Roly Poly Restaurants offer wide varieties of sandwich, soup and salad menu items that help your satisfy your daily nutritional requirements. Sandwiches come rolled in wheat or white tortillas. Many feature lean meats and flavorful, low-calorie sauces. Soups and salads offer nutrient-dense choices. Dieters and healthy eaters will appreciate the Roly Poly choices that are low in fat, sodium and calories. These three elements are recommended for a healthy diet in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
Features
Because the franchise claims to offer "healthy" sandwiches on its website, by U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) law, it must disclose nutrition facts. Roly Poly restaurants offer several menu items that fall under the USDA's definitions of low fat, low sodium and low calorie. Roly Poly also offers dishes that are a less healthy option. The real hallmark of the menu is its emphasis on flavor, variety and fresh ingredients. The USDA encourages these attributes in your diet because they support optimum nutrition while allowing less room on your plate for undesirable nutrients.
Types
Among sandwiches, soups and salads, Roly Poly Restaurants' nutrition facts reveal that the healthiest menu choices are sandwiches. Those with the lowest fat include Ultimate Veggie (180 calories, 1 g total fat), Tuscan Turkey (219 calories, 2 g fat) and Oriental Chicken (269 calories, 4 g fat). Soup nutrition facts place Garden Vegetable (60 calories and 0 g fat) and Mexican Style Chicken Tortilla (130 calories and 3 g fat) among the menu items that are lowest in calories and fat, but high in salt. Due to the dressing component, the only low-fat salad on the menu is the Just Veggies Salad (95 calories, 0 g fat). Compare this to Roly Poly's highest-fat salad, Walnut Spinach Salad (420 calories, 33 g fat), which adds meat, cheese and high-calorie avocado.
Size
The wraps used by Roly Poly restaurants limit sandwich size and therefore calories, fat and sodium. Tortillas are 100 g each. A sandwich, such as the Tuscan Turkey, holds enough smoked turkey breast, spinach, tomato, artichoke hearts, roasted red pepper, onions and tomato basil dressing to fill a rolled tortilla. Soup serving sizes are 6 oz.; salad portions are undisclosed.
Benefits
Beneficial nutrients are found in all of the franchise's menu items. The FDA only requires disclosure of certain key nutrients, including fat and salt. The USDA Nutrient Database, however, provides full nutrition information for Roly Poly ingredients. For instance, the Tuscan Turkey sandwich will also provide you with Vitamin A, magnesium, potassium and iron.
Considerations
The biggest drawback to Roly Poly nutrition is the salt content of many menu choices, including salads. Check the nutrition facts before ordering what you think is a healthy soup or salad. Some contain more than 50 percent of your allowed daily value (DV) of sodium, set at 2,300 mg by the USDA. Baja Chicken Enchilada soup (1180 mg sodium) and Alpine Chef Salad (1557 mg sodium), while low in calories, are high in salt.
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