9 Pics That Show What Kids Get For School Lunches In Different Countries
Debates and initiatives over school lunches in the United States have remained in the public dialogue over the years, and for a good reason. The National School Lunch Program (NPL), which provides low-cost or free lunches, serves an upwards of 31 million students at 92 percent of U.S. public and private schools.
This means the dietary restrictions and provisions of NPL should be of concern to most U.S parents. Well, Sweetgreen, a chain of salad restaurants, that runs the Sweetgreen in Schools program meant to educate kids about healthy eating, fitness, and sustainability, created a photo series to show what kids around the world eat for lunch – and compared to the U.S these schools are serving up gourmet meals. Scroll down below to compare plates!
Italy
Local fish on a bed of arugula, pasta with tomato sauce, caprese salad, baguette and some grapes
Finland
Pea soup, beet salad, carrot salad, bread and pannakkau (dessert pancake) with fresh berries
France
Steak, carrots, green beans, cheese and fresh fruit
Brazil
Pork with mixed veggies, black beans and rice, salad, bread and baked plantains
South Korea
Fish soup, tofu over rice, kimchi and fresh veggies
Greece
Baked chicken over orzo, stuffed grape leaves, tomato and cucumber salad, fresh oranges, and greek yogurt with pomegranate seeds
Ukraine
Mashed potatoes with sausage, borscht, cabbage and syrniki (a dessert pancake)
Spain
Sautéed shrimp over brown rice and vegetables, gazpacho, fresh peppers, bread and an orange
USA
Fried ‘popcorn’ chicken, mashed potatoes, peas, fruit cup and a chocolate chip cookie
greek here, i've seen actual school lunches, they look nothing like that.
What do they look like? (I'm curious!) to me all these look like local dishes, served on a "school lunch tray" - but far from truth.
and yes, in France you gives knives to children since 3 years old! i don't know how but there are no murders... They just eat. Sometimes there is a joke, but about water because "lancelot" from king Arthur, "lance l'eau" means "spill the water "on the face of course, then you ask some questions about a book and when the person say "spill the water", you spill it!
there is no "school lunch tray" in France. but a tray if you are older than 1O, above, this is table served. But this is eventually the same, a glass, to fill with water, a plate, a fork, a knife, a teaspoon and a starter (vegetables or charcuterie), a meat or fish and some vegetables or rice, pasta, potatoes, then a cheese (that's not a myth, and i don't eat cheese and some teachers made me: force-feeding) and a dairy and a fruit. that's the average lunch in France(unless force-feeding), i lived in different places.
boiled brocolli or carrots in plastic containers, an orange, boiled fish....bland stuff like that. tasteless both to the eye and to the mouth
I live in Spain. Where the heck did this person even get the idea that schools would be serving sautéed SHRIMP at lunch???
Ahahah I thought the same thing xD that's just so unreal XD come on!!!
In France we have shrimps as a starter(entire shrimps, cold), for elderly and hospitals( this is the same hospital who make food for several facilities where i live), but for kids shrimps are in the sauce with a fish, or as a fish in a sauce, often with rice. Just without exoskelettons for kids.
Wtf is "sauteed shrimp" anyway, in my school we had lentejas, comida de viejas xD and thank god cause kids in africa had nothing to it.
... shrimp that's been sauteed...
I really doubt that every child, in these countries, get these kind of school dinners.. To me, it looks like these dinners represent the food of that country and the 'ideal ' school dinner.
In Finland every kid gets a warm lunch every day for free. But it looks nothing like the picture.
France: Tomatoes salad with braised beef and carrots, then cheese (of course right) and apricots with light syrup; The bread is always on demand. 20181003_1...3dcf22.jpg
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dont recall EVER being given salad at lunch - or even fresh fruit before age 12 - you just ate what you were given becausue you were hungry -sago and tapioca was wonderful with a scoop of jam on the side
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You'd be wrong. Don't judge other countries by the crappy garbage we give kids here.
i rember infant school meals - age 7 totaally unchewable "braised "steak" - like Chaplin trying to eat his boot
greek here, i've seen actual school lunches, they look nothing like that.
What do they look like? (I'm curious!) to me all these look like local dishes, served on a "school lunch tray" - but far from truth.
and yes, in France you gives knives to children since 3 years old! i don't know how but there are no murders... They just eat. Sometimes there is a joke, but about water because "lancelot" from king Arthur, "lance l'eau" means "spill the water "on the face of course, then you ask some questions about a book and when the person say "spill the water", you spill it!
there is no "school lunch tray" in France. but a tray if you are older than 1O, above, this is table served. But this is eventually the same, a glass, to fill with water, a plate, a fork, a knife, a teaspoon and a starter (vegetables or charcuterie), a meat or fish and some vegetables or rice, pasta, potatoes, then a cheese (that's not a myth, and i don't eat cheese and some teachers made me: force-feeding) and a dairy and a fruit. that's the average lunch in France(unless force-feeding), i lived in different places.
boiled brocolli or carrots in plastic containers, an orange, boiled fish....bland stuff like that. tasteless both to the eye and to the mouth
I live in Spain. Where the heck did this person even get the idea that schools would be serving sautéed SHRIMP at lunch???
Ahahah I thought the same thing xD that's just so unreal XD come on!!!
In France we have shrimps as a starter(entire shrimps, cold), for elderly and hospitals( this is the same hospital who make food for several facilities where i live), but for kids shrimps are in the sauce with a fish, or as a fish in a sauce, often with rice. Just without exoskelettons for kids.
Wtf is "sauteed shrimp" anyway, in my school we had lentejas, comida de viejas xD and thank god cause kids in africa had nothing to it.
... shrimp that's been sauteed...
I really doubt that every child, in these countries, get these kind of school dinners.. To me, it looks like these dinners represent the food of that country and the 'ideal ' school dinner.
In Finland every kid gets a warm lunch every day for free. But it looks nothing like the picture.
France: Tomatoes salad with braised beef and carrots, then cheese (of course right) and apricots with light syrup; The bread is always on demand. 20181003_1...3dcf22.jpg
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dont recall EVER being given salad at lunch - or even fresh fruit before age 12 - you just ate what you were given becausue you were hungry -sago and tapioca was wonderful with a scoop of jam on the side
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
You'd be wrong. Don't judge other countries by the crappy garbage we give kids here.
i rember infant school meals - age 7 totaally unchewable "braised "steak" - like Chaplin trying to eat his boot