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 different areas 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 reduce heart disease 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 protein and vitamins and minerals to ward off diseases.

Cultural or 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 well diagram • Organic - ingredients are grown without the use of pesticides or chemicals. They are produced naturally • Fair trade - for ingredients that are produced abroad, farmers are paid a fair wage for their crops as 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.