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South Korean Hospitals Offer More Personalised Meals, Including a 25,000-Won Option
In South Korea, hospital caterers are tailoring meals to individual patients rather than serving everyone the same food.
They consider patients’ age, health, religion and eating habits when planning meals.
Older people with difficulty chewing can receive soft meat, while vegetarian patients can get meals without meat.
Muslim patients can be served food that meets their religious requirements.
Some hospital meals now cost 25,000 won, while a typical meal costs about 6,000 won.
The higher-priced option shows how hospital food is becoming more personalised, though the available information does not say which hospitals offer it or what happens next.
South Korean hospital food providers are offering meals tailored to patients’ age, health, religion and eating habits.
Options include soft meat for older people with weak teeth, meat-free meals for vegetarians and food that meets Muslim religious requirements.
A hospital meal option priced at 25,000 won has emerged.
A typical hospital meal costs about 6,000 won, with the National Health Insurance Service and the patient each paying half, according to the article.
- Who
- South Korean hospitals and their food-service providers.
- What
- Providers are offering meals tailored to patients’ needs, including an option priced at 25,000 won.
- When
- The article was published on October 30, 2026; the timing of the meal changes is not stated.
- Where
- South Korea.
- Why
- Meals are being tailored to patients’ age, health, religion and eating habits.
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- Premium meal option
- 25,000 won per meal
- Typical hospital meal
- About 6,000 won
- Typical meal payment
- The National Health Insurance Service and patient each pay half
- Meal adaptations
- Soft meat for older people with weak teeth; meat-free meals for vegetarians; food meeting Muslim religious requirements