Nutrition
Healthy Eating
Providing you with healthy options is something your dining team proudly does every day. We help you select delicious, nutritious and satisfying meals, snacks and desserts by highlighting well-balanced menu choices and providing nutritional information and tips to help you make choices that fit your needs.
Food Allergies
We take pride in serving you wholesome ingredients, preparing recipes accurately and providing nutritional analysis and ingredient statements through our online menus and nutrition calculator. From our general manager to our front line servers, we work carefully to address food allergies, celiac diets, or other special dietary needs.
We want to meet one-on-one with anyone who has individual dining needs to ensure that your dining experience is safe, delicious, and social. If you have a food allergy/special diet concern, please call or send us a note using the feedback form. You may also contact our marketing manager or regional dietitian for further questions. Their contact information is listed on the contact us page.
Meet the Dietitian
Cristina Caro, MBA, RDN, LDN is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and Wellness Manager for Sodexo Campus Dining, to support Troy nutrition and wellness. She is a food allergy and food safety expert and assists with special dietary needs through confidential phone consults and virtual appointments. Cristina actively promotes healthy eating and wellness through nutrition expos, snacks and learns, social media, virtual contests, and more. She also assists as a guest speaker for health panels, classes, and meetings participate in wellness fairs, and offers sports nutrition. She welcomes campus interviews and nutrition questions. Follow Cristina @the_mobile_dietitian. Email questions/requests at Cristina.Caro@Sodexo.com.
Simple Servings
Simple Servings is our allergen-safe dining option in the Dining Hall for guests with food allergies or gluten intolerance. This station also appeals to those who prefer simple foods. The menu items are free from peanuts, tree nuts, shellfish, wheat, soy, milk products, eggs, sesame, and gluten-containing ingredients, prepared in a dedicated separate kitchen. The simple nutritious meals are prepared by staff members carefully trained to avoid cross-contact with food allergens. If you have questions about this station or have dietary/allergen concerns, please contact the campus chef.
Mindful
Mindful is Sodexo's health & wellness approach to help you make healthy choices through the transparency of ingredients, nutritious food, and satisfying portions. Mindful menu items meet stringent nutritional criteria based on the U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Each meal part is limited in calories, has fewer than 30% of calories as fat, fewer than 10 % of calories as saturated fat, and is restricted in sodium, and cholesterol.You’ll know it's Mindful when you see the green apple heart icon on the online menu, Bite app menu and menu signage in the Dining Hall.
Vegetarian
Menu items with the vegetarian icon contain no meat, fish or poultry, or any meat products such as soup base. Our vegetarian offerings meet the needs of lacto-ovo vegetarians and may include eggs and/or dairy products.
Vegan
Vegan offerings contain no meat, fish, eggs, milk or other animal-derived products such as honey.