Learn about more school meals in Salford

Over the last few years school meals have been changing and are now better, tastier and healthier than ever. The main changes that have taken place are:

• more fruit and vegetables
• more protein
• water available daily
• bread available daily
• less fried foods

The menus in Salford comply with the Nutrient Based Government Standards.The standards are designed so that a school lunch provides a third of the recommended daily intake.

Citywide Services now use a computer system called Saffron, which analyses the nutritional contents of each meal. Other improvements we have made are:-

• extra nutritional training for staff
• introduced a higher quality of oily fish
• larger portion sizes of carbohydrates
• the introduction of wholemeal bread and a larger daily variety of salads
• worked with suppliers to use enhanced products

Our menus include some favourite dishes such as shepherd's pie, gammon and pineapple, meat pie, pasta bolognaise, chicken casserole and a traditional roast dinner.

We have sourced new products that are low in fat, low in salt and reduced sugar and almost all of the food is oven baked. Recipes have been adapted to include more fruit and vegetables and chilled water and bread are available at all times. The cost of a school meal is £1.70 a day. To book a school meal for your child, please contact your child's school today.