Chipotle Commits to Serving 50 Million Pounds Naturally Raised Meat

In 2008, Chipotle has committed to serving over 50,000,000 pounds of naturally raised meat in its stores across the country, which will be a 40% increase from 2007. Chipotle continues to set the bar for ethics in the food industry, and while some prominent businesses are divesting from organic and natural food, Chipotle is only increasing the natural offerings at their restaurants.

Brown Rice at Chipotle?

If you've read the forum at ChipotleFan, you'd see a lot of people have been asking for Brown Rice as a healthier option for quite some time.

Well, Chipotle must have read those requests because in November, in an effort to make their burritos healthier, Chipotle did some testing in 20 of their Denver area locations, by replacing the standard white rice with brown rice. Apparently, the tests didn't go so well.

According to this article, Chipotle found that in addition to a longer cooking time, a lot of folks wondered why Chipotle would change their tried-and-true recipe. I guess the tests results weren't conclusive enough. It seems that Chipotle plans to do this same test in other markets, so look out, and maybe you will get a chance to be part of the next test. Let us know if you find any brown rice out there, and as always, feel free to post your comments below.

Thanks to ChipotlLog for the heads up on this article.

Men's Health rates Healthy Chipotle Choices

Happy New Year,
As people tend to make resolutions in the new year, and eating healthier/losing weight is usually high on that resolution list across America, I thought I would start off with my first post of the year by talking about health. I ran across this article today . . .

http://www.menshealth.com/eatthis/chipotle.html

. . . . and it claims to show healthier dining choices when eating at Chipotle.

As you can see, when you remove the cheese, rice and the tortilla, you get healthier food.

I don't agree with everything this magazine says though.

When you start removing ingredients, what you don't get are the extra fat and calories. What you also don't get are the good tasting ingredients that you love so much. For me that includes guacamole, which isn't even mentioned in the article, but based on taste alone, it is a very important part of my burrito. And if you are talking fat, don't forget that guacamole is made from avacados, a good source of the healthy fats that your body craves and needs for good brain function.

This magazine is also of the opinion that Taco Bell is healthier than Chipotle just based on calories and fat. There is more to food than just calories and fat.

It doesn't even talk about how Chipotle has healthier ingredients (naturally raised meats, mostly organic beans, non-gmo sour creme) than Taco Bell when it compares the two here . . .

http://www.menshealth.com/eatthis/15swaps.html

. . . The choice is basically up to you, so read it and decide for yourself.

What do you think? Please post a comment.

THANKS, and good luck with those resolutions for 2008!