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Special meal
• Vegetarian Meals • Children meals • Religious meals • Medical meals • Other meals • Reminds on ordering special meal
 
Vegetarian Meals
AVML: Vegetarian Hindu Meal
Recommended for: Asian/Hindu Vegetarians
Prohibited: meat, fish, fowl, lard or gelatin, egg

VJML: Vegetarian Jain Meal
Recommended for: Jain vegetarians
Prohibited: meat, poultry, seafood, fish, eggs, dairy products, root or bulbous vegetables.

VGML: Vegetarian Vegan Meal
Recommended for: passengers are strict vegetarians
Prohibited: products from animal sources, meat, seafood, fish, fowl, lard or gelatin, eggs, dairy products, honey.

VLML: Vegetarian Lacto-Ovo Meal
Recommended for: passengers who does not eat animal flesh of any kind, but consumes dairy and egg products
Prohibited: meat, seafood, fish, fowl, lard, gelatin.

VOML: Vegetarian Oriental Meal
Recommended for: oriental vegetarians
Prohibited: meat, poultry, seafood, fish, eggs, dairy products, root or bulbous vegetables.

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Children meals
BBML: Baby Meal
Recommended for: infant and children under 2 years.
Prohibited: highly seasoned foods, foods containing wheat, gluten, fish, eggs and citrus fruit. pork, veal, beef, solid food for children < 1 year, meat with bone.

CHML: Child Meal

Recommended for: children aged  from 2 years to 5 years.
Prohibited: fish with bone, meat with bone, nuts and seeds, highly seasoned foods, rich sauces, hard candy, whole grapes.
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Religious meals
HNML: Hindu Meal
Recommended for: passengers wishing to follow Hindu custom
Note: AVML assigned if request for a Hindu Vegetarian  Meal
Prohibited: beef,veal, pork, raw and smoked fish.

KSML: Kosher Meal
Recommended for: passengers wishing to follow Jewish custom
Prohibited: any food items which are not chosen, prepared and served in accordance with Jewish dietary laws and custom.

MOML: Moslem Meal
Recommended for: passengers wishing to follow Moslem customs.
Prohibited: pork, pig by-products, gelatine, alcohol, flavouring extracts with alcohol, non-white fish meat from species without scales or fins.
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Medical meals

BLML: Bland Meal
Recommended for: passengers suffering from stomach or intestinal problems.

Prohibited: highly seasoned foods, black pepper, chili powder, “gassy” vegetable such as cabbage and cauliflower, caffeinated beverages, fried foods.

 

DBML: Diabetic Meal (Low Sugar, No Added Sugar)
Recommended for: diabetic passengers

Prohibited: fried food

 

GFML: Gluten intolerant Meal
Other name: Low Gluten/Low Gliadin/Gluten-Restricted/Low Wheat/Coeliac Disease/Non-Triopical Sprue/Dermatitis Herpetiformis).

Recommended for: gluten intolerant passenger

Note: not suitable for gluten allergic passengers.

Prohibited: wheat, wheat flour, rye, oats & barley. pasta, bread, bread crumbs & batter. oat-based breakfast cereals. Semolina. Soup, sauce, soya sauce & gravy mixes made with flour. Cakes, muffins, pastries. Malt products, ovaltine. Starch derived from cereals containing gluten. Custard powder, luncheon meats, meat substitutes. Sausages. Confectionery with chocolate including cereals containing gluten. Nut & nut products.

 

LCML: Low Calorie Meal
Recommended for: passengers wishing to follow a calorie-restricted diet.

Prohibited: fried foods, added fats, oils & sugar, gravies & sauces, rich desserts.

 

LFML: Low Fat Meal (Low Cholesterol/Fat-Restricted/Gall Bladder Diet/Low Saturated Fat)
Recommended for: passengerss wishing to follow a fat-restricted diet

Prohibited: fried foods, sauces high in fat, egg yolks, offal, seafood, fish roe & caviar, added fats, oils, alcohol-refined sugars, processed meats, processed cheese.

 

LSML: Low Salt Meal
Recommended for: passengers wishing to follow a sodium-restricted diet

Prohibited: salt substitutes, MSG, stocks, bouillon cubes, commercial soups & sauce mixes. salted, smoked cured or packaged foods. items in brine. processed cheese. olives, anchovies. bakery products using self-rising flour or baking soda. most condiments (ketchup, mustard, BBQ sauce, soy sauce, worcestershire sauce, seasoned salt). gravies, sauces and dressings. garlic, onion, celery salts. breads.   

 

NLML: Low Lactose Meal.

Recommended for: lactose intolerant passenger

Note: not suitable for cow milk allergic passengers.

Prohibited: milk and dairy products. any food containing milk and dairy products.
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Other meals
FPML: Fruit Platter Meal
Recommended for: passengers wishing to eat a meal with no additives/preservatives   
Prohibited: additives. preservatives.

RVML: Vegeterian Raw Meal

Recommended for: raw vegetable vegetarians
Prohibited: caffeinated beverages. highly processed foods. additives. preservatives.

SFML: Seafood Meal

Recommended for: passengers who prefer seafood
Including fish and/or seafood prepared according to local specifications.
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Reminds on ordering special meal
A specific special meal is supplied for personal demand. Therefore, we’d like to keep you informed of the following before you order your special meal:
  • Vietnam Airlines is unable to supply special meal on some routes that don’t give us enough time to serve you special meal. Special meals are also not provided in the flights which we don’t offer meal. Please ask your booking agent for more details.

  • You should order your special meal and get our confirmation 24 hours prior to departure at the latest. Some specials meal such as Kosher meal are only available in limited flights and you’re requested to order that special meal 72 hours prior to departure at the latest.

  • If you change your route or flight schedule, please make sure your special meal has been re-ordered and confirmed according to your route or schedule change.

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