Nutrition

Eating Healthy

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 & Intolerances

Talk to Us About Your Food Allergies! Clarkson Dining and Catering takes pride in sourcing wholesome ingredients, preparing recipes accurately and providing nutritional analysis and ingredient statements in our dining locations, and through our online menus found on the Everyday App. We are also passionate about serving Clarkson students. Our managers complete AllertrainU, an Allergen & Gluten-free Food Service Certified Training. We work diligently to address students’ specific needs, especially those with food allergies, Celiac disease, or special diet needs.

A team approach led by you, our educated consumer, is the best preparation for a safe school year free of allergic reactions. We want to meet one-on-one with all of our customers who have individual dining needs to ensure that your dining experience is safe, delicious, and social.

Kitchen Areas, Stations & Signage

• Simple Servings is available at RoBro Dining Hall, offering a hot plated entree at lunch and dinner free of the top nine allergens. For all of these approaches, measures are taken to reduce the risks of cross-contact with gluten or allergens as much as possible.
  
• A designated allergen-free "My Zone" is also located in RoBro. This area contains food and equipment such as a designated toaster, restricted to gluten-free foods.
  
• Our menu system provides ingredient statements specifically highlighting the top nine allergens: milk, eggs, shellfish, fish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soy and sesame. Guests may check on the presence of allergens prior to planning their meals using the online menu on the Everyday App. The absence of an allergen listed on product signage is not a guarantee that the product is free of that allergen. The guest is responsible to communicate their allergy, consult a manager and may see labels from actual ingredients upon request.

Individual Meal Planning

Students with specific meal related concerns can receive assistance on an individual basis, directly with our General Manager, Beth Gooder. We can also arrange meetings with a Sodexo Dietitian that can include one-on-one consultations, a review of the resources currently in place, a tour of the dining facilities, and menu planning.

Managing Food Allergies at College

• A Prospective Student's Guide
  
• A Current Student's Guide

Simple Servings

A dining option that provides safe and appetizing food choices for customers with food allergies, gluten intolerance, or other special dietary needs. The Simple Servings station offers simply prepared foods made without the nine most common allergens: peanuts, tree nuts, shellfish, wheat, soy, milk products, eggs, sesame. In addition, all foods are made without gluten and controlled for cross-contamination. Separate equipment, utensils, storage areas and preparation areas minimize the risk, offering customers a safe and healthy dining option. Simple Servings is located in RoBro Dining Hall.

Mindful

Clarkson Dining and Catering is proud to feature Mindful by Sodexo, a collection of healthy and flavorful recipes with an emphasis on the use of fresh fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and lean proteins. Each Mindful meal contains:

• 600 calories for less
• 35% or less of total calories from fat
• 800mg or less of sodium

Mindful items can be identified by a green apple icon on our menus and are available in all campus dining destinations. Learn more about our Mindful program!