The populations, especially the US people, are known to consume huge amounts of ‘junk foods’ that are quite poisonous to their health. Using a rough estimation, most of the US people are consuming the junk foods at least 10 to 15 times a week, owing to the time-saving factor of the foods,her introduced some ingredients, which are nutritious. More also, some of the companies have ended up scrapping some of the ingredients that were found harmful to the human health. For instance, the Panera Restaurant Company (PNRA) has announced dropping at least 150 artificial ingredients from its menu, which is almost a third of the total products produced by the company. The proposed move, proudly made by Panera, is expected to be completed by the end of the year 2016, as it is the first in the US to share the unwanted ingredients publicly.

Just like Panera Restaurant Company, the McDonalds, and Tyson Foods decided to do away with the use of antibiotics on poultry while the Chipotle rejected the use of genetically modified ingredients. Among the ingredients that will be dropped, include the sweeteners, food colors, artificial flavors, and the preservatives. According to Bruce (2015), the move to drop these ingredients has arisen from the growing concern on the side of the consumers to eat more healthy foods. This move will see 168 ingredients, which makes a third of the total ingredients used in Panera products banned. Panera restaurant has been in the forefront in making healthier foods. For example, the hotel has refused to use chicken reared using antibiotics for more than ten years now. Additionally, Panera the use of Trans fats in its operations in 2008. We are cleaning out our pantry,” Sara Burnett, senior quality assurance manager at Panera, told Fortune. As per the announcement, the hotels salad dressings will not be having any preservatives or artificial food colors and flavors (Stephanie, 2015). Panera has spent months in formulating and testing the applicability of the new version.

Ron Shaichmers, because the customers are no different from your daughter. ccording to the wall street journal, the objected ingredients will be banned from the soups, salads, dressings and several other baked foods. However, artificial ingredients will still be used in some products such as PepsiCo’s artificially sweetened sodas.Furthermore, the announcement did not mention whether the beverages would be eliminated in favor of natural alternatives (“Panera Dropping 150 Artificial Ingredients from Menu,” 2015).Panera holds that it is the first U.S national hotel to declare publiclythe detailed list of ingredients that have been banned from its menu. an influential watchdog group, congratulated Panera for the move. However, Jacobson criticized the hotels chain for excluding artificial additives found in Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, and Mountain Dew, which are products of Panera. In response to these allegations, nd that a review of the company’s beverageis under consideration. Panera has over 1900 locations in the U.S., which implies that the decision will affect a large population positively.

Conclusion

The drop has been necessitated by the concerns raised by the consumers, most of who have shifted to eating healthier foods. The change targets to eliminate items from salads, sandwiches, and dressings. Nevertheless, according to the “Wall Street Journal,” some of the artificial contents will be used in some of the foods and beverages, like the soda. The reason for the continuation of using the artificial ingredients on such products is that they cannot be entirely dropped as they make up the product.

References

Bruce Horovitz,. (2015). Panera lists ‘unacceptable’ ingredients in its foods. Retrieved from www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/05/04/panera-panera-bread-fast-food-restaurants-dining-artificial-additives/26696823/

Stephanie Strom in the New York Times. (2015). Panera Bread Plans to Drop a Long List of Ingredients – NYTimes.com. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/05/business/panera-bread-plans-to-drop-a-long-list-of-ingredients.html?_r=0

The Wall Street Journal.(2015). Panera to Drop at Least 150 Artificial Ingredients From Menu – WSJ. Retrieved from http://www.wsj.com/articles/panera-to-drop-at-least-150-artificial-ingredients-from-menu-1430787781

Panera Dropping 150 Artificial Ingredients From Menu. (2015). Retrieved from http://www.newsmax.com/Health/Health-News/Panera-bread-artificial-ingredients/2015/05/05/id/642714/