High street coffee shops cut down on salt and fat

London: Seven coffee shop and food chains on Saturday promised to cut the level of salt and fat in their produce as part of a healthy eating campaign.

Starbucks, Costa Coffee, Pret A Manger, Caffe Nero, Eat, Greggs and BB's will display nutritional information alongside cakes and sandwiches.

The Government's Food Standards Agency yesterday revealed that Pret a Manger would display calorie counts, Starbucks would change at least 10 best-selling products and Eat would make sandwiches, soups and salads healthier.

Costa Coffee will only sell food rated healthy by the FSA and Greggs will remove hydrogenated fat, artificial colourings and flavourings from its pies.

The shops' promises come amid concern that consumers underestimate calories in high street coffee shop food.

A large coffee and a muffin at Costa Coffee or Starbucks can contain more than 1,000 calories about half of an adult's recommended daily intake.