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Have your say: Are hot school meals too ultra-processed or a nutritious boost for children?
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Ruth Hegarty says much of the food being delivered through the scheme is loaded with ultra-processed foods (UPFs)

Ruth Hegarty says much of the food being delivered through the scheme is loaded with ultra-processed foods

She says much of the food being delivered through the scheme is loaded with ultra-processed foods , now known to cause a range of serious and life-threatening diseases.Young parents: ‘A lot of them would suffer social anxiety and isolation’‘Here I am, a grown adult, who struggles to keep my tears at bay’

“There is a nutrition standard for hot school meals provided by the Government, but there is no oversight of this. Tendering is left to the free market, and schools are expected to ensure the standard is met,” she says.

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