Subway Online Dietitian Offers Sodium Reduction Tips
Subway dietitian provides helpful hints on sodium reduction.
-- Chain Leader, 11/11/2009 8:35:00 AM
PRESS RELEASE: MILFORD, Conn., Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The SUBWAY(r) chain, which has long provided nutritional information on its website and in its restaurants for consumers to make more informed meal choices, is now providing tips designed to help consumers reduce sodium intake. The sodium reduction recommendations, from the brand's Corporate Dietitian Lanette Kovachi, MS, RD, are located on the "Menu & Nutrition" page of www.subway.com. In addition, consumers in the U.S. and Canada can view information that will be displayed at each restaurant that will suggest the best option for reducing fat and caloric intake as well as sodium. That message will soon be in stores worldwide.
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"One of the things the SUBWAY brand has strived to do over the years is to provide health and nutrition information to consumers in a concise, easy way," said Lanette. "Sodium is an area of particular concern with many individuals, and as a brand we are constantly researching ways to reduce the sodium levels of our food and improve the overall nutritional quality. We have already made some progress in this area, but know there is a lot more we need to do. This new information on our website and in our restaurants, coupled with the all the nutritional information we already provide, is designed to provide customers with the information they may need to make more informed meal choices."
Also added to the Menu & Nutrition page at subway.com is a new video by Celebrity Health & Nutrition Expert JJ Virgin, creator of the Weight Loss Resistance Revolution. JJ's new video, "Pile on the Veggies," highlights the benefits of adding nutritious and great tasting fresh vegetables to your sandwich or salad. Also joining our experts on the Menu & Nutrition page is Carol Kur, MS, RD and co-founder of the Personal Training Institute. Carol is providing fun, and easy to follow, fitness and nutrition tips the whole family can follow.
The SUBWAY(r) brand's commitment to provide nutritional information and recommendations to consumers is part of its continuing platform to offer healthier alternatives to traditionally fatty fast food. Over the years, the SUBWAY(r) chain has introduced a line of sandwiches and salads containing 6 grams of fat or less as well as the FRESH Fit meals for adults and kids that include a low-fat sandwich paired with "better for you" sides and drinks, such as apple slices, yogurt, low-fat milk and bottled water. In addition, the SUBWAY(r) brand is a proud national sponsor of many American Heart Association initiatives, such as Start! Walking at Work, Jump Rope for Heart and the American Heart Walks. The chain is probably most well-known for its association with Jared Fogle, who lost 245 pounds in less than a year due to an exercise and diet program of his own design, which included eating low-fat SUBWAY(r) submarine sandwiches.
About SUBWAY(r) Restaurants
The SUBWAY(r) restaurant chain is the world's largest submarine sandwich franchise, with more than 31,900 locations in 91 countries. Headquartered in Milford, Connecticut, and with regional offices in Amsterdam, Beirut, Brisbane, Miami, and Singapore, the SUBWAY(r) chain was co-founded by Fred DeLuca and Dr. Peter Buck in 1965. The SUBWAY(r) brand was ranked the number one Franchise Opportunity and the number one Global Franchise Opportunity in the 2009 edition of Entrepreneur magazine's "Annual Franchise 500(r)" survey, an honor that the SUBWAY(r) chain has received 16 times in the past 22 years.
For more information about the SUBWAY restaurant chain, please visit www.subway.com. SUBWAY is a registered trademark of Doctor's Associates Inc.
