More restaurants in Japan are catering to people trying to avoid fattening food. The businesses are coming out with low-calorie dishes made from healthy ingredients.
One example is a leading chain specializing in a kind of Japanese pancake called "okonomiyaki." The dish is normally made from a variety of ingredients, including vegetables, meat and seafood, and topped off with plenty of sauce and mayonnaise. The chain doubled the volume of vegetables in its dishes in April. All are domestically grown. A restaurant employee says the pancakes are unfairly seen as unhealthy, packing lots of calories.
A leading ramen chain opened a restaurant in Tokyo in April, catering to health-minded customers. The noodles contain half the normal sugar content. According to the chain's operator, customers who want to limit their sugar intake or avoid high-calorie food say they appreciate having new, healthier choices.
◆cater to ～の要求などに応じる
◆fattening 太るもとになる
◆top off [A] with [B] ＡをＢで仕上げる
◆unfairly 不当に
◆sugar content 糖含量、糖質
◆intake 摂取（量）、取り入れ（量）
