Finnair serves heart-friendly food on European flights
Finnair will be serving heart-friendly food between 31 March and 6 April as part of the Finnish National Heart Week. Warm lunches or dinners on over two-hour European flights to Helsinki are prepared according recommendations by the Finnish Heart Association.
The main factor in heart-friendly food is the quality of fat. According to recommendations, at least two thirds of the fat should be soft vegetable fat, as this helps control cholesterol levels. On Finnair flights, margarine is served with bread and a vegetable oil dressing with the salad. The meals also look fresh and colourful.
On European flights lasting more than two hours, a warm lunch or dinner is served in Business Class. The menu includes lightly salted salmon and rye bread mousse as a starter, roasted lamb with red onion sauce, mashed potatoes and steamed vegetables as main course, and a berry timbale as dessert. Coffee and tea are also served. The Heart Week is also acknowledged in Economy Class, where beef is served with red onion sauce, mashed potatoes and vegetables. A typical Finnish rye bread with margarine is also available. The passengers are informed about the Heart Week theme by announcements onboard and by menu cards in Business Class.
Finnair Plc
Communications
30.3.2006
Additional information: Product Manager Mari Luojus tel. +358 9 818 8841 or Finnair Media Desk tel. +358 9 818 4020,
