School Lunch: Fuel for Learning

Eco-Friendly School Food Service

Nenia's Eco-Friendly School Food Service

School lunch programs play a vital role in molding children's dietary habits. However, they're often seen merely as a convenient substitute for packed lunches, providing a single meal. NENIA's eco-friendly school food service aims to foster food literacy and create a safe food environment.

GMO-free school lunches

Our GMO-free school lunches prioritize non-GMO domestic ingredients, certified traditional food, prohibit food additives, and are produced in HACCP-certified facilities.

How to choose
eco-friendly school lunch processed foods?

First, Assessing the Required Documentation

While it may seem burdensome, the nature of processed foods necessitates a clear understanding of origin, ingredients, and certifications.
Second, Detailed Ingredient Verification

We exclude those ingredients, like sugar, pepper, chocolate, and natural spices, that can't be substituted and look for overuse of imported products
Third, Diligent Scrutiny for Chemically Synthesized Additives

These are often used for convenience in food production and distribution, as well as cost reduction, but can have a negative impact on children's health.
Last, Staying True To the Ingredients

Cornstarch for sweetening, baking enhancers, beef flavoring extracts, and others are often used as a way to compensate for taste, flavor, or color. Hence, we need to be mindful of what we should be feeding our children.

So, what should we eat?

In the school meal market, processed foods account for nearly 40% of purchases across the five major food categories—a significant proportion. Even if we purchase eco-friendly primary ingredients such as agricultural, marine, and livestock products, the values and meanings of serving eco-friendly meals are undermined if they are ultimately mixed with imported ingredients and sauces filled with synthetic additives.

This is why it’s essential to choose processed foods based on clear, conscientious standards. It is the most direct path to making our children’s school meals safer and healthier.

A healthy and safe school meal is the most fundamental form of education. It lays the groundwork for our shared future—for the next hundred years.

Verifying ingredients is essential
Wheat Dumplings

Our dumpling skins, crafted with pesticide-free Korean wheat, wrap around antibiotic-free pork and beef, all locally sourced and mingling with our home-grown vegetables. We ensure that every ingredient, down to the very last drop of sesame oil, is carefully selected and domestic.
Korean Wheat Bakery / Jam

Our bakery products are infused with natural butter from pesticide-free Korean wheat and local milk. We use an array of domestic ingredients to create a variety of flavorful delights.
Drinks / Ice Cream

Our juices boast only domestic fruits, our antibiotic-free milk and yogurt blend with local fruits, and our ice cream is organic, crafted with pure organic milk. We pride ourselves on our honest, natural ingredients.
Meat

We prepare concentrates from 100% antibiotic-free beef bones, pork, and duck, each flavored with natural spices. We've captured the essence of our ingredients, even if it requires a longer and more meticulous process.
Wheat Flour / Wheat Noodles

Crafted with pesticide-free wheat and rice grown in the pristine areas of Jeolla and Gyeongsang-do, South Korea. Our organic, pesticide-free Korean wheat is stored in a low-temperature environment without fumigation, then used as raw material for our products.
Tteok (Korean Rice Cake)

We utilize pesticide-free glutinous rice, naturally colored and flavored with pumpkin, zinnia, and mugwort. Our rice cakes are produced using modern refrigeration technology and frozen rice cake restoration methods.
Side Dishes

We produce organic seaweed and fish cakes from local organic raw materials and 100% domestic fish fillets from our waters. It is tofu and muk (jelly) are traditionally made with soybeans, acorns, and mung beans grown in our soil.
Sauce / Traditional Sauce

Our sauces feature domestic ingredients like tomatoes, fresh cream, and chili powder, slow-cooked in a traditional way. The result is a deeply flavorful concoction, crafted with care and time.