Should the restaurant disclose the nutrition fact of their food

Indeed, this is very good ideas. That's why, i feel restaurants must always disclosed the nutrition facts of their foods right on the menus along with the price lists. But unfortunately, until now i only seen they disclosed the prices only in their menus. Not sure whether any restaurant in my area, have starting to disclose the nutrition facts in their menus or not.

Yes. I think we have the right to know those kinds of things. People with health conditions, especially need to know.

i don't think so since one can already look up nutrition facts about many restaurants by going to certain websites. if people are serious enough they will go to those websites. i went to a website that showed the nutrition facts about some foods i would regularly eat from fast food places and was quite surprised at the amount of calories i was consuming. i was eating more then i thought.

Nobody will do that because all of their food has no nutrition LOL! Not all restaurants maybe...but mostly....their food are just tasty and well presented, but the nutritional content? I doubt it!.....home cooking is still the best....so if health is a concern, cook food at home....you are sure of the nutrition and the hygiene how it was cooked.

This is a good idea to disclosed nutritional fact. because this is useful for common men also and diabetic patient also. But in India not provided this type of menu card. Only price are there.

I strongly believe that restaurants should put their foods' nutrition facts. For all these times, people have been always mislead to the facts of what they are eating. Fast food chains have been dominant in the world though their foods are full of calories and preservatives. People should now be more aware of their health. So what if those fast food chains lose some money? In the first place, they should not promote unhealthy foods to the community. We should act today or be sorry in the later.

I think that, plus an ingredients list, would be helpful for lots of people. Especially for diabetics, or other folks who have to watch particular areas of their diet (like salt-free, or low-sodium diets, etc.) As for ingredients, I think those, along with additives used, should be listed. I just spent 2 weeks ill because of hidden aspartame in something! Plus, there are a lot of people with peanut allergies, and if the chef is using peanut oil, instead of a vegetable oil, then that person could actually go into anaphalyctic shock. I've actually seen that scenario play out in real life lol. So yes, not only should they list the caloric values of their meals, they should also have an ingredient list for each dish available so that people who need to avoid certain foods (or additives) can quickly scan an additional list or printout. Both the list of caloric/nutritional values, and a separate list of ingredients used to prepare the dish, should be available to the patron if they request it. I don't think it would need to be right on the menu per sey, but I do think it should be available upon request. And yes, I would like that!

I wonder Has that calorie count affected your decision to go there? I could see There would be a few problems with implementing that idea on a wide scale...for one,comparison of nutritional values and portion sizes at other restaurants....The fast food industry in a bid to keep customers happy and coming back has increased portion sizes over the years in the belief bigger was better..resulting in the "Supersize Me" Culture....I saw a documentary on the subject a while back that featured a restaurant in an agricultural midwest town-they said the adult portion size there was more suited to somebody who'd been out doing manual field Labour all day,but not somebody who'd just sat at a desk or drove everywhere...I've eaten in IHOP while visiting in the States,and there's no way I could face one of their signature breakfast type Specials of a stack of pancakes,eggs,bacon,sausage,syrup,and all you can drink coffee on a regular basis..the calorie meter would be surrendering! A piece of meat the size of the palm of your hand is reckoned to be an adequate portion size for a Meal with veggies and sides....if the food in front of you would be as big as your head,it's probably too much..but having the information available would be useful. I have issues with nutritional values already in place on packaging...I bought a 180gram bag of honey roasted nuts..it mentions the average adult calorie intake as being recommended at 2000 kcals..in tiny print it says 100g contains 568 kcal,and a 45g portion is 256Kcal. So a quarter of this not very big bag is worth more than a quarter of the recommended daily energy intake.. Not many are prepared to try working out what that big burger is worth to your intake on the fly,even with a guideline chart available to you..

It would be better to disclose the nutrition fact, if you would ask a healthy conscious person such as I. I would support that idea. Most restaurant or fastfood foods we enjoy are really loaded with fats and calories. I think they should really disclose that fact if only for the sake of healthy conscious ones. They need not worry about how it would affect their sales for anyway there are so many carefree people around. They don't really mind what they are eating for as long as they satisfy their stomach.

I feel it is very important to disclosure at least the ingredients potentially harmfull. I remember when I went to Atlantic City with my husband . He was a diabetic and we stayed at an aparthotel with a mini market. We went to buy some food and everything had sugar. We uttered our anger in Spanish, our natve language and, much to our shame, the cashier was a Spanish speaker. It turned out that he told us where they bought their food, very similar to what we eat. I have travelled to the US all my life and I´m worried to see that each time I go, there are more obese people around. Youngsters are almst all overweight. And at that time, in Atlantic City, there were many people playing at the casino in wheelchairs just because they were to heavy.

Yes, I truly believe that the restaurant should disclose the nutrition fact of their food. When you eat out you can pretty much guarantee that there will be artificial ingredients of some kind in your food.

Sounds good! That is the best thing that a restaurant can do to make everybody healthy. It is now the consumer who will decide if they'll still eat their favorite food or not. Great option!

The canteen where I used to eat in the office always practice providing health nutrition in the menu. Everyday,I look at it. I don't know if the number of calories written there is true. But it doesn't matter to me. I really like to gain weight and being conscious to number of calories has no room for me.