Vegan and vegetarian diets seduce schools of Muggia

Vegan and vegetarian diets seduce schools of Muggia

Lisa Simpson MujaVegHere is the article OF RICCARDO Tosques PUBLISHED ON DAILY SMALL, WITH THANKS FOR GRANTING

MUGGIA. Menu vegetarians, vegans and gluten. These are the new proposals from the school canteen Milje that are slowly gaining ground in the various schools in the coastal town. The school meals service, Muggia that caters to almost 1000 families, in fact, it offers a menu based on a four weeks and two different seasons (September to January and from February to June) with an assortment of dishes that meet the highest possible variety, either from a strictly nutritional point of view both of the recipes used.

But in addition to traditional meals, Muggia are special menus available on the basis of young people's diets users. Currently are in fact prepared diets vegetarian and vegan, but also those devoid of pork, devoid of red meat and gluten. For now six families who they have decided to adopt a vegan menu for their children, four vegetarians, you favor the diet without pork, two without red meat and five coeliacs. Numbers that could be set to rise after this first year of probation, so much so that the Minister of Education Luca Gandini has announced that from next school year, at the request of some parents, Vegetarian diets also be introduced for users of the nest.

The meals for school catering have increased a lot over the years, just think that, only for the Comprehensive School "Giovanni Lucio", in 2011, the meals were paid 63 thousand 642, figure that in the following year came to almost 86 thousand and that since then is growing. "A service that is not only grew numerically, but also in terms of quality and proximity to users', points out Gandini.

The company Sodexo, indeed, awarded the contract of the school catering service, He has proposed two projects of computerization, called "iPhoneCall" and "Ethics Solutions" that with different methodologies manage the presence / absence of the users, the calculation of the amount due. The computerization of the service has facilitated the payment of fees can – while holding the families updated on the situation in a timely manner – providing different payment methods such as Rid, wire transfers and even cash payments at no extra charge. "We have thus provided the opportunity to pay in installments families pay the fee in a manner appropriate to their needs and at the same time to bring down the costs of commissions over the years have become more and more burdensome", specific Gandini.

The commitment has been growing, therefore, both on a purely technical level related to the management of meals and on the Financial Entity for the cost of the meal coverage that only partially, the average size of 60%, It is borne by households. "A service increasingly appreciated that over the years has, indeed, significantly expanded going to support the needs contextually received from school: has been, therefore, particularly important to equip the school catering service for an adequate supply of food at meals also in the light of their increasingly be on the rise ยป, He concludes Gandini. Good also the participation of parents in the "Millo" hall attended the public meeting entitled "A healthy diet", appointment that falls between the various health food projects put in place by the City of Muggia in collaboration with Sodexo Italy and spa that aims to provide all the information and possible suggestions for a healthy diet.

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