What is eaten in schools in different countries. School breakfasts around the world

The nutrition of children is an important issue, because not only the health of these same children, but also, in a global perspective, the health of the whole nation depends on it. Here and the education of taste, and the establishment of eating habits, and teaching schoolchildren the principles of proper nutrition. It is interesting that in different countries all this is radically different, and a high standard of living does not at all mean the impeccability of school lunches and the approach to the principles of developing children's diets. Let's see what they feed secondary school students in the 12 most famous states of our world.

Iran

By law, all children under 14 in Iran are entitled to a mug of milk, some pistachios, fresh fruit and a biscuit every day. But moms often give them a lunchbox to go. This is rice, tomato and lamb kebab.

South Korea

The school food system in South Korea is one of the best in the world. In the lower large holes, as a rule, soup and a side dish (usually rice) are placed, in the upper holes - salads, seafood, vegetables and fruits. Thin children are given fish oil in measuring spoons. Popular dishes: kimchi, sesame leaves stuffed with rice in honey sauce, potato and pumpkin soup, fritters with green onion, pepper and octopus, cucumber and carrot salad.

Japan

The approach to nutrition is about the same as in South Korea: be sure to have hot soup, rice, some meat, salad and milk. Students are not allowed to bring their own food until they are in high school. Canteens do not have vending machines. Schoolchildren do not eat in the cafeteria. They put on white coats, pick up food and set the table in the classroom.

Great Britain

Fried potatoes, carrots, rice porridge, vegetable salad, fruit and Belgian waffle in chocolate icing. The budget of many schools is limited, so fast food is more often offered to children. Kids love it, it's cheap to make.

USA

This is what lunch looks like in Utah. Peaches, corn, chicken and soup. In American schools, food is different. Often these are fast food and convenience foods that children love: nuggets, french fries, pizza. Parents are more likely to give their kids lunchboxes to school.

Türkiye

Lunch prepared at home for a schoolboy. Rye bread, walnuts, grapes, apple, pomegranate and kefir. Anything that stimulates the brain.

Thailand

Pork in sweet and sour sauce, rice and pudding in banana leaves are on the menu today.

France

Lunch at a school in the west of France. Fish, spinach, potatoes, lettuce, cheese and bread. Considered the main meal of the day. The lunch break lasts from one to two hours. Students are allowed to go home during this period.

Finland

Responsible for the nutrition of schoolchildren. Each child is entitled to snacks during morning and evening classes, as well as lunch. Children have lunch in the dining room, each independently chooses from the proposed variety of dishes. Each school will accommodate if the child has a special diet for health reasons or religious beliefs. In the picture: meatballs with sauce, potatoes, salad, muesli.

Russia

In Russia, children in schools receive free breakfast in the morning from 9.00 to 12.00. Lunches in the afternoon are paid, but it is not always clear where lunch is and where breakfast is. For example, in this sausage - buckwheat porridge and tea.

Hungary

Here the children are well fed. Lunch consists of noodle soup, bean stew with meat and nuts for dessert.

Israel

Fresh fruit, muesli bar, sweets and tortilla sandwiches.

My interest in the school lunch menu of the world arose after meeting the blog of a 9-year-old schoolgirl from Scotland Martha Payne which has already become popular all over the world, especially among schoolchildren. Back in April 2012, Marta started a school food blog, NeverSeconds, in which she regularly posted photos of her lunches and reasoning about how healthy they are. After some time, the school principal decided to ban the girl from taking pictures in the canteen, but there was no stopping her: children from all over the world began to send her photos of their school lunches, Martha received more than 10 million views, Scottish parents began to protest against harmful chocolate milk in the school diet , and British newspapers dubbed Martha "the new Jamie Oliver." Now the schoolgirl participates in the Mary's Meal charity program and saves starving children in Malawi, and a book about her and her blog has become a bestseller in England.

And it all started with the fact that Martha took a camera from her father and began to photograph her school lunches. Moreover, she introduced a 10-point rating scale, in the comments to the dishes she described what her portioned lunch consisted of, the taste of the ingredients, whether a hair was found, and even how many pieces would need to be taken from a fork or spoon to eat the entire dish.

1. Scotland.

The first photo was of a slice of pizza and a potato meatball, along with sweet corn and cookies for dessert.

Martha wrote: “The benefit of this blog is that now dad understands why I am hungry when I come home. She also complained about poor satiety: “I'm a growing child and I need to be concentrated during the day, but I can't do it on one meatball. Do any of you think he can?"

On the west coast of Scotland, where Martha lives, standards for school meals vary. Martha, with the permission of her teachers, took pictures of her £2 school lunches and gave them a grade. Says Marta: “When I started posting these photos, I thought only my family and friends would see them, so I was very surprised that so many people are worried about school meals. When I posted pictures of tea on my blog, the number of views exceeded 1 million!

The news of a student being banned from posting photos of her own meals has sparked criticism from bloggers and Martha Payne's father. Petitions were even sent to the school demanding that the ban on photographing lunches in the school cafeteria be lifted. This extraordinary decision of the local authorities was also widely covered by local newspapers.

Hot dog, corn, croquette and dessert.

Local authorities did not take into account the strength and speed of reaction of social networks. Just a couple of days after the ban was introduced, Argyle and Bute County Superintendent Roddy McQuish acknowledged the mistake and ordered the ban lifted. “I changed my mind,” he admitted. “Censorship has no place in our district.”

Authorities have lifted a controversial ruling that banned a nine-year-old student from posting photos of her school lunches on her blog. The Telegraph newspaper writes about this with reference to a high-ranking representative of the district administration.

Potato, pineapple, carrot sticks, pepper, ham and dessert.

By the way, Martha's mother works as a medical practitioner. The girl herself began to write because she was interested in journalism. The girl's father admitted to the press: “I'm shocked. Never thought to attract so much interest."
Since then, Marta has been quietly leading a blog so beloved by many.

Shepherd's pie with minced meat in gravy, fresh cabbage salad, cucumber, cake and melon.

Chicken noodle soup, rice, corn, vegetable spring rolls, milk chocolate shake.

One of Martha's favorite meals: Chicken curry, rice, broccoli, shortbread and ice cream.

Martha with actor Benedict Cumberbatch.

Now consider school lunches from other countries.

2. Finland.

Vegetarian soup with sausage, rye bread with cheese, cucumber and milk.

Braised sauerkraut with lingonberry jam; salad of cabbage, cucumber and grapes; milk.

Salad, curry chicken, served with beans and carrots, pudding, milk.
Here we need a little digression. In Finnish schools, there is no rigid menu - the children themselves choose from several dishes what they want to eat. The task of the teachers is to convince the children that 50 percent of the dinner should be salads and other healthy foods. Since school in Finland starts at the age of 5, the understanding of the “right” food is formed quite early.

Vegetable soup with potatoes, carrots, onions, broccoli and zucchini, rye bread, cheese and tomato.
Another small digression. In Finland the school day is usually short, sometimes up to 12 noon. Therefore, lunch is not so voluminous :)

Fried fish with pesto sauce; potato; salad with watermelon, cucumber and peach; milk.

3. USA.

Spokane, Washington. Cheese, lettuce, turkey, kiwi and cauliflower.

Chicago, Illinois. Spaghetti bolognese, fruits and vegetables.

Austin, Texas. Turkey salad, mashed potatoes, peach pie, iced tea.

Spaghetti, salad, lollipops, chocolate drink.

Atlanta, Georgia. Jewish school. The cost is $5.5. Beef tacos, rice, crispy noodles, hummus, seeds, chicken noodle soup.

San Diego. Chili with bread, salad bar, pineapples and milk.

4. Great Britain.

Canteens have a vegetarian option on the menu (there are many Hindus in schools in the United Kingdom). Usually this peas, baked potatoes, quiche. Option: instead of potatoes, you can have cauliflower with cheese.
For ordinary students, as a rule, - sausage, hamburger or chicken nuggets, salad, apples.

Village of the West Midlands, England. Whole grain bread with lettuce and ham; apple and grapes; a cup of vegetables (tomatoes, radishes, sweet peppers);

5. Japan.

Sendai. Fish, seaweed, rice with tofu and egg, soup, salad with sesame dressing.

Yokohama. Pickled daikon radish, sour plum, konnyaku jelly (um... such a chewy extract from plants, as I understand it), green carrots, beans, garlic, white fish, vegetables and eggs boiled in soy glaze. In general, one burda :)))

Fried fish, dried seaweed, tomatoes, miso soup with potatoes, rice, milk.

Kagoshima. Rice, chicken soup, fried flying fish, steamed vegetables, milk. The cost is $2.9.

Fukushima.

Nagano.

6. China.

Nanning, Guangxi. Soup, pork with rice. The cost is 8 yuan or 0.80 euros.

Shanghai, German school. Sausage with French fries, carrot salad, a piece of cake.

7. Taiwan.

8. Germany.

Frankfurt am Main. Rye-wheat bread with butter, clementine, pomegranate seeds, homemade Turkish meatballs, candies. Cost: about 1.50€ (£1.20).

Rye-wheat bread with butter and gouda bunny cheese, cherry tomatoes and grape-cheese-sticks. Cost: about 1.30€ (£1.04).

Hamm, a city in western Germany. There is no canteen, only a cafe.

9. Israel.

Falafel, pita pieces, yoghurt with cucumber sauce, herbs.

10. Czech.

Vegetable soup with semolina, beef with garlic, served with spinach and potato dumplings, orange.

Vegetable soup with dumplings; fish stew with mashed potatoes, peas and tomatoes.

Vegetable soup, Mexican rice with beans and corn, canned pineapples and peaches, lemon water.

Beef soup with noodles and carrots; fried steak with mashed potatoes; beets, celery salad, hot fruit drink.

11. Brazil.

Meat with rice, green salad, pudding, strawberry juice.

Fish, potatoes, tomatoes and bell peppers, rice, beans, zucchini. The cost is around R$10.00 (£3.16, $5).

12. South Korea.

Seoul. Rice, Kimchi soup, pork, fried dried seaweed, tofu with soy sauce, sweet rice cake. The cost is 2500 won or $2.5.

White rice, lettuce, shrimp, fried ketchup patties, kimchi and soup with pork bones and potatoes. The cost is the same, $2.5.

Fried rice with dried seaweed; soy paste stewed with green pumpkin, mushrooms and potatoes; kimchi radish, corn, cottage cheese casserole and grapes.

13.Spain.

Barcelona. Fried fish with tomatoes and lettuce, bread, apple.

Barcelona.

Cream of zucchini soup with fried bread; sea ​​scallop with lettuce.

Catalan soup, grilled chicken breast with french fries.

Paella (rice with carrots, zucchini and pork loin), meatballs with potatoes.

14.Singapore.

Meat, rice, lettuce, melon.

15. India.

Chennai. Lentil soup, pumpkin salad (local variety), rice, cottage cheese, and semolina dessert (kesari), kefir.

Bangalore, Canadian International School. Fish nuggets, spring rolls, lettuce, noodles, melons, figs.

16. France.

Chicken nuggets with French fries and broccoli, bread, pasta with vegetables, salad and a slice of cake.

17. Sweden.

Vegetarian option: potatoes, coleslaw and beans, crackers and lingonberry juice.

18.Cuba.

Beans, rice, fried banana, a piece of fish.

19. Australia.

Pancakes with smoked salmon and cream cheese; grape tomatoes, strawberries. The cost is $5.

Melbourne. Chicken nuggets, banana and chips.

20. UAE.

Croissant stuffed with Middle Eastern spice mixture Za "atar, cucumber, carrot, strawberry, orange, fruit juice.

21.Ukraine.

Soup, a few pieces of sausage, pasta, pickles, bread, tea.

22. Estonia.

Tallinn. Red cabbage and beetroot salad, boiled rice, baked zucchini with cheese and tomato, cocoa. The cost is 2.3 euros.

HOW ARE US?

23.Russia.

In Moscow, a reform of the school food system has recently taken place. The kitchens where breakfasts and lunches were prepared were closed. Food is supplied by large factories that provide the so-called "flight meals". Dishes are delivered in the morning. In school canteens, they are only warmed up.

Moscow. The usual lunch in the capital's school: soup, cutlet with pasta, some vegetables and juice for baby food.

Kemerovo.

Saint Petersburg. Some schools in the city have food from the Concord factory. The cost of lunch is 32 rubles.

Of course, there are no uniform dinners in countries. In private schools, the food is better, in public schools it is often worse. There are regions where meals are not provided at all - children bring food with them in lunch boxes. But in general, it is possible to imagine the peculiarities of lunches and the logic of doctors and cooks (in many countries, the school menu is coordinated with the sanitary services, in Russia, by the way, too).

lunch boxes .

But examples of lunches in lunch boxes that are prepared at home say a lot about the parents themselves and about their attitude to food and health, both their own and their child :))

England, Chester. Bean burger with chili sauce and cheese, shortbread.

USA. Chicken sandwich, salad, canned pineapple. The cost is $2.

USA. Dardanelles. Lake. Camp. Ramen noodles with green beans and almonds, Hawaiian mix, hot fruit juice, apple cider or hot chocolate of your choice. Cost: $2.32.

Georgia. Carrots, mixed fruits, peanut butter, bread and water.

Australia, Jakarta. Mini French toast with cream cheese and smoked salmon, fruit, carrots and yogurt.

Ireland. Croissant, apple, cucumber, croutons.

Ireland. Russian cuisine :)) Dumplings, cucumber, drinks.

Japan.

Canada. Fruits (blueberries, strawberries, raspberries), carrot sticks, peas, boiled egg and kefir.

France, Burgundy. Sandwich, carrot, apple, cheddar crackers and donut.

Sri Lanka. Rice in milk - Kiribath (traditional dish), fruits.

West Africa, Nigeria, Lagos. Jollof rice with chicken and beef. I'm surprised that in Africa they feed like that :). It's the same for lunch at school.

Of all the presented menus, I boldly choose the Czech Republic, Spain, Sweden, Finland and South Korea :))

And once again I am convinced that in the USA it is simply necessary to change the entire food system in schools, and in the bud. No wonder why there are so many fat people in the USA! All school years - continuous synthetics, chemistry and calories.

And how is it in your school, is the menu, prices satisfied?

Incredible Facts

Different countries approach the issue of school lunches in their own way, but almost everywhere they try to offer healthy food to children.

Some believe that a healthy lunch should be hearty and high-calorie, others consider the quality, not the quantity, of food to be important.

Although some children bring lunch with them, many still prefer to eat what is offered at school.

Dinners in different countries

India

Lunch at a school in Bangalore consists of rice, dessert rassogul or egg and a dish of peas.

USA

It's a Texas high school lunch that consists of ground meat tacos, potato chips, mashed potatoes, pudding, and a drink.

China

A fairly healthy lunch in China consists of fish, scrambled eggs with tomato sauce, soup, rice, cauliflower, and spinach.

Brazil

This balanced lunch is a dish of rice, beans, bread, vegetables, banana and salad.

Japan

This is a rather modest lunch in elementary school: milk, soup, bread and pickles.

Philippines

A traditional Filipino dish of rice and liver sauce doesn't look quite as satisfying.

Japan

Another school lunch from Japan consists of udon noodles, fish sausage with cheese, milk and frozen tangerine.

Ukraine

A fairly balanced lunch of mashed potatoes, sausages, cabbage, borscht and a pancake.

Iran

This is a homemade lunch that the child brought to school. It consists of rice, tomato and lamb kebab.

Spain

The Spanish school lunch looks quite attractive. It consists of shrimp, brown rice, vegetables, fresh peppers, gazpacho soup, orange and bread.

School lunches around the world

France

In France, they believe that children should be given the same dishes as adults. This lunch consists of french fries, mussels, artichoke, grapefruit half, bun and sweet pie.

Another lunch from France: baguette, couscous, salad, mixed vegetables in sauce and meat.

Czech

Lunch in the Czech Republic, although it does not look so appetizing, is quite satisfying. It consists of soup, chicken, rice, egg dessert, tea and juice.

Singapore

This lunch has an attractive appearance, although the portion does not seem very large.

Finland

Lunch at a Finnish school is salad, chicken curry and pudding, green beans and carrots, and is served with milk.

Taiwan

In Taiwan, they try to offer healthy food to children every day. However, healthy food is not always attractive.

Great Britain

In the UK, children are given enough vegetables, baked potatoes and fish for lunch.

Estonia

A rather simple lunch of meat, potatoes and carrots is offered to children in Estonia.

Thailand

School lunch in Thailand consists of pork and rice with banana leaf pudding.

South Korea

A traditional lunch at a South Korean school is pickled sesame leaves, kimchi, soy paste, served with rice and a bunch of grapes.

Guatemala

The school lunch in the town of Xalapa consists of a tortilla, a hard boiled egg, tomatoes and fruit juice.

Sweden

School lunch in Sweden: bread, coleslaw, potatoes and steamed vegetables.

China

It's lunch at a German school in Shanghai. It consists of french fries, sausage, carrots and bread, as well as pudding.

We invite you to take a look at the school lunches that are offered to children around the world. The most diverse dishes and the most unexpected sets of products - from scarce to plentiful, from quite healthy and balanced to frankly unhealthy, from rice porridge to American cheeseburgers and chocolates.

(Total 21 photos)

A country: Sweden
Compound: a dish of potatoes, cabbage and beans, as well as a cracker and berry juice.

A country: Japan
Compound: udon noodles, chikuwa (fish sausage) stuffed cheese, frozen tangerine, milk

A country: China
Compound: fish, scrambled eggs with tomato sauce, rice, spinach, cauliflower and soup.

A country: India
Compound: rice, curry sauce, masala.

A country: Great Britain
Compound: potatoes, peas, other ingredients are unfortunately not known.

A country: Tanzania
Compound: ugali (cornmeal porridge), chicken, herbs, sauce, watermelon salad.

A country: Czech Republic, Prague)
Compound: soup, rice with chicken goulash, dessert, juice and hot tea.

A country: South Korea
Compound: kimchi, pork, bean sauce (sammjang), cabbage, soup.

A country: Malawi
Compound: beans, cabbage and other vegetables.

A country: USA
Compound: cheeseburger, tater tots (melted cheese and potatoes), milk chocolate, chocolate puddings, and ketchup.

A country: Taiwan
Compound: left: pork with pineapple, radishes, carrots and green peppers, center: fried vegetables with garlic, right: fish stew with cabbage ball, carrots, mushrooms and seaweed soup with egg.

A country: Philippines
Compound: kavali (traditional Filipino pork dish), liver sauce, rice.

A country: Sweden
Compound: chicken salad, knäckebröd(?) cottage cheese, carrots and sauce.

A country: Slovakia
Compound: smoked mackerel, bread, red pepper, tomato salad, kiwi, apples, milk and cake.

A country: Malaysia
Compound: noodles with shrimp, fish and eggs, a pack of juice, and an apple.

A country: Singapore
Compound: fried anchovies, scrambled eggs, roast cabbage and tomatoes, soy sprouts and chicken chop.

It just so happens that this is the third post about food lately, I promise, I’ll stop there for now. But I just could not get past school lunches. Already the heart ached at the milk, covered with a frozen oily foam, cold eggs with a blue yolk, a slimy omelette and gelatinous porridge, which flops into a plate like a blam and does not cause appetite.

Am I the only one full of such memories of school canteens? Or were children more fortunate in other countries? The project was prepared by a group of photographers from the Associated Press organization.

Everyone knows what people eat in different countries. But everyone knows that school is a special world. And here everything is not the same as in ordinary life. But how exactly? We have collected a whole archive of photos.

Lambersart, France. She is France! Slice of grain bread, salad with celery, orange, sweet donut, rice with salmon, ratatouille. Royal table!

Buenos Aires, Argentina. The children eat Milanesa, chicken fried in eggs and breadcrumbs. And rice for a side dish.

Bamako, Mali. Fried donuts are prepared for children, sometimes they are given rice and meat. But most of the schoolchildren believe that all this is tasteless, and eat at home.

Buenos Aires, Argentina. Another school offers potatoes and pancakes with the same Milanesa.

Havana, Cuba. Children eat rice, chicken nuggets, taro root, pea soup. Bananas and orange juice are served for dessert. I think this is a great breakfast!

Jakarta, Indonesia. Here, too, healthy food is held in high esteem. Rice, meatball soup, tofu (bean curd) and vegetables.

And schoolchildren can buy pies or pancakes with seasoning for 35 kopecks.

Jammu, India. Children carry lunch from home. The composition includes pita bread, stewed turnip and mango.

Jammu, India. Schoolchildren are also given free rice with sugar. Behind him, the students stand in line and eat it along with what they took from home.

Quito, Ecuador. They offer lunch with ham, cheese, tomato and salad. Drink - from cereals. Apple.

In London, children can choose from meals prepared in the school cafeteria. For example, here is one of the standard school lunch rations. Right: Broccoli scrambled eggs, bread, fresh fruit. Left: Broccoli rice, chili sauce, quiche biscuit, banana.

Barcelona, ​​Spain. The cult of healthy eating is instilled from childhood. Children are given vegetable cream soup, fried veal, salad, bread, oranges, bananas. Incredibly delicious! Some people don't eat like that even as adults.

Madrid, Spain. Children eat scrambled eggs, vegetable soup, drink fruit yoghurts and more water.

Nablus, Palestine. Children are given sandwiches to take with them: pita bread stuffed with ground dried thyme, sesame seeds, salted and drizzled with olive oil. The mixture is called zaatar.

Paris, France. Real gourmet food. Stewed pike with green beans and champignons.

Rawalpindi, Pakistan. The kids are trying to buy fast food. There are no lunches as such, so the school principal asks parents to prepare healthy lunches for their children and monitors how they eat right in the classroom. For lunch, they give eggs, chicken meatballs, vegetables, rice, noodles, minced lamb or beef steak. Not all at once, but selectively.

Singapore. A healthy lifestyle has been actively promoted in school canteens, so now every day children are given salads from fresh vegetables and herbs, as well as bread, fruits, juices, barley and beans.

Seattle, USA. Here, children are given fried bread with cheese, corn salad, fresh carrots, applesauce or canned pears, skim milk.

The second breakfast option is a salad with chicken, which is made from nitrate-free hams, whole grain bread, fresh red pepper, peas, beans or corn. Coriander is suggested as a condiment.