Food News and Review
Promoting physical and mental health and facilitating the prevention of disease, injury, and disability for all St. Joseph
County residents.
Spring/Summer 2014
The Highest Nutrient Dense Foods
The CDC has released a list ranking nutrient dense foods to
help the public better
understand how to improve their nutritional
intake and assist in reduced chronic disease
risk.
Fruits and vegetables, foods most strongly
associated with reduced
chronic disease risk, are
described as green
leafy, yellow/orange, citrus, and cruciferous
items (vegetables from
the cabbage family, such
as broccoli, cauliflower,
Brussels sprouts, kale,
cabbage, and bok
choy).
Powerhouse
foods are considered those that
provide at least
10% of the daily
value of essential
nutrients per 100
calories.
The monthly list of operators receiving no violations in April and prior
months is available on our
Facebook notes page
And The Winner is: WATERCRESS!
The “Superfoods”
blueberries and raspberries were also ranked,
but though they provide
antioxidants, they do not
have at least 10% of the
essential nutrients recommended by the FDA
to provide a “good
source” of one of the 17
essential nutrients.
Levels of Potassium,
fiber, protein, calcium,
iron, thiamin, riboflavin,
niacin, folate, zinc, and
vitamins A, B6, B12, C,
D, E, and K in various
fruits and vegetables
were tested and a sample of the results is provided on the back page.
New Health Department Website
As mentioned above, additional monthly lists of operators receiving no
violations can be found on the St. Joseph County Health Department Facebook
page and soon all information normally provided in the newsletter will be included in a new Health Department website which is currently in development.
Continue to use http://www.stjosephcountyindiana.com/departments/sjchd/
index.htm and look for a new improved page this Fall.
Inside this issue:
Nutrient Dense Foods
1
New Health Department
Website
1
Operational Excellence
2
More Excellence
3
Local Food for Schools
4
Ranking of Nutrient Dense Foods 5
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Operational Excellence
The following
establishments received at least one
“no violation” routine inspection from November
2013 through April 2014
Granger—Bare Hands Brewery,
Bell Mart, Book Nook Café, Club
Tabby, D'Avella Family Winery
Tasting Room #3, Dollar General
#2373, Down To Earth, Edible Arrangements, Fannie May, Gloria
Jean's Coffee, Granger Dairy
Queen, Hazen’s One Stop #6,
Jimmy’s Pizza, Little Caesar’s,
Nutrition Now, Ouding's Olive
Branch, Papa John's Pizza, Siam
Restaurant, Super Target (Bakery,
Deli, Food Avenue, Grocery, Pizza
Hut), The Village @ Arborwood,
Wakarusa Dime Store, Walgreen's
#06965, Yummy’s Pizza
Lakeville—Jack's Bar & Grill
Mishawaka—A & W Rootbeer,
Aldi's #2, Apple Valley Natural
Foods, Applebee's Neighborhood
Grill & Bar, Arby's #1390, Barnes
& Noble Bookstore,
Blondie's
Cookies, Bob Evans #396, Bowl of
Pho, Carrabba's Italian Grill,
Cheddar's Casual Café, Chili's,
Coffel Vending Commissary,
Creative Catering, Diloreto Society, F.O.P. #91, Fiesta Tapatia,
Five Guys Burgers and Fries,
Hana Yori Of Japan, Heros Camp,
Ice Athletic Center, Ireland Road
Church of God Food Pantry, Jersey Mike's, Kikka Sushi @ Whole
Foods Market, Loyal Order of
Moose #1262, Martin’s Central
Bakery, Martin's #12 Fuel Center,
Meijer #121 Deli, Meijer #128
Starbucks, Menard's, Michiana
Putt Putt, Midway Tavern, Mishawaka Fairfield Inn, Mishawaka Super 8, Movies 14, Noodles & Company, Olive Garden, One Stop
Foods/PKB Petroleum, Panda Express on Meijer lot, Papa Joe's,
Papa John's #900, Penn Station
East Coast Subs, Residence Inn
by Marriott, Rose Quest, Rossini’s
Pizza, Sam's Club, Bakery, Snack
Bar, Satay House, Seven Eleven
#32424, Sit and Eat Family Restaurant, Smith's Downtown,
Speedway #8529, Sonic Drive In,
Stone's Old Fashioned Donuts,
Subway (Hickory), Subway of
Mishawaka #3 & #5, Taste of Asia,
Walgreen's #11625 & #09825,
Wendy's #566, West End Bakery,
W inds or Pa r k C onf e r e nc e
(Vintage Café)
New Carlisle —PNA #3078, The
Inn at the Old Republic, Dollar
General #4223
North
Liberty—North Liberty
Community Center , American Legion #365
Its hard to screw up serving a whole apple!
(double click)
Notre Dame—Andre’s House
Osceola —Casey’s
General
Store, Charlie's Deli & Subway,
DC Meats, Kalamata Catering,
O.C. Lanes
You know you’re on the top of your game when you practice
excellent food safety policies
South Bend—Aldi Foods #68,
American Legion #357, American
Legion #50, Applebee's Neighborhood Bar & Grill (South), Arby's
#1157, Bamber Superette, Inc.,
Biggby Coffee, Blue Heron Event
Center, Breadsmith, Bruno’s
(Roseland), Buffalo Wild Wings,
Burger King #3448, Calvert Rod &
Gun Club, Canteen Commissary,
Cest La Vie Cakes, Chico's Mexican American Restaurant, Clay
Food Pantry, Cleveland Super
Stop, Comfort Suites (South), CVS
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Operational Excellence (Continued)
Pharmacy #6463, Daves Pub &
Co., Dollar General #8773, Dollar
Tree #2373, Econo Lodge Elia's,
Fairfield Inn and Suites, Five Guys
Burgers & Fries, Girasol Carryout,
J & R Lincolnway Grill, KFC of
South Bend (North), Kilwin's
Chocolate and Ice Cream, Kris's
Kountry Kitchen (Production & Fm.
Mkt.), Kroger #J901 Bakery & Deli,
Kroger #J903 Bakery/Deli and
Fuel Center, Lane's Dairy Queen
Brazier, Linden Grill (Main St.),
McAlister's Deli, McKinley Pub,
Milton Adult Day Service, Oh
Mama's Italian Deli @ Farmer's
Mkt., Pantry Place @ Memorial ,
Pizza Hut (Portage), Pop Shop,
Quality Inn and Suites, Real Services @ Heritage Place, River
Park UMC-Food Pantry, Rocco's
Restaurant, Ron's McKinley Marathon, Sanctuary at Holy Cross,
Sanctuary at St. Pauls, Seven
Eleven #27054, Sleep Inn, South
Bend Civic Theatre, Speedway
#5153, Speedway #5548, St. Vincent De Paul Society Food Pantry,
Stanz Food Service, Starbucks
Coffee @ Martin's #10, Subway
Sandwiches @ 1615 & 3701 Portage & Eddy St., Sue's Cupcake
Shoppe, Sweet Frog Yogurt,
Sweet Street Corner Coffee @
Farmer's Mkt., Taco Bell #2160,
Taco Bell #2721, Taco Bell #5393,
The Bistro At Palais Royale, The
Coffee Spot Café, Thyme of Grace,
Traveling with the Lord Soup
Kitchen, Volcano, Inc., Waka Dog,
Wal Mart #2680, Wal Mart-Store
#3436, Walgreen's #03437, Walgreen's #10184, W algreens
#12344, Wolfe's Auto Auction,
YWCA of North Central Indiana
Its been fun posting your excellence,
time to relax.
covery Middle, Elm Road, Horizon,
Elsie Rogers, Madison Township,
Walkerton —Memories Pizza, The Montessori @ Edison Lakes,
Moran School, Northpoint ElemenWalkerton Real Services, Inc.
tary, Virgil Grissom, Walt Disney
WakarusaParcell's Baked Goods
Schools:
Private Schools-Community Baptist Christian, Granger Christian,
Bethel College-Acorn, Café Ala Holy Cross, Marian High School,
St. Adalbert, St. Bavo, St. John
Carte & Sufficient Grounds
The Baptist, St. Joseph, St. Jude,
St. Matthew’s, St. Joseph High
Holy Cross College-Dining Hall
School
Indiana Charter Schools- Veritas
Academy & Xavier School of Excel- South Bend Community School
Corp.- Brown Intermediate, Clay
lence
Intermediate, Clay High School,
John Glenn Schools-North Liberty Coquillard, Darden, Dickinson InElementary, Urey Middle, Walker- termediate, Greene Intermediate,
ton Elementary
Harrison, Hay, Jackson Intermediate, Jefferson Intermediate, John
School City of Mishawaka-Battell, Adams High School, Kennedy,
Beiger, Emmons, Hums, John Lafayette, LaSalle Intermediate
Young, Liberty, Mary Frank, Twin Academy, Lincoln, Madison, MarBranch
quette Montessori, Marshall InterUniversity of Notre Dame- Support mediate, McKinley, Monroe,
Facility, Café Commons, Cross- Nuner, Perley, Riley High School,
ings, Decio Commons, Huddle Rise Up Academy @ Eggleston,
Food Court (Huddle Mart, Pizza Studebaker, Swanson, Tarkington,
Hut, Taco Bell, Subway, Starbucks, Warren, Wilson
Burger King)
Union North-United-LaVille Jr. Sr.
Penn-Harris-Madison Schools- Dis- High School
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ISDH & School Grant-local food
INDIANA RECEIVES USDA GRANT
TO
INCREASE LOCAL FOODS IN SCHOOL
CAFETERIAS
INDIANAPOLIS—The Indiana
State Department of Health announced today it is one of 71 projects spanning 42 states and
Washington, D.C. to receive the
U.S. Department of Agriculture’s
(USDA) Farm to School Program
grant. This is an effort to better
connect schools with local food
producers.
The $100,000 grant was awarded
to the State Health Department in
November and will be used to:
 Conduct strategic planning
to expand and better support the Indiana Farm to
School Network efforts.
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Assess school food service infrastructure and
readiness to incorporate
local products into school
meal programs.
Provide scholarships for
small farmers and school
food service staff to attend
trainings that provide skills
and information that support farm to school.
Host meet and greet
events to create partnerships between school food
service directors and local
producers.
This grant will use the Hoosier
Harvest Market as a test hub for
facilitating the connection between
farmers and local school systems.
“Support for Farm to School has
been gaining momentum in Indiana,” said State Health Commissioner William VanNess, M.D. “We
knew it was important to meet
farmers and school food service
directors to learn who might be
interested in farm to school activities. The response has been very
positive.”
In Indiana, 231 out of 294 public
school districts completed the
USDA Farm to School Census
and 357,590 children in attendance are actively engaged in
Farm-to-School activities.
The USDA Farm to School grants
help schools respond to the growing demand for locally sourced
foods and increase market opportunities for producers and food
businesses, including food processors, manufacturers and distributors. Grants will also be used to
support agriculture and nutrition education efforts such as
school gardens, field trips to local
farms and cooking classes.
“In rural and urban communities
across the country, farm to school
is teaching students where food
comes from and how it gets to
their plate, and encouraging them
to make healthier food choices in
the cafeteria and at home,” said
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack.
“Farm to school programs are an
investment in the health of our nation’s children and in the vibrancy
Connecting schools with local farmers
of rural economies.”
he Indiana State Department of
Health and the USDA are focused
on improving childhood nutrition
and empowering families to make
healthier food choices by providing
For more information, visit
www.StateHealth.in.gov.
Follow the Indiana State
Department of Health on
Twitter at @StateHealthIN
and on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/isdh1.
science-based information and
advice, while expanding the availability of healthy food. The
USDA's Farm to School Program
is part of the Healthy, Hunger-Free
Kids Act of 2010, which authorized
the USDA to provide grants and
technical assistance to help
schools gain better access to local
foods.
9th Floor, County-City Building
227 W. Jefferson Blvd.
South Bend, IN 46601
Phone: 574-235-9721
Fax: 574-235-9497
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Ranking of Leading Nutrient Dense Foods Continued
Item
Nutrient Density Score
Watercress
100.00
Chinese cabbage
91.99
Chard
89.27
Beet green
87.08
Spinach
86.43
Chicory
73.36
Leaf lettuce
70.73
Lower density score ranges of Powerhouse status foods include:
*Parsley, Romaine lettuce, Collard green, Turnip green, Mustard green, Endive
(65.59-60.44)
*Chive, Kale, Dandelion green, Red pepper, Arugula, Broccoli, Pumpkin, Brussels sprout
(54.80-32.23)
*Scallion, Kohlrabi , Cauliflower,
(27.35-16.91)
Cabbage, Carrot, Tomato, Lemon, Iceberg lettuce, Strawberry, Radish
*Winter squash (all varieties), Orange, Lime, Grapefruit (pink and red), Rutabaga, Turnip, Blackberry,
Leek, Sweet potato, Grapefruit (white)
(13.89-10.47)