Steamplicity currently delivers 95,000 meals a week to patients at 30 hospitals across the UK. The system uses a steam valve to enable fresh and raw ingredients to be steamed in under five minutes, whilst maintaining their nutritional value.
Steve Cenci, managing director of Healthcare, Compass Group UK&I, said: “We are really proud of our Steamplicity offer. We have a team of Compass chefs, nutritionists and dietitians who work on our dishes, to ensure we are able to produce fresh and nutritious meals of a high standard that people want to eat. We recognise that food has an essential role to play in the wellbeing of patients and take this responsibility seriously.
“We hope that our pop-ups series will enable us to have a positive dialogue with visitors, staff and patients about their hospital food, provide the opportunity to taste some of our meals, and give them confidence in what is being provided at those hospitals we operate at, as they learn more about the benefits of the Steamplicity system.”
Patients are able to order a Steamplicity meal outside of protected mealtimes which means if patients miss a meal due to having treatment of through poor appetite they can still have a hot meal.
As meals are also individually portioned, overall waste of uneaten meals is reduced, with the majority of sites using Steamplicity operating at 3% waste or less.