School meals
On schooldays students are provided with a free warm meal at school, planned according to the nutritional recommendations. School meals cover about third of daily nutritional needs.
The basic food provided in secondary schools is lactose-free. There is no need to inform the food services of a lactose-free diet.
School meal services are provided by Kaarea Oy. Kaarea Oy also sells snacks in some upper secondary schools in Turku.
A student will be offered a special diet if the reason is medical, religious or ethical.
Notification of Special diets
More information on special diets
- Lactose free: The food offered at schools is lactose free. You do not need to notify the schools about a lactose free diet.
- Diabetes: The food offered at upper secondary schools is suitable for those with diabetes. A student with diabetes can get an extra snack of bread and milk. You must notify us about your diabetes with a special diet notification form.
There are types of vegetarian options and diets without pork and/or beef special diets available.
Things to note about conviction-based diets:
- Pork: Serving the student’s food using either beef, chicken, or fish instead of pork or pork ingredients. Meat slaughtered in accordance with halal rules cannot be served by the food service.
- Food containing blood: The school food services do not serve food containing blood or food with ingredients containing blood components.
- Kosher: The food services are not able to prepare or serve food according to strict Jewish rules. If the student does not follow the rule on the use of dishes, the diet may be carried out as a lacto-ovo-vegetarian diet, or alternatively as a non-dairy diet without the forbidden animal products.
We offer those following a special diet nutritiously varied meals. Not all foods used in the home are provided if at least one nutritionally equivalent material from the food group is available.