Taco Bell, KFC, Pizza Hut add new menu item: Calories

0 Comments | USA TODAY, October, 2008 | by Bruce Horovitz

In a move certain to rock the restaurant industry, Yum Brands, parent company to Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut, today will announce plans to begin posting product calorie information on the indoor menu boards nationwide at company-owned restaurants.

Calorie information will appear next to a product's name and price.

The action comes at a time when more states and municipalities are putting in place -- or are considering -- requirements for restaurant chains to post consumer nutritional information.

On Tuesday, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law a bill that requires chains in California with 20 or more locations to post calorie information on menu items by Jan. 1, 2011. A stricter form of nutrition labeling went into effect in New York City...