Restaurants and takeaway outlets may be considering adding printed labels to their products and menus to outline the nutritional values of the foods they offer.
This comes after a study by Fourth Hospitality found that 67 per cent of people would like better information about things like calories in the foods they buy, while 62 per cent admitted they have no idea about calorie values when eating out.
However, more than half reported always checking peelable labels in supermarkets, so people could be keen to see changes that will help them become healthier.
The research also discovered that 60 per cent of respondents thought pizza is healthy as long as it has vegetables on top and 20 per cent said they believed a chicken korma is a healthy choice.
Earlier in 2011, a study by New York City's health department found that printed labels on fast food menus and packaging were helping people to consume fewer calories.
Denny Bros Ltd, 19 October 2011
