Sodexho USA announces healthy vending machine snacks
The move marks an expansion of Sodexho’s wellness initiative for healthcare facilities.
01/11/05 Sodexho USA, 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.
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 is the leading provider of food and facilities management in the United States, with $6 billion in annual revenue and 120,000+ 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.
