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Burger King Adds Organic Foods to MenuThe mainstay of unhealthy diet pledged Wednesday to offer healthier fast-food items for children under 12.The world's second largest hamburger chain Burger King plans to sell and market flame-broiled Chicken Tenders and apples cut to resemble thick-cut french fries. Also, Kids Meals will contain no more than 560 calories, less than 30 percent of calories from fat and no more than 10 percent of calories from added sugars. Burger King also sells salads and has a veggie burger. In that vein, Burger King is building a Kids Meal that will contain the flame-broiled Tenders, organic unsweetened applesauce and low-fat milk, for a total of 305 calories and 8.5 grams of fat. The new menu will be available in restaurants sometime in 2008, the company said. The fast-food chain is also developing what it calls BK Fresh Apple Fries. The red apples are cut to resemble french fries and are served in the same containers as fries, but they are not fried and are served skinless and cold. Burger King will use U.S. grown apples that are cut and packaged in a sterile environment and subjected to a pre-wash that contains lemon to keep them from turning brown, said Burger King spokesman Keva Silversmith. Other News
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