Nutrition guidance
I was mortified to read that nurseries are providing unhealthy food for the children in their care (News, 23 October). Here we produce seasonal menus that consist of fresh produce only. We use nothing that is processed. We have a fresh delivery of fruit, vegetables, poultry, meat and dairy items and our chef is magnificent at cooking some lovely nutritious meals. We do have a food budget, but we would never compromise the children's health and the quality of the food for the sake of budget or convenience.
The Food Standards Agency produces guidelines which helped us decide what was going to be on the menu and the quantities we needed. Maybe some of the nurseries serving unhealthy food need to get some guidance, because it makes all PVI nurseries look like they don't have high standards, when this is very untrue.
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