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Quick-service outlets serving healthier food
By Lee Hui Chieh


The Health Promotion Board (HPB) has extended its programme to help restaurants serve healthier food. -- ST PHOTO: A.B. RICHARD

MORE quick service restaurants like Subway and Yoshinoya are now serving healthier food cooked with less fat and salt, and more fruits and vegetables.

The Health Promotion Board (HPB) has extended its programme to help restaurants serve healthier food, which began in 2003 with Chinese restaurants, to such quick service restaurants.

Like fast food restaurants, they provide casual and quick dining, minimal services at the tables and food that is usually cooked in bulk and in advance.

Since the first restaurant Subway joined in 2005, four other restaurants have followed suit: Yoshinoya, Soup Spoon, Baguette and Saybons.

Together, the five companies run 73 outlets.

Under the programme, HPB officers dish out advice on how to improve their menu, as well as conduct laboratory tests and go undercover as 'mystery diners' to check if improvements have been made.

Restaurants that pass muster get to display the HPB's Healthier Choice logo.

After Subway joined the programme, it has reduced the amount of salt in its bread, pickles and jalapenos. It has also eliminated trans-fat from its bread and cookies.

Saybons has cut down on cream and salt for its soups.

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MiRyung

Yay for healthy but delicious food! <3 Subway and Baguette!

stormcontrol

Really? then how come the server at subway still shoot me hostile stares when i ask for super large amounts of onions? =p

MiRyung

heh... maybe too much onions r not healthy? :x

wildswans

I always ask for extra olives

lights08

the olives are sweet

ireneyksoh

subway rocks!!!!

i ask for everything except for olives

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CaRe

I loved Subway food. They are freshly made.

darkkRUII

But the chicken is kind of fattening...no?

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diesopain

Oh i Love Yoshinoya.....Beef Bowl........and now its healthy yeah!!! LOL

Wow i never knew Subway uses trans-fat....=X

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but heard that subway cal very high too.

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PinkLady

i love Yoshinoya but i tink their prices is getting 2 be more ridiculous. 1 set meal with drink costs near to $8 bucks!

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wildswans

Cut out the sauces and the pickled stuff and stick to the vegetables and it will be lower in calories

Kairin22

i nv know that Yoshinoya is one of the participating outlet..

lights08

ya, subway serving is quite big.

StompTrooper

It's a healthy move.

quincyjx

I like subway!

lotsa veg and tomato! not too oily as well.

but i dont rrly like the cookie and chips.. too sweet! =/

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