The Typical School Lunch In 10 Countries Around The World

2024 Author: Jasmine Walkman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 08:29

September is the month associated mainly with the first day of school, and when talking about students, the question of what they eat inevitably arises. On this occasion, the Sweetgreen restaurant chain compares school lunches in 10 countries around the world.

Regardless of where we are in the hemisphere, the authorities are uniting around healthy eating for children. However, most countries follow old culinary habits and refuse to replace their traditional dishes on the menus.

For example, in Italy and South Korea they are very fond of fresh salad, in France - of cheese, and in Finland and Russia - of soup.

1. Italy - the typical school lunch includes fish fillet with arugula, caprese salad, pasta with tomato sauce, bread and grapes;

2. France - lunch for students in the country consists of beef steak, a piece of cheese, carrot salad, green beans and fruit;

3. South Korea - students in the country most often eat fish soup, rice with tofu, sauerkraut, broccoli and fresh peppers for lunch;

4. USA - for Americans, the typical school lunch includes chicken nuggets with sauce, mashed potatoes, peas, canned fruits and biscuits;

5. Greece - for lunch students in the country like to eat chicken fillet with orzo, vine sarma, fresh fruit, salad and yogurt;

6. Finland - the typical lunch for Finnish children is pea soup, stewed red beets, carrot salad, bread and pancakes with fresh strawberries;

7. Spain - the students' lunch in the country consists of shrimp with rice, gazpacho, bread and fruit salad;

8. Brazil - for Brazilian children the most common lunch is pork with fruit, beans with rice, fruit salad, bread and fried bananas;

9. Great Britain - students eat for lunch sausages with beans, baked potatoes, half a boiled corn, natural juice and a piece of melon;

10. Japan - Typical school lunches include fried fish, dried seaweed, tomatoes, miso soup, rice and milk.