"HealthyDiningFinder.com demonstrates that dining out and healthy eating can go hand-in-hand. More American consumers are embracing a healthy lifestyle, and HealthyDiningFinder.com is a great way to showcase the variety of options available on restaurant menus."
- Dawn Sweeney, President & CEO,
National Restaurant Association



For Restaurant Operators

Welcome! Today’s customers want it all – exceptional service, great taste, creative presentation, AND health appeal. Operators are realizing that they gain a competitive edge by meeting the growing demand for health-conscious cuisine. The HEALTHY DINING Program helps your restaurant capitalize on this important consumer trend. More about how to be featured on this site and through the HEALTHY DINING Program.

HEALTHY DINING ’s culinary nutrition experts ensure high quality, confidential support for all your nutrition needs. Our staff includes dietitians, master’s level health educators, and an experienced Ph.D. level researcher. The HEALTHY DINING team has been evaluating the nutrition content of restaurant meals since 1990, analyzing more than 12,000 menu items from hundreds of restaurants. This specialized training and long-standing experience are unmatched. Most clients are currently featured in HealthyDiningFinder.com.

Top 5 reasons to choose HEALTHY DINING for your nutrition support:

  1. Experience – HEALTHY DINING'S has more than 17 years of experience in the restaurant nutrition field, currently working with more than 250 restaurant concepts representing close to 50,000 locations. No other company matches this level of expertise. HEALTHY DINING is the official nutrition partner for the National Restaurant Association. HEALTHY DINING’s culinary nutrition staff is highly trained and proficient in the execution of accurate computerized nutrition analysis. See FAQ discussion on advantages of computerized analysis. For information about the Healthy Dining team, see About Us.
  2. Accuracy – HEALTHY DINING’S nutrition information is guaranteed to be highly accurate based on the recipe provided. Correct nutrition information is important to prevent restaurant liability and to increase trust on behalf of consumers. To maintain accuracy, your restaurant needs to make a concerted effort to update your nutrition specialist on any changes in brands, preparation and ingredients. Even small changes to the recipe may result in significant changes to the nutrition data (e.g., if your restaurant changes the brand of tortilla, then the analysis will need to be updated with the revised information for the tortilla). A nominal fee is charged for revisions.
  3. Lower Cost – HEALTHY DINING’S accurate computerized nutrition analysis provides a more cost effective approach when compared to laboratory analysis. Computerized nutrition analysis is an FDA-accepted method of analysis for restaurant products. When performed correctly, the computerized database method is typically a better predictor of the nutrition content from multiple production runs than a single laboratory analysis. This is because the database method 1) is based on a recipe as the standard and 2) employs the statistical average for commodity products that can vary with growing conditions and other factors. Exceptions are menu items that undergo processing in which the nutrient changes cannot be confidently predicted, such as fried foods.
  4. Marketing Benefits – HEALTHY DINING can help your restaurant capitalize on the growing consumer trend for healthier cuisine.Our nutrition professionals will work with you to identify selections from your menu that meet HEALTHY DINING’s nutrition criteria. Your restaurant and your healthier menu selections can be publicized through the HEALTHY DINING Program -- an unprecedented nationwide initiative promoting restaurants that offer a selection of healthier menu options through HealthyDiningFinder.com.
  5. Time efficient – As nutrition continues to grow as an important component of your operations and marketing, HEALTHY DINING’s dietitians will provide you with the expertise and services you need so that you can focus on everything else your restaurant requires – now and in the coming years.

HEALTHY DINING's dietitians become your company's nutrition department - supporting all of your nutrition needs!