Newly enhanced, complimentary digital
resource uniquely helps schools remove unwanted ingredients
in favor of healthier alternatives
CHANHASSEN, Minn., Dec. 2, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- In support of improved youth nutrition, the Life
Time Foundation, the 501(c)(3) non-profit of Life Time (NYSE: LTH)
has announced enhancements to Green Onion. First
launched in 2023, Green Onion is the only complimentary
digital nutrition software designed to help school districts,
purchasing cooperatives and food manufacturers analyze their K-12
food products at the individual ingredient level to easily identify
unwanted ingredients in favor of healthy alternatives resulting in
positive, sustainable nutritional changes.
Green Onion goes well beyond simply the Nutrition Facts label,
flagging ingredients of concern listed in the Ingredient Guide
for Better School Food Purchasing, a science-based resource
created by school nutrition professionals in partnership with the
Center for Science in the Public Interest. Featuring a
streamlined and user-friendly layout, completed in partnership with
the Eliassen Group, the digital tool is now easier to use. Users
can track their progress towards the elimination of unwanted
ingredients, as well as those that have the potential to be
overused, which are commonly found in foods of lower nutritional
quality or tend to indicate that a food is highly processed.
Support from a Life Time Foundation registered dietitian also is
available to help schools get started.
"Green Onion is an invaluable resource to inform and guide
unlike anything available," said Anneliese
Tanner, Executive Director, Food and Nutrition Services at
Boston Public Schools. "When a
district can improve a product, particularly one that is served
daily or weekly, the impact can be exponentially positive. Consider
something served frequently, like a tortilla, a bread product, a
hamburger, pickles, etc. Here we have the opportunity to impact
nearly two million meals with better ingredients."
Green Onion continues to receive real-time product data directly
from K-12 food suppliers via 1WorldSync, the largest Global Data
Synchronization Network (GDSN), ensuring reliable, up-to-date
information is always available. As more and more
manufacturers upload their ingredients, positive change will
accelerate.
"We know that nutrition and access to healthy, nourishing foods
is vital to ensuring that children are physically and mentally
ready to learn," said Angie Check,
RD, CD, Nutrition Project Coordinator at the Life Time
Foundation.
School districts and school nutrition professionals interested
in creating a free Green Onion account may learn more and get
started here.
About the Life Time Foundation
The Life Time
Foundation, a 501c(3) nonprofit created by Life Time, Inc. (NYSE:
LTH) is dedicated to inspiring Healthy People, a Healthy Planet,
and a Healthy Way of Life. Through financial grants and direct
action, we support Youth Nutrition by helping schools serve
wholesome, nourishing, minimally processed food to students; Youth
Movement by championing physical movement programs that get
children active and excited to move for life; and a Healthy Planet
by supporting forestation and conservation initiatives, so everyone
can live healthy, happy lives. For more information or to make
a tax-deductible donation, visit www.ltfoundation.org.
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