McDonald’s officials said Tuesday that the company is inching toward reaching 2 billion sales of fruit and yogurt sides in its Happy Meal marketed to children, a proud moment for a fast-food chain that has been criticized for pushing junk food to kids and exacerbating the problem of childhood obesity.
Jessica Foust, McDonald’s chef and director for culinary innovation, said the company — which began automatically including fruit or low-fat yogurt in every Happy Meal in 2011 — should reach the milestone in the coming months.
“It’s really impactful,” Foust told USA TODAY. “If you were to look at this and spread it across the population that would mean that we delivered 27 fruit and low fat yogurt servings to every single kid in America, which is tremendous.”
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