Nutrition Information: When and How to Show It
Nutrition details can help or overwhelm. Here is how to present them well.
Some guests want it, some do not
Nutrition information matters a great deal to some guests and not at all to others. The goal is to make it available to those who want it without cluttering the menu for those who do not.
On demand beats on the page
Printing full nutrition details on the menu overwhelms the design and most guests. Offering it on demand, through a QR menu or a details view, serves the interested guest without spoiling the experience for everyone else.
Keep it honest and current
Nutrition information carries the same duty as allergen information: it must be accurate and updated when recipes change. Confident numbers that are wrong are worse than an honest note that details are available on request.
Pair it with allergens
For many guests, nutrition and allergen information go together. Keeping both in the same place, updated together, gives health conscious diners a complete, trustworthy picture of what they are ordering.
- Make nutrition available without cluttering the menu
- Offer details on demand rather than on the page
- Keep the numbers accurate and current
- Pair nutrition with allergen information
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