by Kim Lange | Oct 1, 2018
Celebrated since 1962, National School Lunch Week has grown over the years, now serving approximately 30 million lunches to students across 100,000 institutions! That is a lot of students going through the lunch line! “The school lunch program has a huge impact and...
by Lynn Shavinsky | Sep 19, 2018
Here are the top 5 questions we get when it comes to child nutrition software, menu planning, and nutrient analysis. Whether meeting the grain equivalents or deciding between weight and volume or how to account for condiments, we’ve got answers for the busy food...
by Laura Thompson | Jun 5, 2018
In today’s blog post, we talk school nutrition software with Kristen Lindorf, MS, RDN, who has spent her career as a consulting dietitian. Kristen has worked with everyone from state agencies to healthcare providers to hospitals to medical centers, and now works more...
by Laura Thompson | May 24, 2018
We sat down with Founder and President of Health-e Pro, Meg Chesley, to discuss some of her time as a Food Service Director. What helps create an environment where kids wants to eat their school lunch? Our conversation covered the four elements she found are essential...
by Kim Lange | Mar 16, 2018
We have so many great customers and wanted to share a few of our favorite breakfast recipes we received from them in our contest two weeks ago. Reviewing these made us hungry! We learned the importance of Breakfast from our previous blog post, What is National School...
by Kim Lange | Mar 1, 2018
National School Breakfast Week, referred to as NSBW, promotes the importance of healthy choices for breakfast by getting parents and students involved. Through social media, newsletters and various other channels, parents are encouraged to learn more about their local...
by Laura Thompson | Feb 15, 2018
We recently discussed some food trends we saw in schools in 2017, and with a month of 2018 under our belts, we’re now going to tackle 2018 food trends. Some of 2017’s food trends in school will inform what we anticipate in 2018: bold, international flavors were big in...
by Kim Lange | Jan 11, 2018
The year of 2017 has been one for a lot of improvements and innovations in the school nutrition industry. We will review the 2017 school nutrition trends and show you how Health-e Pro can help keep you moving forward into 2018. 2017 Menu Trends Introducing bold,...
by Laura Thompson | Jan 3, 2018
Allergies and special diets have increased both the awareness of and need for allergen-specific and gluten-free school menus. Some of these allergies and intolerances can be very severe, with a wide range of symptoms: vomiting, stomach cramps, brain fog, mood swings,...
by Laura Thompson | Nov 27, 2017
This article can be found here as part of the Soy Connection Newsletter. Posted with permission. The U.S. Food Allergen Labeling & Consumer Protection Act (FALCPA) mandates labeling of all ingredients derived from commonly allergenic foods. In the United States,...
