Not exact matches
When our daughter graduated high
school I waited too long to book a
caterer, so we needed to put together a
menu for her party.
To carry out the nutrient analysis,
schools or their
caterers can use professional support (e.g. registered nutritionist or state registered dietitian) and / or
menu planning and nutrient analysis software.
Consider the
menus with the catering department or, if your
school uses external / council
caterers, see if they are able to offer a MFM
menu.
Through testing,
school cooks and
caterers are using the new draft standards and accompanying guidance to create and deliver
menus for their pupils.
Although there is now no need for
schools and their
caterers to nutritionally analyse their recipes and
menus, they will need to follow the standards.
The toolkit contains some example
menus so there are now two versions available: a toolkit for primary and special
schools and their
caterers; and a toolkit for secondary
schools and their
caterers.
This independent review had found that some
schools and their
caterers considered the current
school food standards difficult to understand and use, particularly the nutritional analysis of recipes and
menus.
Caterers will benefit most from signs that can be reused, such as a general football themed graphic that can be used to promote various international tournaments, as well as signs for other events, for example, comic relief, Christmas
menus,
school sports day or pupil design competitions etc..
In addition,
school caterers can plan
menus to include a wide variety of starchy foods, fruit and vegetables, dairy foods and non-dairy protein — the more varied your provision, the more likely it will be nutritionally balanced.