The media attention relating to the standard of food in schools and it's improvement has led parents to ask some serious questions about the catering provision at their child's school. In many cases, schools are providing excellent, balanced meals. However, this is not the case in all schools and the pressure to take action continues.
Every term we provide schools with two three week menu cycles that have been developed in association with School Catering Managers and nutritionally balanced by our dietician so that they fully comply with current legalisation. EATdot was one of the first organisations to make fully compliant menu sets to schools and continues to be at the leading edge of menu development for schools in the UK. We have direct links with the School Food Trust and we undertake to promote best practice across the EATdot School estate.
Our schools receive their menus on a CD each term with a recipe for every dish. These dishes are tested by our development team to ensure the food tastes great and can be produced for the right cost.
Over the past year or so most of our schools have moved to using our BiteRight menus. These are entirely compliant in terms of nutritional content - currently law for Primary Schools and mandatory for English Secondary Schools from September 2009.
If you would like us to send you an example of a menu cycle then please contact us.
With the shortening of lunch breaks across the country, the challenge is to ensure your pupils receive a nutritious meal in a very quick time. That's why we launched eat2go - a range of home-prepared grab and go items designed to replace bought in products such as burgers and processed poultry products.
Initially we have created recipes for 15 items including:
- Lamb koftas with yoghurt and mint
- Homemade chicken nuggets
- Homemade pork burgers
- Caramelised onion and tomato flatbread