Sodexho USA Announces Healthy Vending Machine Snacks for Healthcare Facilities
31 Octubre 2005 - 12:12PM
PR Newswire (US)
Wellness & You, On The Go Also Offers Nutritional Information
in Spanish GAITHERSBURG, Md., Oct. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Sodexho USA (NYSE:SDX), the nation's leading provider of food and
facilities management services, now includes healthy snacks and
other products in vending machines that also feature Sodexho
dietary information in Spanish. The move marks an expansion of
Sodexho's wellness initiative for healthcare facilities. Wellness
& You, On The Go vending now offers a wide variety of healthy
snacks, beverages and cold foods that adhere to strict health
guidelines based on recommendations such as the FDA's Food Guide
Pyramid and authoritative statements from the Institute of Medicine
and the National Academy of Sciences, and approved by registered
dietitians of Sodexho. The healthy snacks are being offered to
patients and employees at Harris County Hospital District in
Houston, among several other healthcare facilities across the US.
"As the foodservice provider at Harris County Hospital District, we
see first hand the need for providing healthy options for customers
on the go," said Kathy Johnson, national director of nutrition
services, acute care for Sodexho. "And now with the Spanish
versions of our nutritional guidelines, more people will be
informed on their options to eat healthy." "Harris County hospital
district is excited about this partnership with Sodexho that has
allowed our vision for wellness to become a reality," said Johnnie
Stein, associate administrator for Harris County Hospital District.
"We are now able to focus on not only patient health, but employee
health as well, and have also been able to use these vending
machines as teaching tools among our health educators." In order to
be considered for the healthy vending program, a snack must have
200 or less calories per serving, have no more than 35 percent
calories from fat, be low in saturated fat, have zero grams of
trans-fat, have no more than 360 mg sodium, and have at least one
gram of dietary fiber. A snack can also be included in the program
if it meets at least four of the above and has at least 10 percent
of the daily value of one or more major nutrients such as Vitamins
A, C, and E, Iron, Calcium, Protein and Fiber. Examples of healthy
snacks that are part of Wellness & You, On The Go include Frito
Lay Baked Lays, Baked Doritos, and Rold Gold Pretzels, Nature
Valley Granola Bars, Kellogg Nutri-Grain Bars and Special K Bars,
Kraft/Nabisco 100 Calorie Snack Packs, Kars Raisins, Nuts and Trail
Mix, Dole Fruit Packs, Welch's Fruit Snacks, and fat-free popcorn.
Introduced in conjunction with this year's National Nutrition
Month, Wellness & You, On The Go has already proven results
with an increase in vending product sales by 56 percent in some
locations. Sodexho USA (http://www.sodexhousa.com/) is the leading
provider of food and facilities management in the United States,
with $6.3 billion in annual revenue and 110,000+ employees. Sodexho
USA offers innovative outsourcing solutions in food service,
housekeeping, grounds keeping, plant operations and maintenance,
asset management, and laundry services to more than 6,000
corporations, health care, long term care and retirement centers,
schools, college campuses, military and remote sites in North
America. Headquartered in Gaithersburg, MD, Sodexho USA proudly
serves as the official food service provider for the US Marine
Corps. DATASOURCE: Sodexho USA CONTACT: Sarah Cody of Sodexho USA,
+1-301-987-4413, Web site: http://www.sodexhousa.com/
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