Social, Moral and Cultural Needs Triangle

Social Moral or Ethical

Cultural or Spiritual

Design and make a “Fusion” food dish

The fusion idea must be a dish that “fuses” together ingredients from differentareas within the world and considers our social, ethical and moral needs.• Special diets:

• Low fat • Low sugar • High Sugar• High starch carbohydrate • Celiac • Lactose intolerant• High iron • Allergies • Children• Elderly

• Religions:• Jewish – do not eat pork • Muslim – only eat hallal meat• Hindu – do not eat beef • Buddhists – are vegan

• Moral standards:• Vegetarian or vegan • High fibre• Eat a healthy, balanced diet • Low fat• Organic • Fair trade• Red tractor endorsed • Only eat British grown

• Traditions – meals or ingredients for special occasions that have become part of our culture.

Social Needs• Special diets:

• Low fat - medics recommend that as a society we reduce the amount of fat eaten in our diet to

reduce heart disease• Low sugar - type 2 diabetics or slimmers need to

reduce the amount of sugar in their diets

• High Sugar - type 1 diabetics need to increase the amounts of sugar eaten

• High starch carbohydrate - sporty people or athletes need to increase the amount of starch carbohydrate eaten

• Celiac - allergic to gluten in foods• Lactose intolerant - allergic to dairy products• High Fibre - medics recommend that as a society we

increase the amount of fibre we eat in our diet to

reduce bowel cancer

Social Needs

• High iron - due to busy lifestyles many modern day people are anemic and need to increase iron intake. Especially those recovering from illness• Allergies - many people are born with allergies

to certain food stuffs – common allergies are to nuts, eggs etc..• Children - children’s bodies are still growing and

developing rapidly. They need a high intake of protein and vitamins and minerals

• Elderly - the elderly need a high intake of proteinand vitamins and minerals to ward offdiseases.

Cultural or Spiritual Needs

• Spiritual Needs:

• Religions:

• Jewish – do not eat pork

• Muslim – only eat hallal meat

• Hindu – do not eat beef

• Buddhists – are vegan

• Cultural Needs:

• Traditions – meals or ingredients for special occasions that have become part of our culture.

• Ingredients in dishes that come from or originate from specific countries in the world

• Cooking methods that come from or originate from specific countries in the world

Moral or Ethical Needs• Moral standards:

• Vegetarian or vegan - do not believe in causing harm to the animal. Vegetarians avoid meat and fish.Vegans avoid eating animal products

• Eat a healthy, balanced diet - follow the principles of the eat welldiagram

• Organic - ingredients are grown without the useof pesticides or chemicals. They are produced naturally

• Fair trade - for ingredients that are produced abroad,farmers are paid a fair wage for their cropsas if they were produced in Britain – this helps to reduce poverty

Moral or Ethical Needs

• Only eat British grown - food items have been farmed in Britain

therefore reducing the amount of food miles used and the carbon footprint

• Red tractor endorsed - food items have been farmed in Britain to

assured safety standards

• Ecotarian - only eat foods with the least amount of

food miles and carbon footprint, recyclable

an sustainable produce

Moral or Ethical Needs

• Free range - eggs or chickens have had a free space

in which to live rather than battery farming

• Non irradiated - the food has not been treated with

radiation

• Poverty - 70% of 3rd world countries farmed

produce is exported to different countries

this sustains their economy but keeps them in poverty – we should be eating seasonal produce from our own areas.