Kitchen, Menu 📄
In summary, kitchen menu data consists of:
- Daily menus: 2026-04-01 has pea soup, mashed potatoes with meatballs, etc.
- recipes: Pea soup
- ingredients (peas, salt, etc)
- nutrients (macronutrients: fats, carbs, etc.)
- allergens
- price
- approximate calculated weight
The data is provided by restaurant operator's planning systems and stored within Flavoria's lunch line systems where researcher can access what was actually served. Not everything stored in the system is served, but anything served should be in the system.
Restaurant operators do not share (generally) the actual instructions for, only the summary nutrients/allergens.
Screenshots
Resources
- Menu: FI, EN (2026: missing names and data!)
- https://www.sodexo.fi/ruokalistat/output/weekly_json/102
Recipe categorization
Meal classification
Menus (from restaurant operator) are categorized as follows in (updated 2026):
| Category | Explanation |
|---|---|
| FROM OUR FAVORITES 1 | Main lunch line dish* |
| FROM OUR FAVORITES 2 | Main lunch line dish |
| FROM THE BOWL | Bowl-based dishes (typically mixed meals like poke or grain bowls) |
| FROM THE FIELD-VEGAN | Fully vegan main dish option |
| FROM THE GRILL | Grill-based main dishes |
| FROM THE GRILL CARBONO CERO | Low-emission or environmentally focused grill dishes |
| FROM THE KITCHEN (grillistä) | Hot dishes prepared in the kitchen (from the grill line) |
| FROM THE KITCHEN VEGAN | Vegan dishes prepared in the kitchen |
| FROM THE OVEN | Oven-baked dishes |
| FROM THE SOUP BOWL | Soup option |
| FROM THE SOUP BOWL (hintaan sisältyy 1-2 napasannosta) | Soup option; includes 1–2 small side portions (bread/snacks) |
| FROM THE SWEET | Desserts and sweet items |
| NAPAS | Small side portions / snack-sized accompaniments meant usually for soups |
| WEIGH & DINE | Self-service salad buffet priced by weight, very coarse data! |
Cafe categories
| Category | Explanation |
|---|---|
| FROM OUR BAKERY | Baked goods and pastries from the café |
| FROM THE GARDEN | Fresh vegetarian or salad-style items from the café |
| PÄIVÄN PATONKI | Sandwich of the day (from the café) |
| SALAATTI | Salad portion (from the café) |
- Favorites 1 and 2 have different nutritional contents and at least one of them has approval from KELA.
Related data: cash register classification.
Manual recipe classification
Additionally, the following classifications are given for recipes manually or via automation on demand.
carb_categ
(Main carbohydrate source of the meal)
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| potato | |
| rice | |
| pasta | |
| vegetable | |
| other | does not fit any other category |
diet_categ
(Primary dietary composition or protein source)
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| fish | |
| chicken | |
| meat | |
| vegetable | |
| vegan | (unused; mapped to vegetable) |
| other | does not fit any other category |
menu_categ
(structure or serving style, Menu-originated meal component (recipe) classification)
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| salad | |
| soup | |
| bread | |
| casserole | |
| portioned | Limited quantity per serving |
| supplement | Side component (e.g. protein or flavor addition) |
| other | does not fit any other category |
recipe_categ
(Categorize recipes by their primary role in a meal)
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| main_course | includes salads if it is a main_course |
| side_dish | warm side dish and napas |
| salad | |
| dessert | |
| drink | |
| sauce | |
| other_side_dish |
Sample
| recipe | diet_categ | recipe_categ | carb_categ | menu_categ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| napas Tuna fish | fish | main_course | other | supplement |
| pulled pork sandwich | meat | main_course | other | main_course |