The best and worst airline food of 2017 revealed

A diet expert has some food for thought for flyers – which airlines offer the best and worst food. Every year Dr Charles Platkin, a lecturer at the City University of New York School of Public Health, investigates the nutritional value of snacks and meals offered by 12 US and Canadian carriers and provides a calorie breakdown of what’s available.  And this year’s results are out, with the food served on Delta and Virgin America flights rated the best.(dailymail)

The 2017 Annual Airline Food Investigation published on dietdetective.com rates both airlines four out of five.  Dr Platkin praises Delta and Virgin America for not only offering healthy snacks and meals but also being very forthcoming with the nutritional information about all of their items

According dietdetective.com The Thanksgiving holiday season is traditionally the busiest travel time of the year, and 2017 is expected to be the busiest since about 2005. Airlines for America (A4A), the industry trade organization for the leading U.S. airlines, predicts that 28.5 million passengers will travel on U.S. airlines during the 12-day Thanksgiving travel period. This number is up 3 percent from 2016 and represents an increase of 69,000 daily passengers compared to the 2016 Thanksgiving travel period.

Once again we contacted the airlines to request nutrition information for the foods they serve and make available for purchase to economy-class passengers on domestic flights and gathered data stored on websites and other online resources to bring you the 2017-2018 Airline Food Survey.

Best and worst airlines for healthy meals

Delta: 4 stars

Virgin America: 4 stars

Air Canada: 3.75 stars

JetBlue: 3.75 stars

Alaska Airlines: 3.5 stars

United Airlines: 2.75 stars

American: 2.5 stars

Frontier Air: 2.25 stars

Southwest Airlines: 2 stars

Allegiant Air: 1.75 stars

Spirit Airlines: 1.75 stars

Hawaiian Airlines: 1 star​

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