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Eating Healthy

Providing you with healthy options is something your dining team proudly does every day. We help you select delicious, nutritious and satisfying meals, snacks and desserts by highlighting well-balanced menu choices and providing nutritional information and tips to help you make choices that fit your needs. Our Sodexo dietitian is available to meet with students to discuss

Hot Spot

Hotspot is the spot for all of your dietary needs. The University of Southern Indiana Dining Services offers an extensive number of vegan, vegetarian, and gluten free dining options. Our culinary staff utilizes innovative ingredients, spices, and flavors to craft a robust and flavorful menu that is both vegan and vegetarian-friendly.

Meet The Dietitian

Cara Confer, MDN, RDN, LD is available for complimentary consultations on topics such as:

  • Dietary restrictions and food allergies
  • Healthful eating on campus
  • Sports performance nutrition
  • Vegan and vegetarian eating
  • Weight management
  • General nutrition concerns and disease management
  • Dining hall navigation

Mindful mindful-icon

Mindful is Sodexo's health & wellness approach that helps you make healthy choices second nature! We are committed to creating healthy environments for our customers. Central to this effort is providing healthy, nutritious foods. The result of this initiative is an approach that focuses on transparency of ingredients, delicious food, satisfying portions and clarity in message so that you can make Mindful choices!

Mindful offerings meet stringent nutritional criteria based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Each meal part is limited in calories, has fewer than 30% of calories as fat, fewer than 10 % of calories as saturated fat, and is restricted in sodium, and cholesterol. Look for the Mindful icon to indulge in the healthy and delicious items offered at each meal.

Food Allergies

We take pride in sourcing wholesome ingredients, preparing recipes accurately and providing nutritional analysis and ingredient statements through our online menus and nutrition calculator. We are all passionate about serving students. From general manager to front line servers, we work diligently to address students’ specific needs, especially those with food allergies, Celiac disease, or special diet needs.

A team approach led by you, our educated consumer, is the best preparation for a safe school year free of allergic reactions. We want to meet one-on-one with all of our customers who have individual dining needs to ensure that your dining experience is safe, delicious, and social. If you have a food allergy/special diet concern, please call our Campus Executive Chef, Gregory Dillard, at 812-465-1127. He would be happy to connect with you to discuss or take you on a guided tour to discover the possibilities. Or send us a note using the feedback form.

Menu items with the vegetarian icon contain no meat, fish or poultry, or any meat products such as soup base. Our vegetarian offerings meet the needs of lacto-ovo vegetarians and may include eggs and/or dairy products.NutritionVegetarian-35x35.png

VeganMenu offerings contain no meat, fish, eggs, milk or other animal-derived products such as honey.