Hospital Catering
Hospital catering software
Manage patient meals, staff dining and visitor catering from one digital platform. Diets, allergens and production planning are connected - so the right meal reaches the right person, every time.
- Patient and staff orders are managed on separate systems - or paper.
- Diet restrictions are copied manually from patient files to the kitchen.
- Allergen declarations are recreated for every meal service.
- Production quantities are guessed, leading to waste or shortages.
- One system for patients, staff and visitors - all orders consolidated.
- Diets and allergens are validated automatically at the point of order.
- Declarations are generated from recipe data - no manual copying.
- Production is calculated from real orders, not estimates.
What hospital catering software should do
Patient meal ordering
Digital ordering for wards and patients, with diet validation and allergen checks. The kitchen receives a consolidated, live production list.
Patient self-ordering →Staff dining management
Staff meals, reservations and subsidies managed alongside patient catering. One kitchen, one system, one production plan.
Staff meal reservation →Allergen & nutrition compliance
14 EU allergens and full nutrition calculated automatically. Labels and declarations follow the recipe - update once, apply everywhere.
Allergens & traceability →One kitchen, multiple services
CalcMenu handles patient meals, staff dining and visitor catering in one platform. The same recipes, the same allergen data, the same production kitchen - but with separate ordering, pricing and reporting for each service.
- Patient, staff and visitor orders in one consolidated system.
- Diets and allergens validated for every order, every service.
- Production planning covers all services with one ingredient list.
- Separate reporting and cost tracking per service line.
Frequently asked questions
- What is hospital catering software?
- It is a digital platform that manages all aspects of hospital food service - patient meals, staff dining and visitor catering - in one system. It handles ordering, diet validation, allergen tracking and compliance reporting.
- Can it handle both patient and staff meals?
- Yes. CalcMenu manages patient meals with clinical diet validation, staff dining with reservations and subsidies, and visitor catering - all from the same kitchen production plan.
- How does it manage allergens across all services?
- Allergen data is stored at the ingredient level and calculated for every recipe. Whether it is a patient tray, a staff meal or a visitor purchase, the allergen declaration is generated from the same source data.
- Does it help with food cost control?
- Yes. Food costs are tracked per recipe, per portion and per service. You can see exactly what patient meals, staff dining and visitor catering cost - and where to optimise.
See it for your hospital catering
20 minutes is enough to check whether CalcMenu fits your patient, staff and visitor catering workflow.
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