School caterers cut back on eggs amid soaring wholesale price
School caterers cut back on eggs amid soaring wholesale price
2023-02-15
School catering companies are cutting back on eggs in kids’ meals, due to the rising price of eggs nationally. On Monday, the wholesale price of one catty, which is 600 grams, rose from NT$50 to NT$52, a new all-time high. Many families are skipping eggs at home, and school meals are relying more heavily on soy products as a source of protein. We spoke to a nutritionist to find out if that’s a good idea, and how to ensure you get balanced sources of protein in your diet.
Egg prices are soaring sky high again. School catering companies have been forced to adjust their menus, reducing the number of eggs in meals.
Chen Ming-hsin
National Mealbox Union
What we’re doing is basically adding some vegetables on top of the eggs, for example things kids like, such as onions, sweet corn and tomatoes. For the protein, we’re using vegetable-based proteins to make up the difference, such as soft and dried tofu.
The catering companies stress that although eggs are on the menu less than they used to be, vegetable proteins will make up the difference.
Meanwhile, on the popular discussion network PTT, netizens are discussing which foods they’ve stopped buying due to the soaring prices. The top three are chicken cutlets, hand-shaken drinks and eggs.
Hsia Tzu-wen
Nutritionist
Soy products, seafood, fish, and even beef and pork, can all replace the protein from eggs. Of course, there are some nutrients which are more particular to eggs, such as lecithin. We hope that people eat a balanced diet, because when you consume a varied diet, you can get the nutrients you would get from eggs from other sources.
This nutritionist says that vegetables and animal proteins are all useful in their own way. To some extent they can replace each other. But nutrients found in eggs – like lecithin – are great for treating blood clots and atherosclerosis. The key is to make sure you eat plenty of different healthy foods.
Hsia Tzu-wen
Nutritionist
The order we recommend for protein consumption would be soy first, followed by fish, eggs and meat. We suggest an average of one egg a day. That’s enough, because an egg contains about 190 milligrams of cholesterol. We usually recommend a maximum cholesterol intake of about 300 milligrams a day.
Nutritionists say children can handle more eggs than that each day, but patients with cardiovascular disease should be more careful not to exceed their daily cholesterol limit.
蛋好貴吃不起! 營養師:可用豆類等植物性蛋白替代
2023-02-15
雞蛋價格衝上歷史新高，週一起批發價每台斤從50元漲到52元，學校營養午餐受到衝擊，團膳業者咬牙苦撐，不得不調整菜單，變成以散蛋料理為主；另外，也有網友討論漲價後有什麼不吃，雞蛋竟名列前三，營養師說，如果不吃蛋，還是能以豆類等植物性蛋白替代，不過建議以多元攝取為原則。
蛋價再度飆漲，學校營養午餐團膳業者不得不調整菜單，從原本提供的全蛋料理，變成以散蛋料理為主。
[[全國餐盒公會理事長 陳明信]]
“我們大概的做法就是，會把蛋加上了一些蔬菜類的東西，比如說像孩子喜歡吃的，像這個洋蔥，像玉米，像番茄等等，蛋白質的話，其實我們可以用一些植物性蛋白來做補充，像豆腐，豆干的部分”
強調每週吃到雞蛋料理的次數沒少，但部分菜色，會以植物性蛋白補足。
也有網友在批踢踢發文，討論漲價之後有什麼不吃，沒想到除了雞排和手搖飲，雞蛋居然名列前三。
[[營養師 夏子雯]]
“豆製品，或者是海鮮、魚類，甚至是一些牛肉、豬肉等等，都是可以取代我們雞蛋的蛋白質，那當然雞蛋本身有一些營養素，像是卵磷脂等等的，它還是雞蛋比較特有的。還是希望大家就是均衡飲食，因為你多方攝取的時候，一些雞蛋裡面的營養素，你還是可以從其他的食物裡面得到”
營養師指出，植物性和動物性蛋白、各有好處，雖然能相互替代，不過雞蛋富含卵磷脂等營養素，可改善血栓或動脈粥狀硬化，建議還是多元攝取、才是重點。
[[營養師 夏子雯]]
“蛋白質攝取建議的順序，是豆、魚、蛋、肉類，那雞蛋的話，就是建議一天一顆的量，其實是可以的，因為一顆雞蛋的膽固醇，大概是190毫克左右，那我們平時在建議膽固醇的，上限攝取量是300毫克”
營養師表示，小孩子可以一天可以多吃一點，不過心血管疾病患者，則需特別留意吃下肚的膽固醇是否超標。
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