Author, as appears in the article.: Mandracchia, Floriana; Llauradó, Elisabet; Valls, Rosa Maria; Tarro, Lucia; Solà, Rosa
Department: Medicina i Cirurgia
e-ISSN: 2072-6643
URV's Author/s: Llauradó Ribé, Elisabet / Mandracchia, Floriana / Solà Alberich, Rosa Maria / Tarro Sánchez, Lucía / Valls Zamora, Rosa Maria
Keywords: Virgin olive oil Vegetarian diet Vegetarian Vegan diet Spain Scoring system Saturated fatty acid Restaurants Restaurant Outcome assessment Organization and management Nutritive value Nutritional value Nutrient content Mediterranean diet Meals Meal Male Knowledge Humans Human Healthy menu choices Healthy diet Health knowledge, attitudes, practice Gluten free diet Gluten Food quality Food packaging Food labeling Food industry Food hypersensitivity Food allergy Food allergen Female Fat content Dietary compliance Diet, vegetarian Diet, vegan Diet, mediterranean Diet, healthy Diet, gluten-free Cross-sectional study Cross-sectional studies Cross-sectional Catering service Catalonia Attitude to health Article preferences population mediterranean diet knowledge home healthy menu choices food allergy food eating pleasure cross-sectional consumption community association
Abstract: Restaurant meal consumption has increased substantially, but the ability of restaurants to adhere to guidelines for the Mediterranean diet, healthiness and food allergen management is a challenge. This cross-sectional study aims to assess the Mediterranean diet adherence, healthiness, nutritional quality and food allergen management of meals at restaurants in the Tarragona province (Catalonia, Spain). Primary outcomes included adherence to criteria for the Mediterranean diet (AMed) and gluten management (SMAP), nutritional quality of dishes indicated by a green traffic light rating, meal nutrient content and allergen-free options. Secondary outcomes included restaurant staff knowledge about the Mediterranean diet and food allergens. Forty-four restaurants and 297 dishes were analysed. The restaurants fulfilled an average (mean ± SD) of 5.1 ± 1.6 of 9 compulsory AMed criteria and 12.9 ± 2.8 of 18 SMAP criteria. Dishes were mainly rated green for sugar (n = 178/297; 59.9%) but not for energy (n = 23/297; 7.7%) or total fat (n = 18/297; 6.1%). Waiters and cooks received passing scores for food allergen knowledge (5.8 ± 1.7 and 5.5 ± 1.5 out of 10 points, respectively). Restaurants partially met the AMed and SMAP criteria. Increasing fibre and decreasing saturated fat content are necessary to improve consumers’ adherence to healthy diets. For restaurant staff, training courses should be considered to improve their food allergen management.
Thematic Areas: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Saúde coletiva Química Psicología Planejamento urbano e regional / demografia Nutrition and dietetics Nutrition & dietetics Nutrição Medicina veterinaria Medicina iii Medicina ii Medicina i Interdisciplinar Food science Farmacia Engenharias iv Engenharias ii Enfermagem Educação física Economia Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Ciências agrárias i Ciência de alimentos Biotecnología
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: elisabet.llaurado@urv.cat floriana.mandracchia@estudiants.urv.cat floriana.mandracchia@estudiants.urv.cat rosamaria.valls@urv.cat rosa.sola@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0002-7439-9531 0000-0001-5360-1721 0000-0001-5360-1721 0000-0002-3351-0942 0000-0002-8359-235X
Record's date: 2024-07-27
Journal volume: 13
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Link to the original source: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/7/2464
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Nutrients. 13 (7):
APA: Mandracchia, Floriana; Llauradó, Elisabet; Valls, Rosa Maria; Tarro, Lucia; Solà, Rosa (2021). Evaluating Mediterranean Diet-Adherent, Healthy and Allergen-Free Meals Offered in Tarragona Province Restaurants (Catalonia, Spain): A Cross-Sectional Study. Nutrients, 13(7), -. DOI: 10.3390/nu13072464
Article's DOI: 10.3390/nu13072464
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2021
Publication Type: Journal Publications