Walk into any modern restaurant today, and you’ll notice one big change—calorie counts on menus. On the surface, it’s a great move: customers want transparency, restaurants want to show they care about health.
But here’s the catch—poorly presented calorie data can actually drive customers away instead of helping them.
At a recent restaurant visit, the menu proudly displayed:
Tandoori Chicken – 1500 calories.
Sounds heavy, right? Enough to make someone skip it altogether.
But here’s the truth: that’s the total for the whole plate, which is typically shared by 3–4 people.
👉 Real serving? ~375 calories.
By displaying the dish as a calorie “bomb,” the restaurant accidentally scared away a health-conscious customer who might have otherwise enjoyed a protein-rich, balanced meal.
Instead of intimidating calorie displays, imagine this on the menu:
375 calories per serving • High in protein • Diabetic-friendly
Suddenly, it’s informative, inviting, and guilt-free.
This small change transforms the customer experience:
Consumer awareness about food, calories, and nutrition data is growing at lightning speed. People don’t just want to eat—they want to make smarter choices.
For restaurants, this shift is both a challenge and an opportunity.
At Bon Happetee, we’re building tools designed to help restaurants and cafés:
✅ Create smarter menus that highlight calories per serving, not per plate.
✅ Add nutrition tags like “high protein,” “low carb,” or “diabetic-friendly.”
✅ Simplify FSSAI-compliant menu labeling with our nutrition database.
✅ Position your restaurant as modern, health-conscious, and customer-first.
Instead of food guilt, we help your menus inspire food confidence.
🚀 We’re looking for 100 restaurant and café partners to join us in shaping the future of dining in India.
Let’s make menus more:
