- Oct 23, 2003
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US Airways (480-693-0800, www.usairways.com)
Cooperation in Providing Nutritional Information: Helpful. They started out not being helpful, but one PR person there really worked hard to gather all the information.
Health Score: (** ½) There are some decent choices in the snack box, but overall the choices could use a health tune-up. On flights under 2.5 hours they offer only pretzels; not much nutrition there, but at least they’re not too high in calories.
Best Bet: Eat only one-third of the fruit and nut mix (give the rest away or save it) and the chicken salad; skip the fruit bar and the cookies and you’re good to go. Aside from the Snack Box, there are a few meal offerings for flights of 3.5 hours or more. For breakfast the choices are not so great. There’s a Mini Muffin Breakfast Platter or a Breakfast Croissant Sandwich. Pick the muffin platter; at least there’s fruit included, and you can eat only one of the muffins (and skip the butter — it’s 100 calories per tablespoon). If you want the croissant, skip the cream cheese spread. For lunch and dinner, go with the Tomato & Mozzarella Salad with Italian Meats. I know it sounds high in calories, but the protein will keep you from getting hungry, and if you go easy on the mozzarella cheese and the salami and get rid of those butter cookies before the flight attendant leaves your area, you’ll avoid temptation.
Total Snack Calories: 820 (snack pack)
Exercise Equivalents: (Amount of walking to burn off the calories) 156 minutes
Cost: $5 per Snack Box, $7 per meal
Snack Choices: (Snack Box, over 2.5 hours)
- Bumble Bee Chicken Salad (140 calories)
- Wisecracker Partner's Roasted Garlic & Rosemary Crackers (80 calories)
- Stauffer's Strawberry Fruit Bar (130 calories)
- Azar Fruit & Nut Mix (330 calories)
- Old Colony Andes Chocolate Mint Chip Cookies.(140 calories)
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Cooperation in Providing Nutritional Information: Helpful. They started out not being helpful, but one PR person there really worked hard to gather all the information.
Health Score: (** ½) There are some decent choices in the snack box, but overall the choices could use a health tune-up. On flights under 2.5 hours they offer only pretzels; not much nutrition there, but at least they’re not too high in calories.
Best Bet: Eat only one-third of the fruit and nut mix (give the rest away or save it) and the chicken salad; skip the fruit bar and the cookies and you’re good to go. Aside from the Snack Box, there are a few meal offerings for flights of 3.5 hours or more. For breakfast the choices are not so great. There’s a Mini Muffin Breakfast Platter or a Breakfast Croissant Sandwich. Pick the muffin platter; at least there’s fruit included, and you can eat only one of the muffins (and skip the butter — it’s 100 calories per tablespoon). If you want the croissant, skip the cream cheese spread. For lunch and dinner, go with the Tomato & Mozzarella Salad with Italian Meats. I know it sounds high in calories, but the protein will keep you from getting hungry, and if you go easy on the mozzarella cheese and the salami and get rid of those butter cookies before the flight attendant leaves your area, you’ll avoid temptation.
Total Snack Calories: 820 (snack pack)
Exercise Equivalents: (Amount of walking to burn off the calories) 156 minutes
Cost: $5 per Snack Box, $7 per meal
Snack Choices: (Snack Box, over 2.5 hours)
- Bumble Bee Chicken Salad (140 calories)
- Wisecracker Partner's Roasted Garlic & Rosemary Crackers (80 calories)
- Stauffer's Strawberry Fruit Bar (130 calories)
- Azar Fruit & Nut Mix (330 calories)
- Old Colony Andes Chocolate Mint Chip Cookies.(140 calories)
to read the full article Click Here
