The Boston REAL25 Announced in Time for July 4th

As part of its efforts to help decrease diet-related disease, the United States Healthful Food Council (USHFC) released a list of Boston’s 25 most healthful and environmentally sustainable restaurants. Also known as the Boston REAL25, the initiative is part of the Responsible Epicurean and Agricultural Leadership (REAL) program, and is aimed at making it easier for consumers to make better choices when dining away from home.  Announced in time for the Independence Day holiday weekend, the USHFC has teamed up with Tasteful App to make finding good quality food easier, for tourists and locals alike.

“Boston has some of the most restaurants per capita in the US, but finding better-for-you options is not as easy as it should be,” said Lawrence Williams, CEO of the United States Healthful Food Council.  “Our goal is to transform the food environment by helping direct consumers to those businesses that make the healthy choice, the easy choice.”

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The REAL25 algorithm takes into account a variety of factors such as: sourcing, scratch cooking, healthy ingredients and dietary restrictions. In addition, the curated list is analyzed by a Boston Local Advisory Board comprised of restaurateurs, chefs, nutritionists and authors with on-the-ground experience and expertise.

The Boston REAL25 includes (in no particular order):

1. Sweetgreen
2. Ufood Grill
3. Boloco
4. Myers & Chang
5. Cocobeet
6. Red Lentil
7. Henrietta’s Table
8. Walnut Grille
9. B Good
10. Life Alive
11. Oleana
12. Harvest
13. Toro
14. TW Food
15. The Elephant Walk
16. Craigie On Main
17. Taranta
18. True Bistro
19. The Fireplace
20. Freshii
21. EVOO
22. Ten Tables
23. Daily Table
24. Puritan & Company
25. Clover

In addition to the recognition, each REAL25 restaurant is eligible to be audited and become REAL Certified at no cost, due to the financial support of the healthy food finding app, Tasteful. Other REAL25 sponsors include Steelite International and Sourcery.

*Find more information about REAL and REAL25 Boston at the eatREAL.org website.

About Eat REAL

Eat REAL® is a 501(c) (3) Public Health nonprofit organization based in Richmond, California. Eat REAL is dedicated to transforming food in K-12 schools, creating a healthier next generation and planet. Launched in 2012, Eat REAL Certified is a nutrition and sustainability best practices certification program working with school district food service leaders to raise the bar and make food in schools more nutritious and sustainable. Eat REAL’s core program currently supports 237 schools, reaching over 116,000 students.