Customers Want Nutritional Disclosure at Restaurants

Many chains, including Starbucks, Panera and McDonald’s, have already begun posting nutritional information on their menus, well ahead of the Affordable Care Act’s mandate to do so. Technomic conducted a survey of restaurant consumer attitudes and found that 65% favor such labeling in restaurants, with the strongest demand for listing of calories and sodium content. Moreover, 70% of consumers say they care that chain restaurants disclose calorie and other nutritional information on their menus and 68% want nutritional information on all restaurant menus, not just chains. Technomic Survey Nov. 2012