Menu Identifier Information Sheet

Dietary Preferences:

No meat. Eggs, milk & honey

are ok.

No animal products.

Per UMass Student Muslim Association

Does not contain:
Any type of alcohol
o Alcohol based vinegars (Red
wine vinegar, balsamic vinegar)
Red meat/poultry that is not labelled
Halal
Dijon mustard
Meat bases & broths
Gelatin
No deep frying
Halal Contains:
Fish/fish sauce
Shellfish
Cider vinegar
Eggs
Milk
Bakery extracts (vanilla)

All of our chicken is antibiotic

free.
Any product that contains a
whole grain, could be whole
grain flour, quinoa, or brown
rice. Not 100 % WG.

Usually paired with local.

Non-local items like seafood, turkey, & eggs
are also sustainably farmed.
SPE = Health Through Food. Third
party Certification of healthy
meals. Based on low sodium,
whole grain, no butter/cream, no
open flame cooking (prevent carcinogens).
Represents overall balanced meals.
SPE Criteria:
<500 calories
1-2 servings of fruits and vegetables
< 5 grams of saturated fat
< 600 mg sodium

States the
farm/vendor
that the food is from and the distance away
from UMass.

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Healthfulness Factor:
Graded 0 - 7 Bars
Criteria:
+1 bar for meeting each of the following:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Calories < 300

Sodium < 500
Total fat: 3 g or less per 100 g product & 30% or less calories from fat
Sat fat: 1 g or less per 100 g product and < 10% calories from sat fat
Trans fat: < 0.5 g. Cholesterol: 20 mg or less per 100 g product
Beneficial nutrients: 10% or more of DV at least of 1 of the 4 nutrients (vit A, vit C, Fe,
Ca)
7. Fiber > 2 g/100cal
-1 bar for meeting each of the following:
- Penalty for including processed meat (bacon, ham, sausage, chorizo, corned beef, pepperoni,
hot dogs, deli meat and cold cuts)
- Penalty for deep frying
-For example, after grading French fries, it will get 4 bars out of 7. But after taking a bar off for
deep frying, it will end up with the score of 3 out of 7.
+1 bar (bonus point) for meeting the following criterion (the same way you do the penalties, but
instead of taking 1 point off, ADD 1 point):
-

Extra point for having lean animal protein in the ingredient list (skinless chicken/turkey
breast, chicken tenderloin, ground beef, beef top sirloin, eye round beef, pork tenderloin, all
fish and seafood [unless battered or fried, etc.])
For example, after grading chicken breast, it will get 4 bars out of 7. But after adding a bar
for it being a lean protein, it will end up with the score of 5 out of 7.

**Criteria based on American Heart Association Diet and Lifestyle Recommendations**

Desserts will not be graded since these products do not align with the AHAs
recommendations.
Customers will not know which criteria that applies

Menu Identifier Information Sheet

Calories < 300 -

Sodium < 500mg -
Total fat = 2.2g per 100g & 14% calories from fat -
Sat fat = 0.35g per 100g & 2% calories from fat -
Trans Fat = 0g & Cholesterol = 0.7mg per 100g -
Beneficial Nutrients: Vitamin A = 0.82%
Vitamin C = 1.7% Calcium = 1.46% Iron = 5.3% -
7. Fiber = 3.05g per 100 calories -
8. No penalties/bonus points since no meat is in recipe
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3.
4.
5.
6.

H6
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further information:

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survey