Healthy Hunger Relief

Food Bank of Alaska

2019 Progress Report

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Year Committed: 2018
Length of Commitment: 3 years
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Committed to evaluating and improving the nutritional quality of food distributed and to increasing demand for healthier choices among partners, staff, and recipients.

Verified Results

  • Implementation Date

    July 2019

    Reporting Date

    June 2019

    Commitment Element

    Implement a system to quantitatively evaluate the nutritional quality of at least fifty percent (50%) of food in inventory based on the US Dietary Guidelines.

    Progress To Date

    The Food Bank of Alaska has implemented the CHOP system. They submitted 6 months of data (November 2018-April 2019). They ranked 43% of their inventory. Within the ranked foods, 64% are high nutritional value, 24% are medium nutritional value, and 12% are low nutritional value.

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