenix, AZ Jason’s, supporting you in every way I can.