At the Loughborough Schools Foundation, we understand the importance of good-quality and nutritionally balanced meals in nourishing both bodies and minds. We therefore ensure that our pupils can choose from a variety of healthy, delicious and nutritious meals each day.
Meals are freshly cooked in our kitchens daily, with menu updates reflecting pupil preferences, food trends and use of seasonal produce. As part of our continued efforts to promote healthy eating, we strive to add extra vegetables to dishes, ensuring that our meals are highly nutritious.
Where possible, we avoid processed and genetically modified ingredients and limit the use of salt in the food we prepare. We also avoid MSG and do not use undesirable food colourings, sweeteners, flavourings, preservatives or trans fats*.
As well as hot, cooked lunches, we offer a self-serve salad bar, boasting a wide range of freshly made salads, and a choice of fresh fruit options.
We use local suppliers to provide us with seasonal, locally grown produce, as well as local butchers who source British meat with Red Tractor accreditation, and free-range eggs collected from local farms.
All meat we serve, including Halal meat, meets the five freedoms of animal welfare and our fish is certified by the Marine Stewardship Council or the Marine Conservation Society.
Food menus are published on the school’s Parents’ Dashboard page of the websites on a weekly basis.
*E102 Tartrazine, E104, Quinoline Yellow, E107 Yellow 2G, E110 Sunset Yellow, E120 Cochineal, E122 Carnosine, E123 Amaranth, E124 Ponceau 4R, E129 Allura Red, E131 Patent Blue, E132 Indigo Carmine, E133 Brilliant Blue, E151 Black PN, E621 Monosodium Glutamate (MSG), E635 Sodium 5 Ribonucleotide, E950 Acesulfame K, E954 Sodium Saccharine, E211 Sodium Benzoate, Artificially Hydrogenated Oils