Parent Forum – Tuesday 16th May 2017 Presented By: Helen Ross – Area Manager Jennifer Thompson – Assistant Nutritionist

Todays Presentation The service that Manchester Fayre provides Current Nutritional and School Food Standards The 14 Allergens and Allergen Legislation How Manchester Fayre ensure that every child is catered for Next Academic Year Theme days Educational Events New Services

Manchester Fayre Catering Services Manchester Fayre are the catering services team from Manchester City Council. Currently catering for over 120 schools, including Nursery, Primary and Secondary schools. At Manchester Health Academy, the catering team serve at least 350 meals per day. This includes hot traditional meals, sandwiches, jacket potatoes, salads and the new Protein Bar box.

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Example of Manchester Health Academy Menu

School Food Standards The School Food Standards were brought out in January 2015, providing an updated version of the previous standards. The Standards have been developed to influence eating habits of children. “New Standards – designed to make it easier for schools and cooks to create imaginative, flexible and nutritious meals” The School Food Standards ensure that, nutritionally the menus are balanced and provide all the key nutrients . They have especially shown an increase in Fibre, Vitamin A, Vitamin C and Folate.

School Food Standards School Food Standards applies across the whole school day. Healthier Drinks – Applies across the whole school day. Starchy Food cooked in fat or oil no more than two days each week One or more portions of wholegrain each week

Allergen Legislation

Allergies and Special Diet menus If a child has an allergy or special diet, then Manchester Fayre will ensure that the child is catered for , in accordance to the Allergy policy that Manchester Fayre has set. The policy that Manchester Fayre operates asks for supporting written confirmation of the dietary request; this may be from a GP, Allergy Nurse, Paediatrician or Dietitian. This ensures that Manchester Fayre has the full and accurate information about the dietary request, and therefore avoiding the unnecessary exclusion of foods from a child’s diet. Manchester Fayre provide allergy training to the Catering Team, and ensure that there is an allergy information folder available in the kitchens.

Themes Days for the Next Academic Year

Theme Days Theme Days are special days that involve a special menu and information about the celebrations. Manchester Fayre is always encouraging Schools to join in with these special days. It is a chance for pupils to engage with different cultural holidays and festivals, which not only allows new foods to be tasted, but also grasp a better understanding of other parts of the world and their traditions. If there is a theme day that pupils would like to take part in, we will always try and cater for their requests.

3x Educational Events The National Diet and Nutrition Survey Sugar and Snacks Lessons Healthy Eating Assemblies The National Diet and Nutrition Survey Found 11-18yrs consumed the Recommended Daily allowance of sugar each day 3x

New Services The Salad Bar The Protein Bar

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