School Lunch Programme in Taiwan: History, Promotion Systems and Challenges in Compressed Food Modernity

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  • Ueda Haruka
    Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo (current affiliation)

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  • 台湾の学校給食
  • ─歴史と推進体制，食の圧縮近代における課題─

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<p>Objective: To review the school lunch programme in Taiwan, with a particular focus on meal planning and food supply.</p><p>Methods: A literature analysis of government documents and interviews with a school lunch association and four dietitians.</p><p>Result: Taiwan has one of the most highly developed school lunch programmes in Asian countries, with high coverage and a recent improvement in its quality and educational aspects. Nutritional criteria were introduced in the amended School Health Act in 2013, while agricultural products with added value have been integrated into school lunches under the ‘4 Labels and 1 QR Code' programme since 2017. This article provides detail on the concrete processes of meal planning and ingredient procurement in some selected schools. In the development of its school lunch programme, Taiwan has responded hastily to the ‘compressed' food modernisation – such as food safety scandals, malnutrition and the globalisation of food systems – that it has experienced. This leaves some critical challenges unresolved, notably those related to meal costs and the lack of professional personnel.</p><p>Conclusion: Despite these national challenges, Taiwan's effective policy for using products with added value in school lunches and its experience of free lunch policy can provide important lessons for other countries.</p>

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