The Keelung City Government will increase the subsidy for nutritious lunches for students, so that students can eat more nutritious and delicious food.

(Photo by reporter Lu Xianxiu)

[Reporter Lu Xianxiu/Report from Keelung] Recently, domestic prices have risen, especially the egg shortage. In order to prevent the "shrinking" of nutritious lunches for elementary and middle school students, the Keelung City Government will increase the nutritious lunch subsidy starting next semester. Q Material subsidy, nutritional lunch for elementary and middle school students will be increased from 40 yuan to 60 yuan (group meals will be raised from 50 yuan to 70 yuan).

Yu Zhiming, spokesman of the city government, and Liu Meilan, director of the education department, said that the recent egg shortage has affected the nutritional lunches of students. Nutritionists in the city have been researching to replace protein with beans and other ingredients as much as possible, and have developed alternative vegetables so that students’ nutrition will not be affected.

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In addition, due to the recent price fluctuations, the city government will increase the lunch subsidy of 20 million yuan starting from the 112th school year, so that students can have more diversified lunch dishes and snacks. The nutritional lunch for disadvantaged students is still fully subsidized without increasing the burden on parents. Let children have a nutritious and delicious lunch during their growth stage.

Liu Meilan pointed out that there are 15 school group meals in Keelung, and other schools set up their own kitchens or adopt the model of a central kitchen. At present, a group meal is about 50 yuan (4 meals and 1 soup), and a meal in a self-built kitchen is 40 yuan (3 Table 1 soup), the city government increases the subsidy and strives for the central three chapters and one Q material subsidy, the students' nutritious lunch can be increased by 20 yuan per meal, which will increase the frequency of dairy products and water points, and also increase the quality of lunch dishes.

Liu Meilan pointed out that schools or manufacturers have set up ingredient registration platforms, and relevant information such as menus, ingredients, and labels (three chapters and one Q) are uploaded to the "food ingredient registration platform" every day, and the school's daily menu and ingredient information are made public.

Let parents know the content of students' daily lunch, and also conduct irregular lunch visits for each school. For schools with low satisfaction, experts are invited to the school to provide guidance and improve the quality of lunch.

The Keelung City Government will increase the subsidy for nutritious lunches for students, so that students can eat more nutritious and delicious food.

(Photo by reporter Lu Xianxiu)