All part of a school lunch: Milk, juice, tea, serving trays and ... bug zappers?
July 24, 2015 |06:44 PM
SALT LAKE CITY — Schools meals don’t serve conventional soft drinks, but they do include a range of beverages from milk to juice to iced tea. There were so many milk products that there was a “Dairy Way” at the School Nutrition Association trade show here last week.
One maker of milk cartons has started a movement to reuse them that would seem to make them more politically correct in communities concerned about too much trash.
The trade show also featured school equipment including serving trays and – for those trying to get away from Styrofoam — divided plastic trays for kids.
There were even zappers to catch the flies that the kids let into the lunchroom.
This is the last of four photo essays on the SNA trade show.
There are so many dairy companies that they have their own section at the School Nutrition Association trade show. (Jerry Hagstrom/The Hagstrom Report)
Evergreen Packaging, a company that sells milk cartons, sponsors “Made with Milk” contests to encourage students to reuse milk cartons ... by using them as structures for growing plants... or making sculptures. (Jerry Hagstrom/The Hagstrom Report)
Epic LLC makes fruit juices that are equivalent to two servings of fruit plus fiber, potassium, and iron. The juices have no added sugar or high fructose corn syrup.
Left: The newest beverage to be offered to schools appears to be decaffeinated iced tea from B.W. Cooper of Kenya. Right: Steaz offers flavored iced tea. (Jerry Hagstrom/The Hagstrom Report)
Left: Many schools still use Styrofoam trays, but companies also offer plastic trays for serving and individual consumption. Right: The School Nutrition Association trade show features equipment as well as food. Randy Wall, sales manager for CCI Industries, says lunch rooms need fly traps because food attracts flies and kids leave doors open. (Jerry Hagstrom/The Hagstrom Report)
One maker of milk cartons has started a movement to reuse them that would seem to make them more politically correct in communities concerned about too much trash.
The trade show also featured school equipment including serving trays and – for those trying to get away from Styrofoam — divided plastic trays for kids.
There were even zappers to catch the flies that the kids let into the lunchroom.
This is the last of four photo essays on the SNA trade show.
There are so many dairy companies that they have their own section at the School Nutrition Association trade show. (Jerry Hagstrom/The Hagstrom Report)
Evergreen Packaging, a company that sells milk cartons, sponsors “Made with Milk” contests to encourage students to reuse milk cartons ... by using them as structures for growing plants... or making sculptures. (Jerry Hagstrom/The Hagstrom Report)
Epic LLC makes fruit juices that are equivalent to two servings of fruit plus fiber, potassium, and iron. The juices have no added sugar or high fructose corn syrup.
Left: The newest beverage to be offered to schools appears to be decaffeinated iced tea from B.W. Cooper of Kenya. Right: Steaz offers flavored iced tea. (Jerry Hagstrom/The Hagstrom Report)
Left: Many schools still use Styrofoam trays, but companies also offer plastic trays for serving and individual consumption. Right: The School Nutrition Association trade show features equipment as well as food. Randy Wall, sales manager for CCI Industries, says lunch rooms need fly traps because food attracts flies and kids leave doors open. (Jerry Hagstrom/The Hagstrom Report)
