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The Background to Real Choice:
HET had been campaigning for ‘healthier’ foods and drinks in schools for many years, and established Real Choice to support schools and industry that are making positive steps to deliver good nutrition to children. Real Choice is an independent scheme established and operated by the Health Education Trust since April 2005, prior to the School Food Standards.
The scheme works simply to flag up on our online, freely accessible register all products that have been independently nutritionally evaluated by us and so meet the Governments standards for food in schools as a minimum.
At its simplest level schools want to know if snack and drinks products conform to the Governments legislation on ‘Foods other than lunch’ before they take the decision to sell such products in school. HET’s Real Choice product register highlights those products that have been independently evaluated by our Registered Nutritionist and Dietitian and do comply with the Government regulations for food in school.
Real Choice offers a ‘holistic gold standard’ for healthy snacking and vending, aimed at children.
Click here for full details.
 click here for full details
The Background to Real Choice:
HET had been campaigning for ‘healthier’ foods and drinks in schools for many years, and established Real Choice to support schools and industry that are making positive steps to deliver good nutrition to children. HET established through pilot trials in schools that healthy vending can be possible and viable in schools. Click here for further details.
Real Choice is an independent scheme established and operated by the Health Education Trust since April 2005, prior to the formation of the School Meals Review Panel and the School Food Trust, and the establishment of the School Food Standards. The scheme was created to help cut through the confused messages surrounding what is and what is not ‘healthy’ or suitable for school snacking and vending.
The scheme works simply to flag up on our online, freely accessible register all products that have been independently nutritionally evaluated by us and so meet the Governments standards for food in schools as a minimum.
At its simplest level schools want to know if snack and drinks products conform to the Governments legislation on ‘Foods other than lunch’ before they take the decision to sell such products in school. HET’s Real Choice product register highlights those products that have been independently evaluated by our Registered Nutritionist and Dietitian and do comply with the Government regulations for food in school.
Real Choice offers a ‘holistic gold standard’ for healthy snacking and vending, aimed at children. Products that are registered fully with Real Choice comply to the School Food Standards, but also offer something extra as products are reviewed holistically, taking into account such issues as packaging, price and sustainability. Developing practical, common sense approaches is the key to improving the health of young people, so our rationale for establishing the Real Choice scheme has been to raise the standard of snacking through establishing best practice, cutting through complex scientific labelling and considering products as a whole.
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