Restaurant Menus and their Nutrition

There are some restaurants that include healthy dishes in their menus. Wendy's has a section in their food menu called Garden Sensations Salads that allows a person to order a healthy meal versus a “junk” meal with fatty acids, partially hydrogenated oil, and other not-so-healthy ingredients. Arby's fast-food restaurant also offers its customers nutritional facts and information on the food allergens that pertains to the different meals it has. The food facts for their market fresh sandwiches and wraps include information such as the serving weight, calories, cholesterol, and other few. The healthy section of a menu allows a person to make a well-informed decision as to whether or not they want to consume any fatty foods. It also enables the person to decide how much of these ingredients they would like to consume per meal.

Another restaurant that offers a healthy section of meals in their menu is Olive Garden. The restaurant has low-fat selections, selections under 20g, and a no sugar added desert selection. However, the Center for Science in the Public Interest did an analysis on three Garden Fare meals to see how accurate the nutritional facts were to the public. There were some differences between the stated amount of calories and the actual amount of calories of the meal. Although such was the case, the three meals are still recommended to have because they are healthier than the other food meals.