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Patient Dining — Plated at UPMC

Learn more about Plated at UPMC.Your satisfaction and safety are our highest priorities.

At UPMC, we are proud to offer a personalized meal program in which you make your food and beverage selections with a trained Diet Host.

Your physician may order you a special diet while you are in the hospital. Your host will help you choose options that meet your diet needs. If you are receiving medication that needs to be taken before or with your meal, please notify your nurse when your meal arrives.

Please let any Food and Nutrition staff member know if there is anything we can do to make your stay more comfortable.

As always, we value your feedback. Please tell us what is working well or what we can do better to serve your needs. Should you have any questions or concerns regarding your meal service, please do not hesitate to reach out to us.

Seasonal offerings

Look for these culinary creations on the patient and visiting guest menus:

Fall

(September - November)

Hearty and Homestyle provides classic, favorite dishes that bring comfort to any meal.

Hearty and Homestyle provides classic, favorite dishes that bring comfort to any meal.

Winter 

(December - February) 

Olive & herb gathers fresh ingredients from the Mediterranearn for a healthy, refreshing option.

Olive & herb gathers fresh ingredients from the Mediterranean for a healthy, refreshing option.

Spring

(March - May) 

Southwest Fresh will highlight fresh, bold flavors with freshly prepared ingredients.

Southwest Fresh will highlight fresh, bold flavors with freshly prepared ingredients.

Summer

(June - August)

BrightBowls lets you craft your perfect bowl by combining nutritious ingredients for a balanced and flavorful meal.

BrightBowls lets you craft your perfect bowl by combining nutritious ingredients for a balanced and flavorful meal.

 

Locations

Find the menus below for the location applicable to your stay.



Diet information

At UPMC, we believe food is medicine. Patient diets reflect the most up-to-date evidence-based recommendations in nutrition therapy to promote healing, strength, and safety while you are in our care.

Below are simple descriptions of our most common patient diets. For more information, please request a visit from a registered dietitian or speech language pathologist.

  • Bariatric — This diet may serve clear liquids, full liquids, pureed, soft, or regular foods. Foods on this diet are low in sugar and fiber and high in protein.
  • Cardiac (PDF) — This diet consists of foods that are lower in sodium (PDF) and fat (PDF). It may also limit caffeine.
  • Clear liquids (PDF) — This diet consists of translucent liquids, such as juice, coffee, tea, broth, and gelatin.
  • Consistent carbohydrate (PDF) — This diet provides meals that have a consistent amount of carbohydrate at each meal and often is prescribed for patients with diabetes. Consistent carbohydrate diets may be low, standard, or high and provide 45, 60, or 75 grams of carbohydrate per meal, respectively.
  • Dysphagia — These foods are mechanically altered for patients with difficulty chewing or swallowing. Foods may be liquidized, pureed, minced, or chopped into bite-size pieces. Liquids may also be thickened. UPMC follows the IDDSI Framework for dysphagia diets.
  • GI — This diet consists of foods that are easy to digest. It restricts  fat (PDF), fiber, (PDF) and gassy vegetables.
  • NPO — This means nothing by mouth and is ordered when a patient is not allowed to eat anything solid or liquid.
  • Regular — The regular diet has no restrictions and includes a wide variety of foods to meet your daily nutritional requirements.
  • Renal — This diet provides foods that are lower in salt (PDF) and potassium (PDF). It may also limit phosphorus (PDF) and protein (PDF). 

Looking for Retail Dining?

Healthy Food

UPMC Food & Nutrition Services Retail Dining provides a variety of freshly prepared meals, from comfort foods to global flavors, using locally sourced ingredients to create a welcoming dining experience. Visit our Retail Dining page to review retail locations, hours of operation, and menus with ingredient and allergen information.

Learn more about retail dining.