Dunkin’ Donuts to offer healthier menu options
Published July 30, 2008 by CSBJ Staff
The Associated Press
NEW YORK – Looking to entice those hungry for a healthier option, Dunkin’ Donuts will begin offering a new slate of better-for-you offerings in August.
The menu, which will debut in stores Aug. 6, will feature two new flatbread sandwiches made with egg whites. Customers will be able to choose either a turkey sausage egg-white sandwich or a vegetable one. Both will be less than 300 calories with 9 grams of fat or less, the company said.
“We just felt it was important to provide some choice in our menu,” said Will Kussell, president and chief brand officer.
The new menu will be called DDSmart and will include all current and new items that either have 25 percent few calories, sugar, fat or sodium than comparable products or contain ingredients that are “nutritionally beneficial,” the company said.
Current products that will join the new sandwiches on the menu include a multigrain bagel and a reduced-fat blueberry muffin.
A number of restaurants have added better-for-you options to their menus in the past few years to take advantage of a trend toward healthier eating.
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