Chinese restaurant food draws criticism

Mar 22, 2007 - Chinese restaurant food draws citicism Source By LIBBY QUAID, AP Food and Farm Writer Wed Mar 21, 11:04 PM ET WASHINGTON - The typical Chinese restaurant menu is a sea of nutritional no-nos, a consumer group has found. A plate of General Tso's chicken, for example, is loaded with about 40 percent more sodium and more than half the calories an average adult needs for an entire day. The battered, fried chicken dish with vegetables has 1,300 calories, 3,200 milligrams of sodium and 11 grams of saturated fat. - 6 Comments