Want details on your favorite foods? Check out MSUtrition to get nutritional information on what’s being served or find out what’s available for those with special dietary needs.
Allergies
Students coming to MSU are expected to have a reasonable grasp of their condition and its requirements. Residential Dining identifies the following allergies through menu card designations and the product name itself.
- Milk
- Eggs
- Nuts
- Soy
- Fish
- Shellfish
Students with concerns should make contact with the Manager and/or Chef in their unit to assist in navigating the menus. Guests are encouraged to use MSUTrition to help identify safe foods, as well as The Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network to assist them manage their condition.
Kosher Options
We understand that there are varying levels of adherence to kosher dietary law and each individual keeps kosher in their own way. In general, students who keep kosher in residential dining tend to follow a vegan or vegetarian diet.
During Passover, in addition to extensive meatless options available, our dining halls serve Matzos, hard-boiled eggs, tuna fish and cheese. In addition, several traditional Jewish dishes are incorporated into the menu. Single service disposable dinnerware is also available upon request.
We are very receptive to suggestions as to how we could reasonably expand our options.
MSU Hillel offers meals on Friday Nights (Shabbat) and during the week of Passover. Shabbat dinners are free for students and RSVP is preferred. Students can reserve Passover meals (lunch and dinner) by contacting MSU Hillel.
Students who have an on-campus meal plan may be refunded their Shabbat and Passover meals by e-mailing operations@msuhillel.org.
You may contact Hillel at:
517-332-1916
360 Charles St.
East Lansing, Michigan 48823
Sparty's stores also offer a variety of Kosher options (opens as a PDF). Kosher items are indicated by the shaded box in the "Kosher" column.
Halal
We also offer vegetarian and vegan options to accommodate students wishing to keep Halal. In addition, Culinary Services retail operations have some pre-packaged foods, as well as some prepared Halal options at Riverwalk Market.
Riverwalk Market options are available through Combo-X-Change for residents and on a cash basis for those not on a meal plan.
Halal items are served at Riverwalk Market at Owen Hall on the following schedule:
- Monday, Wednesday and Friday: Lunch
- Tuesday and Thursday: Dinner
