Schools Food Trust guidelines
You can indicate whether your school’s packed lunch policy conforms to the guidelines outlined by the Schools Food Trust by checking the first box in the Policy Options form.
These guidelines can be downloaded from the packed lunches section of the School Food Trust Website, or a checklist showing the main points can be downloaded here.
When you check this box for the first time, you will be warned that making this choice will result in some parts of the form being pre-filled, and other parts being disabled. The statements which will be included are as follows:
- Other healthy drinks such as milk, pure 100% juice, sparkling water, fruit smoothie or yoghurt or milk drink can also be included.
- Packed lunches should not contain chocolate, items containing chocolate, sweets, salted savoury snacks or crisp-like products.
- All packed lunches should contain at least one portion of fruit and one portion of vegetable or salad.
- Include oily fish, such as [up to 3 different types of fish chosen from a list...] at least once every three weeks.
- Meat products such as sausage rolls, sausages and chipolatas, pies and pastries, fried foods should not be included more than once a fortnight.
In addition, Cheese will not be included as an example of “meat and alternatives.”
If at any time in the future you wish to change any of these pre-selected options, you will first need to un-check the box next to the text “The information in this leaflet follows the government’s packed lunch guidelines,” or choose one of the other options in this section.