American Heart Association (AHA)

• The American Heart Association is the nation’s oldest, and largest voluntary health organization devoted to fighting cardiovascular diseases and stroke

• Consumer research shows that the AHA is the authority most trusted by consumers to decide if a product may display a nutrition message or mark

Meals may include :

• Baja Chicken Bowls With Cauliflower Rice

• Blackened Southwest Chicken Salad

• Blackened Tilapia With Celery Corn Cauliflower Rice

• Caribbean-Spiced Tilapia With Mango Salsa

• Harissa Barramundi With Kale Cauliflower Rice

• Pork Tenderloin With Mushroom Sauce and Pea Couscous

• Middle-Eastern-Style Chicken Bowls

• In order to be AHA certified, meals need to meet strict nutritional requirements

  • Nutritional factors that must comply with these requirements include:

    • Calories: ≤ 500 calories

    • Saturated Fat: ≤ 3.5g

    • Trans Fat: < 0.5g trans fatty acid and no partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs) or ingredient products that contain PHOs

    • Sodium: ≤ 600mg

    • Added Sugars: ≤ 2 tsp (includes brown sugar, corn syrup, fruit juice concentrate, honey, molasses, malt syrup, maple syrup, raw sugar, turbinado sugar and agave nectar)

• If customers reach out with questions regarding the AHA’s Heart-Check Certified meal requirements, you can visit their website HERE

How can the customer identify these meals on the menu?

• Meals will be tagged on the menu as ‘Heart-Check Certified’ and will live under both the Calorie Smart and Heart Smart categories

• The AHA Heart-Check logo will be added to the recipe images on the menu as well as the recipe cards 

  • Recipe cards will include the following language to communicate what it means to be AHA certified:

    • 'Green Chef is a proud participant in the American Heart Association®’s Heart-Check Recipe Certification Program. This recipe complies with all of the AHA’s nutritional requirements for a heart-healthy meal.' 

• Since these meals will be part of the regular menu, please follow normal procedures when assisting customers 

• There will be no added surcharge for these meals.  Please use normal ART compensation when needed