To achieve a Healthyliving Award applicants must make broad changes to the way food is prepared, for example, using healthier ingredients and cooking methods, provide and promote healthier menu choices and have an appropriate sales promotion and marketing strategy, which works alongside the general principals of the award.
The new Award uses the recognisable apple symbol within the logo, which is displayed on menus and in the premises of food outlets that have been successful in achieving the national accolade.
Health Minister Andy Kerr launched the award to consumers on October 2 at Glasgow Metropolitan College and presented the Award to the first eating establishments to successfully achieve the accreditation in Scotland.
For more information visit the HealthyLiving Award Website or alternatively via email at enquiries@healthylivingaward.co.uk or Telephone: 0141 226 5261
*with the exception of schools and hospital patient food.
Further Information
Scotland's food establishments could do more to provide healthier choices to people eating out, a national survey of more than 500 people across Scotland's cities revealed 81% agreed food establishments could do more to serve up healthier options.
The survey, commissioned by the Scottish Consumer Council, also found nearly one in two Scots polled (45%) have wanted to choose something healthy to eat and have not found anything suitable on the menu.
Of those asked, 94% agreed it was important healthier choices were available to people who eat out and 88% agreed that healthy options can be made to taste as good as less healthy fare.
More than half (59%) were more likely to purchase from a food outlet if it had achieved an award for providing healthier options.
Of those asked, 42% said they would buy food from an eating establishment more often if healthier choices were available and three quarters (75%) agreed they would find it helpful if some form of logo was used on a menu or displayed in premises to indicate healthier food choices.
The poll revealed 69% were more aware of the need to choose healthy options than they were a year ago. They were more likely to buy food regularly from a cafe, sandwich shop, or eat out at a restaurant, pub or hotel.
