Certified Healthy Application

  • “Certified Healthy” Dining Out with Health in Mind

    Kern County Public Health welcomes you to join our exciting Healthy Restaurant Initiative, which empowers community residents to choose restaurants in their area that offer nutritious foods. We are looking for food facilities that are interested in being a part of a movement to nourish Kern County with delicious dishes that promote a healthy diet. Listed below are the guidelines we are looking to achieve with each partner restaurant. With your membership in this initiative, you will receive a special logo on your health placard and a healthy designation of the “Safe Diner” app for smartphone, which displays health code information about each restaurant or food establishment in Kern County.

    Guidelines for Healthy Restaurant Initiative

    * Must have 80% fulfillment of these guidelines in order to qualify*
  • 1. Do you offer at least 6 menu items under 500 calories?
  • 2. Are there fruit/vegetable side dish options or side items with meals?
  • 3. Is there at least one salad option on the menu?
  • 4. Do you offer any whole grain items?
  • 5. Are there at least 6 menu options with less than 30% of the daily recommended intake (DRI) of sodium (meals)?
  • 6. Are there meal options with less than 5g of saturated fat?
  • 7. Do you offer any meals that exceed 2,000 calories?
  • 8. Are there at least 5 vegetarian meal dishes?
  • 9. Does your menu have a non-fried fish option?
  • 10. Do at least 4 food options contain 10g of fiber?
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