Since July 1, state law has required restaurant chains to provide basic nutritional information — calorie, carbohydrate, saturated fat and sodium contents — on their food and drink.
Overnight, diners were inundated with data and surprises. For instance, the California Pizza Kitchen’s Waldorf Chicken Salad packs more calories (1,644) than seven slices of its Sweet & Spicy Italian Sausage Pizza (1,463).