Nutrition
Healthy Eating
Providing you with healthy options is something your dining team proudly does every day. We help you select delicious, nutritious and satisfying meals, snacks and desserts by highlighting well-balanced menu choices and providing nutritional information and tips to help you make choices that fit your needs.
Meet the Dietitian
Our Registered Dietitian, Meron Zafu, RDN, LDN adds another dimension to our dining program by working with our campus community to encourage healthy lifestyles and to help individuals become more comfortable in their dining environment at Howard University. She has a passion for leading a healthy lifestyle and encouraging people of all ages to improve their quality of life through food and nutrition.
Meron works closely with the Office of Student Services to ensure the health and safety of our students with medical needs. Meron recommends you check our daily menus online or on our Everyday App. Come meet Meron at one of her special events on campus. Follow the link to book an appointment with her if you have dietary or health questions or concerns at the link below.
Meet the Dietitian
Our Registered Dietitian, Meron Zafu, RDN, LDN adds another dimension to our dining program by working with our campus community to encourage healthy lifestyles and to help individuals become more comfortable in their dining environment at Howard University. She has a passion for leading a healthy lifestyle and encouraging people of all ages to improve their quality of life through food and nutrition.
Meron works closely with the Office of Student Services to ensure the health and safety of our students with medical needs. Meron recommends you check our daily menus online or on our Everyday App. Come meet Meron at one of her special events on campus. Follow the link to book an appointment with her if you have dietary or health questions or concerns at the link below.
Food Allergies
We take pride in serving you wholesome ingredients, preparing recipes accurately and providing nutritional analysis and ingredient statements through our online menus and nutrition calculator. From our general manager to our front line servers, we work carefully to address food allergies, celiac diets, or other special dietary needs.
We want to meet one-on-one with anyone who has individual dining needs to ensure that your dining experience is safe, delicious, and social. If you have a food allergy/special diet concern, please call or send us a note using the feedback form.
Mindful
Mindful is Sodexo's health & wellness approach that helps you make healthy choices second nature! We are committed to creating healthy environments for our customers. Central to this effort is providing healthy, nutritious foods. The result of this initiative is an approach that focuses on transparency of ingredients, delicious food, satisfying portions and clarity in message so that you can make Mindful choices!
Mindful offerings meet stringent nutritional criteria based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Each meal part is limited in calories, has fewer than 30% of calories as fat, fewer than 10 % of calories as saturated fat, and is restricted in sodium, and cholesterol. Look for the Mindful icon to indulge in the healthy and delicious items offered at each meal.
Plant Based Options
Students looking for plant-based options can find dedicated stations at Bethune Annex and Blackburn Cafe.
Vegetarian
Menu items with the vegetarian icon contain no meat, fish or poultry, or any meat products such as soup base. Our vegetarian offerings meet the needs of lacto-ovo vegetarians and may include eggs and/or dairy products.
Vegan
Vegan offerings contain no meat, fish, eggs, milk or other animal-derived products such as honey.