Catering group CH&Co introduces calorie-counted salads under healthy eating scheme

The range of 10 sandwiches and five salads will appear in 50 of its 140 restaurants nationwide from today (Monday 5th September). The initiative is part of the CH&Co's pledge under the Government's Responsibility Deal to improve public health. Caroline Fry, managing director of CH&Co explained: "We have already signed up to two of the three pledges under the Responsibility Deal: one is to reduce salt to the 2012 target levels by the end of next year and the other is to eliminate artificial trans fats, which we have done already. "The introduction of our WBBW Light range is the first step on our journey towards potentially complying with the final Responsibility Deal Pledge asking caterers to introduce calorie labelling on all standard recipes." Health journalist and consultant nutritionist to CH&Co, Amanda Ursell, has worked closely with CH&Co chefs to ensure that each 'light' option is nutritionally balanced and as healthy as possible. She said: "The Responsibility Deal is entirely voluntary and quite challenging for a business like CH&Co, which feeds a potential customer-base of 60,000 people every day across a wide range of catering environments. "It's good that they are getting into the spirit of this and taking their responsibility so seriously because they can make a big impact on people's diets during the working day."