Corporate Responsibility: Healthy Eating

“We are committed to the provision of healthy and nutritious food in order to tackle the current obesity crisis and we follow government guidelines with regards to healthy eating choices...”

As consumers become increasingly more discerning about what they eat, recent trends indicate that there is an increasing demand for healthier choices in the workplace and in catering establishments throughout Scotland. As a company who supplies catering to hundreds of consumers on a daily basis we feel a strong responsibility to meet this increasing demand by adopting the methods outlined in the Scottish Healthy Living Award Scheme.

The approach taken is to reduce the levels of fat, salt and sugar in our menu’s and we achieve this partly by adopting various different cooking methods such as stir frying, steaming, boiling and grilling as opposed to frying and roasting and by using leaner cuts of meat. In addition to this we ensure that starchy carbohydrates are widely available at every meal and that our customers always have access to foods such as pasta, rice, potatoes and bread.

We ensure that fruit and vegetables are always readily available as well as low fat alternatives to many menu staples such as milk, yoghurts and dressings. There are numerous methods which can be adopted to provide healthy eating choices and the Thistle Catering Team are committed to ensuring a happier and healthier customer base, whether it’s an office worker having a lunch break in the canteen or a family enjoying their Sunday Lunch.

For the above reasons, Thistle Catering is working towards gaining the Healthy Living Award in every outlet.