{"id":103087,"date":"2019-09-17T13:42:08","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T11:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=103087"},"modified":"2026-01-20T10:29:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T09:29:41","slug":"more-vegan-food-on-offer-in-the-cafeteria-but-the-croquette-is-here-to-stay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2019\/09\/17\/more-vegan-food-on-offer-in-the-cafeteria-but-the-croquette-is-here-to-stay\/","title":{"rendered":"More vegan food on offer in the cafeteria, but the croquette is here to stay"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Erasmus University and caterer Vitam have signed a new agreement. All changes should become evident to students and staff over the coming months. Vitam runs the cafeterias and delivers catering to the Woudestein campus, the Erasmus University College (EUC) and the ISS in The Hague. “We want to tempt people with healthy meals, but the croquette is here to stay.”<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe great thing about the new contract is its flexibility\u201d, says Vitam\u2019s Mark Hufken. \u201cThe previous agreement contained commitments that precluded us from changing everything we wanted to change. Certain products had to stay in rotation, for instance, and the agreement was for a minimum of five years. A lot can change in that time, and now we are able to move with the times.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trends and Generation Z<\/h2>

Hufken uses the way eating meat is viewed as one example of how things can change. \u201cThe students of today, who generally belong to Generation Z, take it amiss if there are no or only a few vegetarian options. That\u2019s a big difference compared to the way things were ten years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n

The meeting service lunches have been vegetarian by default since the summer of 2018. If staff prefer to get a vegan lunch or a lunch with meat, they have to request it beforehand. According to Hufken, most of the faculties use that default vegetarian option.<\/p>\n\n\t

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