Fantastic Foods

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Company Promotes " Great American Meatout "

 

March 23, 2000

 

Petaluma, CA - Fantastic Foods, the leading brand in high-quality, all- natural

convenience foods, is urging Americans to go with the grain and join in the 15th

annual Great American Meatout. Kicking off on March 20, the first day of

spring, the Great American Meatout has become the nation's largest annual

grassroots diet education campaign and has garnered support from animal rights

activists and celebrities alike.

 

Going with the grain, or the bean, is easier and more convenient than ever with

Fantastic Foods' extensive line of more than 100 vegetarian products including

elegant grains, packaged entree and side dish mixes; instant cups of soups,

cereals, stuffed mashed potatoes and pastas; and its flagship, Nature's Burger.

A primary sponsor for the second year running, Fantastic Foods products will be

available at various events throughout the week, including a U.S. Congressional

Meatout reception in Washington D.C.

 

According to the Great American Meatout, since 1985 more than 30 million

Americans have explored a meatless diet. This is reflected by a drop in national

beef and veal consumption and by the United States Dietary Guidelines for

Americans endorsing vegetarian diets. Switching to a vegetarian diet has many

health benefits including reducing the risk of heart disease, stroke, cancer and

other chronic conditions.

 

T. Colin Campbell, professor of nutritional biochemistry at Cornell University,

concluded in the landmark “China Project” study, which researched the

relationship between diet and health, that, “only small intakes of animal

products were associated with significant increases in chronic degenerative

diseases. . . . Quite simply, the more you substitute plant food for animal

foods, the healthier you are likely to be.”(1)

 

A vegetarian diet also has positive far-reaching impact on the earth's

resources. The Population Reference Bureau, a Washington, D.C.-based research

group, has stated, “If everyone adopted a vegetarian diet and no food were

wasted, current [food] production would theoretically feed 10 billion people,

more than the projected population for the year 2050.” According to Vegetarian

Times, the amount of trees spared each year by each individual who switches to a

pure vegetarian diet equals one acre.(2)

 

For 2000, Fantastic Foods asks America to take a new look at their diet in the

new millennium. Their “Diet for a New Millennium” message is geared toward

bringing awareness to the relationship between consumers' eating habits, their

well-being and the environment. The goal is to educate and inspire consumers to

move toward a vegetarian diet so they may have a positive effect on both their

own health and the health of the planet.

 

 

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