Some highlights in food news over the summer include:
• Pope Gets Pizza Delivered from Chicago at the Vatican
• A New PB&J sandwich with 10g of protein per snack launched exclusively at Walmart and is backed by professional athletes such as Alex Morgan
• McDonaldland Meal is a new happy meal for adults from McDonalds with options for a Quarter Pounder with Cheese or 10-piece chicken nuggets with fries and a new shake
• McDonald’s celebrates their 50th anniversary of the Egg McMuffin with a spicy version of the sandwich (the pepper sauce includes base ingredients of soybean oil, water, distilled vinegar, egg yolk, and habanero pepper)
• A new CDC report shares that 55 percent of the average American diet consists of ultra-processed foods or UPFs
• Eating three servings of French fries weekly increases your risk for type 2 diabetes by 20 percent, a new Harvard study says, but consuming the same amount of boiled, baked or mashed potatoes did not appear to be linked to the disease
