Einstein Noah Restaurant Group, Inc. owns Noah's New York Bagels, which has locations in California, Oregon and Washington. Beside bagels and cream cheese, Noah's makes baked goods and coffee drinks. They also offer options for breakfast and for hot and cold lunches. The nutrition information for their menu items is online at their website.
Bagels
Most of the regular bagels are 3 oz. to 4 oz. and they provide about 300 calories. The sweeter flavors such as chocolate chip and cinnamon sugar have about 11 to 12g sugar, and the asiago cheese bagel has more calories and fat than other flavors. The whole wheat choices are slightly higher in dietary fiber. You can order regular or reduced fat cream cheese on your bagel. Most choices have about 60 to 70 calories and 5 to 6g fat per ounce serving.
Portions
No matter what you order at Noah's Bagels, the portion size is a key factor in the nutritional information for your meal or snack. Most of their gourmet bagels are close to 4 oz., or four grain servings, and they have nearly 400 calories. In comparison, a slice of marble rye bread is less than 2 oz and has 160 calories. Similarly, a 1 oz. chocolate rugelach cookie has 110 calories and a single gram of saturated fat while a 3 oz. chocolate chip cookie has 360 calories and 9 g saturated fat.
Substitutions
When you eat at Noah's Bagels, you can try to improve the nutrition in your meal by adding healthier toppings or making careful substitutions. Red pepper spread as a sandwich topping has 150 calories per ounce while hummus has 45 calories per ounce. You can save calories and fat in breakfast sandwiches and wraps by ordering egg whites instead of whole eggs and having vegetables instead of cheese or bacon. You can also choose fruit or yogurt for sides instead of potato or egg salad which are high in saturated fat.
Beverages
The drinks from Noah's Bagels vary widely in their nutritional information and you can end up with a drink high in calories, fat and sugar. An 18 oz. order of café caramel, a frozen blended drink, has 620 calories, 13 g fat and 66 g sugar. You can reduce the sugar and fat in coffee drinks skim milk and sugar free flavor syrups. Also, water, plain hot tea or coffee and diet soda have no calories.
Tips
There are some steps you can take to improve the nutritional value of your order from Noah's Bagels. Before you visit the restaurant, you can go online to check the nutritional information so that you can plan your order to fit within your dietary needs. The American Heart Association has some general suggestions such as avoiding fried foods and sticking with healthier toppings like vegetables instead of fatty extras like bacon. You can also make better choices such as ordering a whole grain bagel for breakfast instead of a large muffin or pastry.
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