Expo on fast and healthy food

Expo on fast and healthy food

JAKARTA (JP): The weekly women's magazine Femina is holding an exhibition of fast and healthy food.

Chief editor of the magazine Widarti Goenawan says that there is a change in food preferences among Indonesians which is a result of the change of their life style.

"Development has changed women's role so that they are working and spending most of their time outside their houses. Most women now prefer to cook simple and fast meals for their families," Widarti said.

The three-day exhibition was opened yesterday at the YTKI building on Jl. Gatot Soebroto, Central Jakarta and will last until Sunday.

Suroso Natakusuma, assistant to the minister of food/chairman of the logistics board, says that exhibition is very important in helping to increase people's appreciation of healthy Indonesian food.

"Currently, people are being drawn to foreign fast food because of good service. It is important that Indonesians also appreciate their own food," Suroso says. (yns)