ArticlePublic health nutrition2023
Availability of calorie information on online menus from chain restaurants in the USA: current prevalence and legal landscape.
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- Offline to online: a systematic mapping review of evidence to inform nutrition-related policies applicable to online food delivery platforms.BMC medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Accuracy of menu calorie labelling in the England out-of-home food sector during 2024: assessment of a national food policy.The British journal of nutrition · 2025Article
- Fast-food Intake Among Adults in the United States, August 2021-August 2023.NCHS data brief · 2025Article
- Understanding food choices and promoting healthier food options among online food delivery service users in Australia: a qualitative study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Developing the DIGIFOOD Dashboard to Monitor the Digitalization of Local Food Environments: Interdisciplinary Approach.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2024Article
- Navigating the online food environment: policy pathways for promoting food access, transparency, and healthy food choices online.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Recommended nutrition-related practices for online food delivery companies.Public health nutrition · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveFederal law requires calorie information on chain restaurant menus. We sought to assess the prevalence of calorie disclosures on online menus and determine if the menus are controlled by restaurants subject to US labelling requirements.
designCross-sectional.
settingRestaurant websites and mobile apps for restaurant located in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Houston.
participantsUS chain restaurants (top seventy-five by number of outlets) and third-party platforms (TPP): Grubhub, Uber Eats, DoorDash.
resultsThere was at least one calorie disclosure (for at least one food or beverage, in at least one location) on sixty-eight of seventy-two (94 %) menus on restaurant websites or apps, thirty-two of fifty-five (58 %) menus on DoorDash, six of forty-nine (12 %) menus on Grubhub and thirty of fifty-nine (51 %) menus on Uber Eats. There was consistent calorie labelling (all foods and beverages, all locations) on forty-three of seventy-two (60 %) menus on restaurant websites or apps, fifteen of fifty-five (27 %) menus on DoorDash, three of forty-nine (6 %) menus on Grubhub and eleven of fifty-nine (19 %) menus on Uber Eats. Only four restaurant chains consistently labelled calories for all items, in all locations, on all platforms where their menus were found. All three TPP provided restaurants the ability to enter and modify menu items, making the menus subject to US labelling requirements. Only Uber Eats provided guidance to restaurants on entering calorie information.
conclusionsAs consumers increasingly rely on TPP for restaurant ordering, menus on these platforms should include calories in order to promote transparency and nutrition.
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