TY - JOUR
T1 - Piloting a Healthy Street Food Venture in Kenya
T2 - Humanitarian Technology: Science, Systems and Global Impact, HumTech 2015
AU - Sun, Yixin
AU - Liguori, Krista
AU - Moussavi, Paulina
AU - Mehta, Khanjan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Copyright:
Copyright 2015 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Approximately 2.5 billion people, majority of them in developing countries, consume street foods on a daily basis. High malnourishment rates in these low-resource settings create a need for healthy street food. The successful introduction of healthy street food could ultimately improve communities' overall health and wellness without constraining people's budgets and eating habits. Packaging locally available ingredients into aspirational foods like pizza improves consumers' access to micronutrients without disrupting their consumption of indigenous foods. The Zima Pizza venture was piloted in the town of Nyeri, Kenya to pilot this implementation process. This venture introduced a westernized food option into a local restaurant, and the lessons learned from this venture can inform the introduction of healthier street foods. This article outlines the basis for designing healthier meals for a simple street food business, the challenges that arose in the implementation process, and the lessons learned from this social venture.
AB - Approximately 2.5 billion people, majority of them in developing countries, consume street foods on a daily basis. High malnourishment rates in these low-resource settings create a need for healthy street food. The successful introduction of healthy street food could ultimately improve communities' overall health and wellness without constraining people's budgets and eating habits. Packaging locally available ingredients into aspirational foods like pizza improves consumers' access to micronutrients without disrupting their consumption of indigenous foods. The Zima Pizza venture was piloted in the town of Nyeri, Kenya to pilot this implementation process. This venture introduced a westernized food option into a local restaurant, and the lessons learned from this venture can inform the introduction of healthier street foods. This article outlines the basis for designing healthier meals for a simple street food business, the challenges that arose in the implementation process, and the lessons learned from this social venture.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.proeng.2015.06.100
DO - 10.1016/j.proeng.2015.06.100
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:84946026057
VL - 107
SP - 417
EP - 426
JO - Procedia Engineering
JF - Procedia Engineering
SN - 1877-7058
Y2 - 12 May 2015 through 14 May 2015
ER -