Healthier Menus

The Food Safety Team working in partnership with NHS Cumbria and Trading Standards have launched a Healthier Menus Award. 

This is to encourage all food-catering businesses such as restaurants, cafes, pubs and staff canteens to provide wholesome healthy food choices on their menus for customers. 

To qualify for the award, food businesses must maintain high standards of hygiene, which is shown by achieving a star rating of four or five stars in the Scores on the Doors scheme.  They must also provide healthier food choices on the menu available every day and healthier techniques and ingredients should be used during the preparation.

The aim of the award is to give customers healthier food choices so they have the chance to choose the healthy option when eating out.  With the help of NHS Cumbria, the council has produced a simple straightforward guide to help food businesses create a healthier menu. 

Healthier Menus Leaflet

To gain the Healthier Menus Award, businesses simply complete a score sheet to demonstrate how their menu meets the criteria and applications can be made throughout the year. 

Awards Score Sheet

Once the award has been presented, it will be valid until the next routine food hygiene inspection but random checks will take place to ensure their menu continues to meet the criteria. 

Reducing salt in your diet

 Salt Poster (PDF, 264 Kb)

Businesses who have already achieved the award:

For more information please contact the Public Health and Licensing Team on 0845 050 4434