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Food rules for different religious groups
Indicative Food Rules for Different Religions
It is important to understand the food rules surrounding different religions as this can seriously affect the nutritional intake of a patient if the wrong food is provided. The current hospital menus provide vegetarian and Halal choices at both lunch and supper and also always gives a choice of meat and fish types to allow appropriate choices to be made. Composite dishes include detail of the meat/fish content to also help with selection.
Any patient who finds they cannot meet their requirements should ask the nursing staff to contact the catering department so that provison can be made.
A = Accepted
F = Forbidden
F* = Some Buddhists are not vegetarian
* = Depending on degree of orthodoxy
| Food | 7th Day Advenist | Rastafarian | Roman Catholic | Mormon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eggs | Most | A | A | A |
| Milk/Yoghurt | Most | A | A | A |
| Cheese | Most | A | A | A |
| Chicken Mutton/Lamb Beef Pork |
Some Some Some |
Some Some Some |
Some still prefer not to eat meat, particularly during Lent or Fridays | A A A A |
| Fish | Some | A | A | A |
| Shellfish | F | F | A | A |
| Cocoa/Tea/Coffee | F | A | A | F |
| Nuts | A | A | A | A |
| Pulses | A | A | A | A |
| Fruit | A | A | A | A |
| Vegetables | A | A | A | A |
| Alcohol | F | F | A | F |
| Fasting (Where not specified, fasting is a matter of choice) | Some fast for a short time before communion | 24 hrs, once monthly |
| Food | Jewish | Sikh | Muslim | Hindu | Buddhist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eggs | No blood spots | Some | No blood spots | Some* | Some |
| Milk/Yoghurt | Not with meat | A | Not with rennet | Not with rennet | A |
| Cheese | Not with meat | Some | Vegetarian | Some* | A |
| Chicken Mutton/Lamb Beef Pork |
Kosher Kosher Kosher F |
Some Some F Rarely |
Halal Halal Halal F |
Some* F F Rarely |
F* F* F* F* |
| Fish | With scales fins & backbone | Some | With fins & scales | With fins & scales | Some |
| Shellfish | F | Some | Halal | Some* | F |
| Cocoa/Tea/Coffee | A | A | A | A | A (no milk) |
| Nuts | A | A | A | A | A |
| Pulses | A | A | A | A | A |
| Fruit | A | A | A | A | A |
| Vegetables | A | A | A | A | A |
| Alcohol | A* | A | F | A | A |
| Fasting (Where not specified, fasting is a matter of choice) | Yom Kippur | Ramadan |