BBC campus offers provides options for vegan and vegetarian students

Juliane Sunshine/Staff Writer

MMC is home to an array of food options that Panthers have, but BBC is half the size and has fewer food options. This can be a problem for vegetarians or vegans who might have a difficult time in finding a place to eat.

Vegans are defined as a person who does not eat or use any animal products, such as milk, eggs and sometimes honey.

Vegetarians are less strict and are defined as people who do not eat animal products but still use some of them like butter, milk and eggs.

BBC has four main eateries: Starbucks, Subway, Moe’s and Grille Works. Students also have the Barnes & Noble’s Bookstore, where they can pick on-the-go items or snacks.  

However, the question is whether there enough options for students at BBC who are vegan or vegetarian.

Lorvin Ramirez, assistant food director at BBC, explained what kind of options students have at these restaurants.

“At Starbucks, we have any hot or iced drinks made with coconut milk, soy and now almond. We have a veggie and brown rice salad, fruit and oatmeal. At Subway for vegans, we have make your own veggie delight, the Italian bread and yellow mustard. For vegetarians, we have the veggie patty, broccoli cheddar soup and all the dressings. And then we also have Moe’s in which we have tofu in which we combine it in any dish we have there,” said Ramirez.

Vegans are restricted to less choices since most products have some animal product in it but vegetarian options are available.

Marine biology senior, Victoria Padron, who is not a vegetarian or vegan, shared her opinions and thoughts about the options at BBC.

“In general I don’t think there are enough places to eat and I don’t think there are enough options, especially on this campus,” said Padron.

Chemistry senior, Afia Anjuman expressed how she thinks there should be more choices. While Anjuman is not vegan or vegetarian, she does not eat the meat on campus so she is always looking for vegetarian options.

“There are options, but I think they can also increase more because I know there are a lot of people who are vegetarian or vegan and are looking for options. Even though I am not vegetarian, I always look for vegetarian options and sometimes I find them, sometimes I don’t,” said Anjuman.

Finding options seems to be difficult and while there are options available, the choices can become repetitive.

“Vegetarians have more options than the vegans and they can be more creative. [For example,] they can add barbecue sauce on the veggie patty and onions to make it something similar to the chicken and barbecue pizza,” said Ramirez.

FIU does have a website, fiu.campusdish.com, that lists every eatery located at both MMC and BBC. The website also has a link that provides the nutritional information for these restaurants. 

Image retrieved from Flickr. 

 

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