Where do I see restaurants for nutritional information?

pamelargonzales
pamelargonzales Posts: 1 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Where do I see restaurants for nutritional information?

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  • Chef_Barbell
    Chef_Barbell Posts: 6,644 Member
    Their website?
  • LazSommer
    LazSommer Posts: 1,851 Member
    Aggressively demand it from your server.
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    Here's an example that I found googling "Boston Pizza Nutrition".

    https://bostonpizza.com/en/nutrition/information/#

    It pays to look up before you go.
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    One of the reasons I avoid Red Robin restaurants is that they do not publish any nutritional information, but they do allow you to find menu items that are free from a specific allergen you want to avoid.
  • jlahorn
    jlahorn Posts: 377 Member
    edited August 2016
    amyrebeccah wrote: »
    jgnatca wrote: »
    One of the reasons I avoid Red Robin restaurants is that they do not publish any nutritional information, but they do allow you to find menu items that are free from a specific allergen you want to avoid.

    Does this not work for you?
    http://www.redrobin.com/nutrition-customizer.html

    If not, I wonder if it's a regional thing that they only make available in certain areas.

    Any US restaurant chain that has 20 or more locations is required by the FDA to publish nutritional information.




  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    @amyrebeccah it must be a regional thing. There is no such list for Canada and the site notes that each menu is regionally based.
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    Extreme Pita on the other hand posts its nutritional information on a big board near where you order. Very handy.
  • dragon_girl26
    dragon_girl26 Posts: 2,187 Member
    edited August 2016
    I think it depends where you go. If you're looking for something at a locally owned place, you're mostly going to be out of luck.
    Chain restaurants are easier. They usually provide their nutrition info on their website...just do a search on Google for the restaurant name and 'nutrition facts' or something. Some restaurants I've noticed around here even post the calorie information right on their menus in the restaurant.
    It's so nice of them to do that...
  • pebble4321
    pebble4321 Posts: 1,132 Member
    Most restaurants in my part of the world don't provide this kind of info (only fast food places, almost no actual restaurants), so I take an educated guess based on existing entries in the database.

    Learning to make a reasonable estimate of a meal that you didn't prepare is a useful skill to develop as there will always be occasions where you need to do this - including eating at other people's houses, work events etc.

    It's also important to note that even if a restaurant does provide this info, it's still an estimate, it's very likely that there will be some variation on the day.
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