Captain Cook – Nutrition for Kids
Captain Cook is an innovative food concept , especially created for healthy catering to children from 2-6 years. Everything is geared to the needs of the children and teachers. Captain Cook not only makes a contribution to providing children with a healthy diet. We also want to help children to establish healthy eating habits and to encourage their natural need for movement. We offer promotions, practical advice, information and interesting work materials for teachers and parents. This includes individual advice on nutrition, open days in the kitchen and even “feely day” when we provide the opportunity to experience food with all five senses.
The objectives of Captain Cook are
- prevention of overweight and bad nutrition
- improvement of mental and physical fitness
- encouragement of enjoyment through all of the senses
- to provide education and information on nutritional issues
Naturally, we include children, teachers and parents when designing our menus. Special needs and diets can easily be integrated e.g. diabetes, intolerance of certain foodstuffs, allergies or special religious considerations.
Captain Cook catering is based on D-A-CH 2000 recommendations and on the guidelines established by the Research Institute for the Nutrition if Children in Dortmund.
The food pyramid illustrates how the 7 building blocks form the basis of healthy children’s nutrition.
