BOSTON Au Bon Pain, the fast-casual bakery-café chain based here, has unveiled a new website, www.aubonpain.com, that features more nutritional information than did the site it replaces.
The 255-unit chain’s website includes a “Smart Menu” section, where customers can search for menu items that conform to their dietary needs as well as a list of the ingredients and nutritional content of each selection.
The site also enables users to build an entire Au Bon Pain meal and view the total nutritional content. Users of the site can select a nutritional requirement, like low sodium or high protein, and then search menu categories like soups, sandwiches or bakery for appropriate selections.
In addition, the site offers take-away menus and order pads that can be printed out and completed before placing an order. Au Bon Pain features nutrition kiosks in all of its stores, which provide nutritional and dietary information.
The company also said it will have removed 100 percent of artificial trans fats from all its products by the end of the summer.