School Meals
The government has set new food-based standards for school lunches. This page summarises the key requirements.
These healthier products are now on our menus
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More Fruit and Vegetables No less than two servings per day per child; at least one should be vegetables or salad and at least one should be fruit. |
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More Oily Fish Oily fish such as mackerel and salmon should be served at least once every three weeks |
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Bread Bread should be available at lunch every day |
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Drinking Water Free, fresh drinking water should be available at all times. |
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Healthier Drinks The only drinks served should be water, pure fruit juices, milk, yoghurt and milk drinks with less than 5% added sugar, smoothies, low calorie hot chocolate, coffee and tea. |
These foods are now restricted or no longer allowed:
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No Confectionery Confectionery such as chocolate bars, chocolate-coated biscuits and sweets should not be available for lunch. |
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No Savoury Snacks Savoury snacks such as crisps should not be available for lunch. |
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No Salt Condiments - Restricted Salt should not be available at lunch. Condiments, such as ketchup and mayonnaise, should only be available in sachets. |
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Deep-Fried Foods – Restricted Meals should not contain more than two deep-fried foods, such as chips and batter-coated products, in a single week. |
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Manufactured Meat Products – Restricted These products, such as chicken nuggets, burgers and sausage rolls, may only be served occasionally, and only providing they meet standards for minimum meat content. |