1. Social, Moral and Cultural Needs Triangle
Social Moral or Ethical
Cultural or Spiritual

2. 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.

3. 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

4. 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.

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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 % 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.