Display Nutrition Information for Campus Meals
Category: Catering
Voting closed
Official Update from the SU:
Your proposal was taken forward by the SU President as part of a wider University Catering consultation that has taken place over the past few months. While we understand and appreciate the intention behind making calorie and nutritional information more visible, catering services are not currently legally required to display this information. In addition, feedback highlighted that prominently displaying calorie information could be triggering or have an adverse impact on the wellbeing of some students.
Nutritional information for food items remains available upon individual request, ensuring that those who wish to access this information can do so in a more supportive and considered way.
Following careful consideration, the decision has been made not to progress this idea further. As a result, the proposal is now closed.
Important Information from the Students' Union:
Allergen information is already displayed on products across all of the University's catering outlets, as required by law. However, due to the size of the outlets, they are not legally required to provide calorie information on products. This requirement only applies to larger or national food chains.
Would it be possible for the university to display nutritional values for the meals served in the International Kitchen and Punk Mama’s Pizza?
Having access to information like calories, protein, carbohydrates, fats, sugars, and allergens would be incredibly helpful for students who are conscious about their diet or trying to achieve specific fitness or health goals.
Comments
This would be a really valuable addition. In particular, having carbohydrate information available would make a huge difference for students managing diabetes who need to carb-count accurately. It can be difficult or impractical to ask staff during busy periods, so having this information displayed clearly would support both accessibility and health needs. Providing full nutritional details, especially carbs, would be a meaningful step towards making the catering options more inclusive for everyone.
This would be a really valuable addition. In particular, having carbohydrate information available would make a huge difference for students managing diabetes who need to carb-count accurately. It can be difficult or impractical to ask staff during busy periods, so having this information displayed clearly would support both accessibility and health needs. Providing full nutritional details, especially carbs, would be a meaningful step towards making the catering options more inclusive for everyone.