Canteen Menu Planning Guide
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The Guide offers a new way of designing school canteen menus, and aims to make the job of designing a healthy menu easier. |
Information is provided about the following areas:
- the nutritional value of foods
- selecting the most appropriate (and healthiest) food choices
- the nutrient criteria for identifying foods that need to be restricted in their sale.
Useful components of the Guide that you may wish to download individually are:
- 'Occasional' Food Criteria - which is used to determine if a food is RED
- Canteen Menu Planner Model
Copies of the Canteen Menu Planning Guide can be purchased from the Healthy Kids School Canteen Association.
Communicating the message of healthy canteens
To help schools communicate the message about healthy canteens, a presentation has been prepared. This is available to download: