Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
VerifiedDeli, grill, and action stations.
For full ingredients, ask us. The "Big 8" allergens are available via our online menu, sign, and the Everyday app.
Salad bar for any salad dressing or composed salads, and dessert station. Our desserts are scratch-prepared in our on-campus bake shop, which is an area with many allergens. My Zone desserts may be a better choice for many food allergic students. Please talk to Kim about desserts.
Nutrition and allergen information is available on our on-line menu, point of service signs, and our Everyday app.
Our My Zone personal pantry has gluten-free breads, rolls, and many other products free of gluten, peanuts, and tree nuts. For a grill item, get your GF bread, then bring to the grill and ask for your burger to be made in a separate pan. For the deli, ask for your meat, cheese, and vegetables to be given to your from the back-up supply after a glove change, then make your own sandwich. We also have a team of trained chefs that can make food separtely if you talk to the RD.
For students with food allergies, we would like to prepare your salad in the back of the house from produce not exposed to the self-serve environment. We'd like to introduce you to our dining managers so they know what your dietary needs are and tehy can prepare safe food separtely in teh kithcen if needed.
Studnet should reach out to the RDN to discuss food allergies and meet the allertrained chefs that can perpare safe meals for them.
The award-winning Simple Servings station is free from the "big 8" allergens except for fin fish, and also free of gluten. Precautions are in place to prevent allergen cross-contact in preparing your meals, and the station is open to all students, but is always served and requires students to take a clean plate.
Food Allergy 101, recognizing symptoms of allergic reaction and emergency response, ingredients, precautions to prevent cross-contact in back and front of the house, communicating with students, etc
Look for the "Allertrain" certificates posted.
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Working through their resident advisor and the campus dietitian Kimberly Mayer.
We all work closely together.
resident life for housing requests
Emergency Epinephrine is stocked in our four dining halls. Managers are trained by RD in emergeny protocol. We always encourage studnets with prescrbed epineohine to carry it all times.
RPI public safety, Troy Fire Department
Samaritan Hospital and Troy ambulance is located next to campus. The health center also stocks epinephrine.