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Welcome to Kids LiveWellSM

The National Restaurant Association’s Kids LiveWell (KLW) programmakes it easy for restaurant operators to offer and promote better-for-you meals to parents and children dining in their restaurants.  

The Association works with leading restaurant brands and independent scientific experts to identify menu options that meet added sugar, sodium, fat, and calorie thresholds established by the latest nutrition science. 

Participating restaurants offer a minimum of 2 meals and 2 sides that have undergone rigorous dietary analysis by Registered Dietitians. This ensures the meals align with the current nutrition science, including the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, published by the U.S. Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Health and Human Services  (HHS) every five years.  

Participating restaurants also commit to a default beverage policy that puts water, milk, and juice first, with other beverages available on request. 

Parents can look for the KLW logo beside items on the menus at many leading restaurant brands, including:  

KLW Participating Brands
  • Applebees Logo
  • Bonefish Grill
  • Buffalo Wild Wings Logo
  • Burger King Logo
  • Carrabbas Logo
  • Chipotle Logo
  • Compass Group Logo
  • Dennys Logo
  • Dolphin Bar and Shrimp House Logo
  • Firebirds logo
  • FirstWatch
  • Flemings Logo
  • Golden Corral logo
  • Joes-Crab-Shack logo
  • Outback Steakhouse logo
  • Panda Express Logo
  • Silver Diner Logo
  • Subway Logo


In addition, Compass Group offers clients two KLW-approved meals and side as part of the following brands: Bon Appetit Management Company, Levy Restaurants, Restaurant Associations, and Wolfgang Puck Catering Division. 

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  • Kellanova is a leading company in global snacking, international cereal and noodles, plant-based foods and North American frozen breakfast, with iconic, world-class brands. We are dedicated to helping foodservice operators stay ahead of consumer cravings and meet their demands by inspiring culinary innovations. We win through our customers and partners by sharing insights, flavor and forms trends, menu solutions and activation of our iconic brands in unique ways. Kellanova has long been committed to nurturing our communities and the planet. In doing so, we are also helping protect long-term availability of the ingredients we use in our foods and the livelihoods of the people who grow them.

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