Top Health & Nutrition News

The National Restaurant Association is taking New York City’s health department to court. The organization announced its plans to file a lawsuit over the city’s requirement that chain restaurants with 15 or more locations display a warning symbol if a menu item exceeds 2,300 milligrams of salt. The rule passed unanimously in September and took […]

DineEquity brands Applebee's and IHOP announced they are removing soda as a drink option from children's menus. The move was praised by the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest, which in 2014, with allies such as MomsRising.org, the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, and the UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, launched […]

Food News Media, the publisher of QSR and FSR magazines, award-winning business publications for the restaurant industry, is now accepting entries for the 2016 HALO Awards, which seek to recognize and honor restaurants that are making meaningful contributions to a healthy, active lifestyle. Both QSR and FSR have regularly covered the healthy, active lifestyle and […]

Daily Grill announced its new Simply 600 menu items at locations across Southern California, satisfying guests’ cravings for dishes packed with flavor, but not calories. The locally inspired menu features new items for lunch and dinner, all at 600 calories or less.  “Our Simply 600 lunch and dinner dishes have grown to become favorites among guests at all of our restaurants for the past three years,” […]

On this day, October 1, 2015, meatless-Monday advocates get to step out of the box and celebrate how far vegetable-forward cuisine has come with the celebration of World Vegetarian Day. The celebrants won’t just be those who ascribe to elimination diets though. Finding itself at the confluence of multiple consumer and industry trends, the once […]

Chef Robert Irvine and Giant Food of Landover, Maryland, announced today that the Irvine’s new company of nutritionally improved food products will initially be available exclusively at Giant’s 168 stores throughout the mid-Atlantic region. The announcement was made at the O Street Market Giant store in Washington D.C. today, where both Irvine and Gordon Reid, […]

The 2015 Menus of Change Annual Report was released at the 3rd Annual Menus of Change Leadership Summit, held for the first time at the Hyde Park, New York, campus of The Culinary Institute of America (CIA), which presents the initiative in partnership with Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. Each year, along with case studies […]

For the third year, more than 350 executives, experts, and innovators in food, foodservice, health and wellness, nutrition, and environmental science will come together for the Menus of Change leadership summit, which is co-presented by The Culinary Institute of America (CIA) and Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. Together, the CIA and Harvard are working to […]

Chef Charles d’Ablaing is now featuring premium-priced cuts of beef under an exclusive arrangement with rancher Tim Hatfield, owner and operator of High Summit Ranch. The cuts are from hormone- and antibiotic-free, naturally raised Angus beef and offered as an alternative to the wet-aged USDA Prime beef tenderloin and Kansas City strip steak featured on the […]

More than a dozen chefs from around the country will convene for the James Beard Foundation (JBF)’s seventh Chefs Boot Camp for Policy and Change at Glynwood in Cold Spring, New York, from June 7 through June 9. This is the second time the multi-faceted program will take place at the agricultural nonprofit’s 225-acre farm. This series of […]

USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service will join North Carolina State Agencies for Agriculture and MarketLink to host a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Merchant Sign-up Day April 22. American consumers are enjoying increasingly more opportunities to buy food directly from their local farmers and State and Federal Agriculture departments are working together to increase SNAP recipients’ access to […]

In celebration of National Nutrition Month, the National Restaurant Association (NRA) announced the Kids LiveWell initiative has added new restaurant brands to its roster including Baja Fresh, East Coast Wings & Grill, Hard Rock Cafe, and Houlihan’s, among other regional chains and independent restaurants. The voluntary program, which provides a growing selection of healthful children’s […]

AllergyEats, the guide to allergy-friendly restaurants in the United States, has just released its 2015 list of Most Allergy-Friendly Restaurant Chains nationwide.   The chains on this prestigious list hold the highest ratings on AllergyEats’ website and smartphone app, per feedback from the food allergy community. AllergyEats restaurant ratings are based solely on how well restaurants have […]

David Sher, Director of Food and Beverage at Fairmont Chicago, Millennium Park, 200 North Columbus Drive, announces today that the hotel has opened a fully-dedicated on-site kosher kitchen.  The kosher kitchen will offer high quality service to guests planning Jewish weddings, Bar or Bat Mitzvahs, and other special events. Under the direct supervision of The Chicago […]

Gluten-free customers craving a cold beer on game day increasingly have more options. Next month, MillerCoors, one of the United States’ largest beer brands, will foray into the gluten-free market with the launch of a naturally gluten-free beer. Brewed from brown rice, Coors Peak Copper Lager will be available only in Portland, Oregon and Seattle. […]

The National Restaurant Association announced the renewal and expansion of its partnership with Healthy Dining, a California-based company that has been at the forefront of restaurant nutrition for more than twenty years. “We are excited to continue our partnership with Healthy Dining, which has already provided a wealth of nutritional knowledge to our membership and the […]

One of the most prominent industry buzzwords over the last decade, healthy appears in various forms on today's menus, as consumers reach beyond the basic term to also consider low-fat, natural, and organic dishes on menus. Inspiring the change is the public's growing awareness of healthy attributes, and consumers are subsequently leaning on restaurants to […]