Why the HealthyDining benefit?

These days, more people rely on convenience meals and fast foods instead of home cooked meals. To prevent the negative health effects of choosing unhealthy meals when eating out, Vitality has partnered with four popular restaurant chains, Uber Eats and convenience and ready made meal partners.

Through these partnerships, we want to encourage members to choose healthier meals even when eating out or ordering in. We do this by offering rewards for choosing healthier menu options. In the process, we're also educating members and their children on healthy eating, even when they are dining out.

What is the convenience and ready made meals partner benefit about?

Select a qualifying convenience or ready made meal from one of our new partners, UCOOK and Frozen for You, and get up to 25% back on your qualifying HealthyDining meal choices.

What qualifies as a Vitality healthy convenience or ready made meal?

Certain meals are immediately excluded. These include:

• Meals with any amount of processed meats (such as ham, sausages, bacon).
• A meal with a main element that is deep fried or battered or crumbed, including chips.
• Meals including large amounts of red meat (like beef, lamb, pork).

If a meal does not contain any of these, we apply nutrient profiling which is a scientific method that objectively evaluates the meal. This is based on the quantity of salty ingredients, added sugar, saturated (unhealthy) fat, type of grain and quantity of vegetables, fruit, legumes, nuts or any combination of these. In this way, we can make sure that the healthy ingredients in a meal outweigh any unhealthy ingredients.

How does the HealthyDining benefit work?

Following the success of Vitality's HealthyFood benefit, Vitality now offers HealthyDining to reward you even further when making healthier choices.

With the HealthyDining benefit, you can get up to 25% back by making healthy meal choices and 50% back for children aged 12 years or under when ordering in or dining out at selected restaurant partners. This also applies when you buy qualifying convenience and ready made meals at our new partners. Keep a look out for the Vitality HealthyDining indicator on all qualifying items.

How do I activate HealthyDining?

You first need to make sure you have the Discovery app. Download the latest version of the Discovery app and log in with your unique username and password.

When the HealthyDining benefit is opened in the app for the first time, you will need to follow these four easy steps:

• Select Vitality and then HealthyDining to activate the benefit.
• Fill in your details and select your preferred reward account details.
• Review and accept the terms and conditions.
• After successfully completing these steps you would have activated the HealthyDining benefit and can navigate to find more information.
  • Your HealthyDining benefit is active to use in a restaurant.
  • You need to link your Uber Eats account separately in the Discovery app to earn your rewards.
  • To link to our convenience and ready made meal partners you need to create an account or login on the partner's website, verify your Vitality account to get your rewards.

How do I link my Uber Eats account to my HealthyDining benefit?

Once you have activated the HealthyDining benefit on the Discovery app, you can scroll to the Uber Eats section. Select Link Uber Eats account and tap the Uber Eats tab at the bottom of the screen. Select Open and it will automatically open the Uber Eats app. Then select Add promo to link your account

What qualifies as a Vitality healthy meal?

The selection criteria for foods included are currently based on internationally accepted dietary guidelines. The HealthyDining catalogue covers all qualifying healthy meals and can be accessed online at a later stage. Qualifying meals have therefore been selected as follows:

• To encourage members to eat more vegetables, we have included qualifying salads per restaurant partner, even with dressing, as long as they do not contain processed meats or too many salty ingredients. Examples of processed meats are bacon, ham, and sausages such as salami and chorizo, among others.
• Vegetables are healthy as long as they are prepared in a healthy way and do not include large amounts of added fat or salt.
• Alternatives to regular pasta, for example zucchetti or wholewheat pasta are healthy if served with a tomato-based sauce and without processed meat.
• Grilled fish, seafood or chicken is healthy as long as the side dish is vegetable-based and prepared in a healthy way, for example roasted or stir-fried vegetables or a salad. No chips.
• Starches such as brown rice, quinoa, bulgur wheat, rye bread, seed loaves and wholewheat wraps are healthy options.
• Wholegrain starches such as brown rice, quinoa, bulgur wheat, rye bread, seed loaves and wholewheat wraps are healthy options.
• We have selected pizza as a healthy meal if:
  • The base is small and the pizza is served with a salad.
  • The base is unrefined and the toppings do not include extra cheese or processed meat.
• Burgers are heathy if you have them without a bun or on a wholewheat bun, and if they are plain or include only healthy extras such as avocado. With processed meat and extra cheese added, they are no longer healthy.
• We haven't included options that allow for own combinations as healthy meals, for example where you can build your own salad or pizza. This is because there are too many possible combinations and options to include unhealthy items.

Are healthy desserts and drinks part of the benefit?

Water remains the healthiest choice for staying hydrated, so we have not included other beverages in the HealthyDining benefit. There may be some healthy desserts such as fruit salad or baked fruit on the menus, but most desserts are high in sugar and energy. For this reason, we have excluded all dessert options from the benefit.

What about healthy meals for children?

• We have selected grilled, baked or scrambled meals, and not battered, crumbed and deep-fried options.
• Side options include vegetables and salads, but not chips, as they are prepared in an unhealthy way.
• We have included refined grains such as regular pasta, wraps, brown bread and rice as healthy meals for children if served with a healthy filling or sauce and in moderate portions.
  (Encouraging children to make small behavioural changes can improve the overall nutritional quality of their meals when eating out. We understand that in reality it is sometimes difficult to convince children to go for the healthiest options, and we want to meet members on that level. We believe this is a more effective approach to encouraging healthier eating, and we will continue to work with restaurants to improve the variety and health of children's menus.)
• We have excluded processed meats (sausages, ham, bacon, salami, chorizo, etc.)..
• As it is important to encourage children to drink plain water when they are thirsty, we have not included any beverages.

Are combo meals part of HealthyDining?

When ordering combo meals, the main meal item as well as each side item selected must be healthy to qualify for rewards. If, for example, the main item is healthy, but all or some of the side orders are not, or the side orders are healthy but the main item is not, then the entire combo meal will not qualify for rewards.

Is there a penalty for ordering unhealthy menu items?

No, the HealthyDining benefit only rewards healthy choices; it does not penalise unhealthy choices. We award rewards for the healthy meals ordered, and we do not deduct from your reward amount if you have ordered a meal (or even dessert or beverage) that is not healthy.

Are the same menu items available through Uber Eats and when eating out the partner restaurants?

No. The restaurants select only those menu items that retain their quality and taste when being prepared in the restaurant and then transported by Uber Eats to your destination. Some healthy menu items that are available in restaurants are not available for ordering through Uber Eats.

Do I get Vitality points for ordering healthy meals?

No, we do not award Vitality points for healthy meals; we give you rewards. The best way to maximise your rewards is by doing your Vitality Health Check. The points you will obtain by doing your Vitality Health Check will increase the percentage you can get back for HealthyDining. This applies not only to the Principal member, but for all dependents on the Vitality policy.

How long will it take to get my reward?

We aim to process bills and till slips within 24 hours after receiving a successful submission. We will pay your reward according to your monthly Vitality reward cycle.

What happens if my reward amount is over the monthly limit?

You will receive rewards up to your monthly limit. Amounts over the limit fall away.

To which account does my reward get paid into?

Vitality Health member

Your HealthyDining reward will be paid into the nominated reward account we have on record provided that the amount exceeds R20. If your reward is less than R20, this will be carried over to the following month and paid out with the next month's reward (provided the amount exceeds R20). We may change this minimum amount at any time. Reward payments carried over do not earn interest.

If you have not specified a reward account, you need to provide the details of your preferred bank account, or change your banking details, on the Discovery website or app.

Discovery Bank client

Your HealthyDining reward will be paid out as Discovery Miles into your Discovery Miles account. The minimum rule of R20 does not apply.

View reward amount

Log in to the Discovery App and select Vitality Health > HealthyDining to view your monthly reward.

If I buy from a HealthyDining partner several times in a day, do I get rewards each time?

You can get rewarded more than once a day at different partners but not for buying from the same partner on the same day. Each day, we use the first receipt you send in that day for each partner to calculate your reward.