Interview with Elissa Yotsuji

I spoke with Elissa about the nutritional values of items sold at the Davenport Coffee lounge, a small cafe located in American University's International Studies building:

Do you think the foods available at the Davenport are generally healthy?
-No, probably not. I'd say we have healthy options.

Would you say a large amount of the snacks you sell are high in trans fats?
-No. I don't think any of our foods have trans fats, though, we don't know the nutritional information of our baked goods. It's mostly fried and highly processed foods that have trans fats, and we don't have that sort of thing.

Do you think avoiding trans fats is the responsibility of the company or the individual?
- The individual. It would be different if AU only had one place to find food, and it didn't have any healthy options, but that's just not the case. You don't have to have that Krispy Kream dough nut, you can reach for the Odwalla bar instead.

But if these options weren't available wouldn't that help people make better decisions?
-Unless we get rid of all the trans fats in the world, I don't think so.