The 2024 Paris Olympics is in the world's spotlight. How could it not be, this competition event brings in the world's best athletes. A number of preparations for the Olympics were then planned thoroughly, starting from the venue, facilities, to the food served to the athletes.
Indeed, food is important in the Olympics to meet the daily nutritional intake of athletes. Therefore, the menu served also pays close attention to nutrition. No joke, the committee brought in Sodexo Live as the official food provider company for the 2024 Paris Olympics. The company designed special menus for around 15 thousand athletes from 184 countries.
According to foodandwine.com, 20 chefs were brought in from various parts of the world to design 500 food menu items. Every day, they even provide 47 thousand plates for the 40 thousand meals that will be served. There are also 600-800 servings of toast.
Most of the food ingredients used come from France, such as meat, milk and eggs. Apart from protein, the chefs also provide vegetarian or plant-based food for athletes.
An Indonesian citizen named Alex once shared a moment at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Through his personal TikTok account, Alex also showed a number of food menus served to athletes. It turns out that not only is it nutritionally dense, the athlete's food range also looks appetizing and makes you salivate.
To find out more, let's look at the compilation of food for athletes at the 2024 Paris Olympics that BrilioFood compiled from TikTok @tekpangin on Friday (2/8).
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1. Bananas are one of the mandatory foods for athletes. Not without reason, bananas contain a number of nutrients that can increase the body's energy.
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2. Apart from fruit, there are also chocolate cookies and nuts as snacks for athletes.
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3. Not only bananas, the athletes are also provided with other fruits, such as mangoes, apples, watermelons, and pears that have been cut into pieces, so that they are easier to eat.
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4. Well, these various kinds of fruit can be consumed directly or eaten with various types of yogurt and sauce.
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5. There are also carbohydrates in the form of various breads served to athletes.
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6. One type of bread in the dining hall is croissants. The size is quite large, guaranteed to immediately fill you up.
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7. Pizza is also one of the menus served for athletes.
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8. A food menu containing high protein is a mandatory intake for athletes. One of the protein menus served is fish.
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9. Apart from fish, there are various vegetarian meats that have been processed such as burger patties to make them easier to eat.
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10. Well, the meat served can also be grilled again to make it warmer and more delicious.
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11. Muffins at the 2024 Paris Olympics are no less appetizing, you know. Even athletes often hunt for it to eat after the Olympics.