
The open letter from the Soil Association states, ‘Learning to eat should be an adventure – joyful and challenging – but our children are being increasingly robbed of the experience. Many are growing up not knowing the tastes, textures and smells of real food.
‘Many will enter adulthood only knowing the simplified and sweet flavours of ultra-processed products, leading to unhealthy choices and poorer health outcomes later in life.
‘Ultra-processed foods now make up roughly two-thirds of the average child’s diet in the UK.’
It goes on to say, ‘We believe that a love of good food should be nurtured in children from the youngest age possible, and schools should play a starring role.
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