If anyone has ever spent any time at all in hospitals or nursing homes, they know how horrific most of the food is and generally the smell is even worse.
I’ll bet more than 70% of it ends up in the trash.
I will say our hospital has pretty good food. The breakfast especially.
The great majority of people who write these articles have never worked in a dietary of either a nursing home or a hospital. Some patients never eat solid food, they eat puree as their condition might dictate or they require a bland diet.
Hospitals are not known for their food but for the medicine they practice.