TLC Working Hard For More Heart Friendly Meals
Tender Loving Cuisine's Chief Executive Officer Jack Barker has re-affirmed his support of the Heart Friendly meals.
"More than half of our home delivered meals already have been approved as Heart Friendly because they meet strict nutrition standards," Mr. Barker said yesterday.
"However, I think it appropriate to announce our continuing efforts to have more of our dinners to be Heart Friendly. We have living proof among our clients that our nutritious meals allow people to live at home longer rather than go into nursing homes."
Vegetables are a very important part of healthier meals and even meals that are not Heart Friendly include at least 100g of vegetables.
Tender Loving Cuisine, which provides home-delivered meals to the elderly and disabled of Sydney, Newcastle and the Central Coast, employs Maria Natoli as nutrition manager.
Mrs. Natoli is also the food technician and quality control agent for TLC.
"Once a fortnight I visit the factory at Marrickville with Helen Young (fellow TLC worker) to assess quality control and address any food issues," said Mrs. Natoli.
"Part of our job is to review all of our meals to ensure that they are of the highest possible quality.
This is particularly important for those on special needs diets. For instance, if the saturated fat is too high, our meals would not measure up to the strict specifications.
I spend weeks and months working on food quality and ingredients. I guess you could say I have learned the hard way. Our clients are very pleased with our efforts to formulate products that meet Heart Friendly standards."
Toni Fear, the Nutrient Criteria Officer said: "Creating a wide range of healthier meals for home delivery is an important priority and we applaud TLC's willingness to take on this challenge".
Lucy Walker, the Business Relations Manager said in relation to their random testing: "We sampled some of your (TLC's) products - we were most impressed with the presentation and amount of vegetables."
All Heart Friendly meals are independently tested to show they meet the strict nutrition standards.
"TLC aims to actively contribute to a healthier community by continuing to develop Heart Friendly meals," Mr. Barker concluded.
Copyright, Tender Loving Cuisine
