FoodCalc

Hello Fellow FohBohists!



FoodCalc has just launched a new, fun contest in which you could win a free nutrition analysis package courtesy of FoodCalc (a $699 value)!



All you have to do is check out our contest page here: http://www.foodcalc.com/calorieguess/ , and guess how many calories are in each food.



Good Luck, and happy guessing!



- FoodCalc



P.S. The answers and results will be… Continue

A number of successful chain restaurants choose their sites based on lifestyle in order to target consumers who are more likely to eat healthy. Read the interesting article below recently found in Chain Leader magazine.



Restaurant-chain operators have discovered that highly educated, affluent diners are eating healthfully, so they're trying to locate where these diners live.

By David Farkas, Senior Editor -- Chain Leader, 9/1/2009



The more customers are… Continue

No matter what state you live in, here's everything you need to know about menu-labeling laws on one simple page:

http://www.menucalc.com/menulabeling.aspx

brought to you by MenuCalc's Info Center

It has recently occurred to us that many restaurants have either started to or have to consider counting calories.



So what do you need to get started on nutrition analysis? Here are a few things you'll need to gather before you start using any database analysis methods:



*Ingredients



You will need to know or have access to the details of each ingredient, for example:



* Vegetable Oil - what kind? (corn, soybean, safflower, ..)

* Beef - what cut? is… Continue