Tag: Food
Hello GreenKiddie friends. Most of you are probably aware that apart from running GreenKiddie, I am one of those Marketing & Social Media bods (at least for the last 8 years) who are here to connect and help brands, bloggers and consumers. My start-up >incite was born a while ago and due to a few new business wins, I am looking for bloggers interested in testing and reviewing products. If this is you, please keep reading.
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June 7, 2011
Eating great food when pregnant and then giving your children an organic start in life makes them more likely to grow up happy and healthy. Planet Organic, the UK’s leading organic supermarket, has everything you and your baby need to get off to the best start.
“I have raised three organic children who are happy, healthy and beautiful. I know that organic is the best you can give your kids.” Renée Elliott, founder of Planet Organic and mother to Jessie, Nicholas and Cassandra.
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- Regular tips, special offers and to swap stories with other mums.
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January 31, 2010
The Better Nursery Food Now Campaign, which calls on the Government to implement nutritional standards for nursery school food, has now launched a Facebook campaign to spread the word and engage mums and dads in supporting. The campaign is being run and promoted by The Soil Association and Organix, the baby and toddler food company.
The Better Nursery Food Campaign aims to increase the pressure on Government by highlighting examples of nurseries where parents are dissatisfied with the nutritional standards of nursery food. Whether it’s a nursery serving junk food, or food with artificial additives and e-numbers, or poor food generally, we are asking parents and nursery workers to post their experiences on the Facebook page and sign the petition to take to government.
The experiences from mums and dads will enable the Better Nursery Food Now campaigns team to step up the pressure on Government to put in place nutritional standards that will cover all nurseries, guaranteeing better food in nurseries.
Just to remind you that, according to the report Georgie Porgie Pudding and Pie – exposing the truth about nursery food:
- There are no clear nutritional standards for UK nurseries.
- Some nurseries spend as little as 25p per meal, per child.
- Colourings and additives, not allowed in manufactured foods for children, were regularly being permitted in nurseries.
- Foods banned or restricted in primary and secondary schools – like chips, sweets and chocolate – are still regularly served in nurseries.
- No Government Department was willing to take responsibility for the quality and monitoring of nursery food.
BBC 1 Panorama programme on Monday 25 January at 8.30pm will be investigating “What Is Really In Our Kid’s Food”. The programme has discovered that one in five children starts school already overweight and, according to the latest research, children who are fat by five are likely to stay that way. Shelley Jofre investigates the food being dished up to pre-schoolers at nurseries and at home. There’s a rapidly growing market in ready meals specifically for toddlers, but are they really a healthy option? The programme looks behind the marketing claims
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January 20, 2010
Foods such as crisps, chips and biscuits are being given to children in small percentage of the UK nurseries, revealed recent research from governing body Ofsted. Junk or processed foods, banned or restricted in schools, still appear on nursery some menus. A parallel survey indicated that some nurseries in England and Wales are serving processed foods, sugary drinks and foods high in additives, salt and fat.
According to England’s Department for Children, Schools and Families, it is a legal requirement in all childcare settings, including childminders, nurseries and day care, that where children are provided with meals, snacks or drinks, these must be healthy, balanced and nutritious.
But what happens in practice? – A small per cent of UK nurseries were found to be spending as little as 25p a day. Oil-rich fish such as salmon, or sardines were only served in 8% of them.
Parents expect the food their children eat at nursery to meet regulatory and nutritional guidelines, and not to include additives unsuitable for young children. But one fifth of the parents, taking part in a recent survey, described the food at their nursery as poor or mediocre.
Organic foods are more nutritious, and they contain higher levels of vitamin C and essential minerals such as calcium, magnesium, and iron as well as antioxidants important for skin, cancer-fight and overall health. Cooking with organic ingredients is the only way to reduce the chemicals your baby or toddler is exposed to. Go to Why Go Organic section for further information: http://www.greenkiddie.co.uk/Goorganic.php, and get some homemade healthy recipe ideas here: http://www.greenkiddie.co.uk/Recipes.php
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June 30, 2009
