MILFORD, CT - Subway announced earlier this week that in keeping with its focus on healthier offerings, it has now added calcium and vitamin D-fortified bread to its menu.

Moving forward, every 6-inch serving of bread in U.S. Subway restaurants will provide 30 percent of the daily recommended value of calcium and 20 percent of the daily recommended value of vitamin D.

"Now, the calcium included in each 6-inch serving of bread has the nutritional equivalent of one glass of milk," said Mark Christiano, Subway??s global baking specialist. "For years, our high-quality, fresh baked bread has been a signature item for the Subway brand. It is the perfect vehicle to complete the great tasting sandwiches that people have grown accustomed to when they visit a Subway restaurant. Now, we have raised the bar in providing healthier options to consumers by fortifying our bread to include calcium and vitamin D."

"This is certainly exciting for us to now have our bread fortified with bone-building power houses calcium and vitamin D," said Subway??s corporate dietician Lanette Kovachi. "Already, each sandwich made to standard formula provides two full servings of fresh vegetables, essential nutrients vitamin A and iron and are free of artificial trans-fat and are rich in complex carbohydrates. When made on 9-Grain Wheat or Honey Oat bread, each sandwich contains at least 20% daily value of fiber."

The bread fortification is one of several steps in Subway??s nutritional platform, which also includes providing posted nutritional information as well as a variety of menu options under 400 calories and 6 grams of fat.