Take the Wholegrain Goodness challenge and you could win supermarket vouchers worth up to £250. NOW CLOSED

[AnnMumsnet]

We've been asked by WholegrainGoodness.com to find MNers to take part in a 2 week wholegrain challenge starting Monday 20th January.

Here's what WholegrainGoodness.com, a not-for-profit campaign aiming to inspire people to eat more wholegrain, say about the challenge: "Most of us know it's important to eat at least five portions of fruit and veg every day, but did you know you should be eating more wholegrain to keep you healthy too?

Nutritionists encourage eating at least three servings of wholegrain a day. But despite the nutritional benefits, national surveys show that 95% of adults don't do this, and almost a third don't eat any at all. So try something different for your new year's resolutions this year - take part in our wholegrain challenge to help us inspire mums to get more nutritious wholegrain into their family's diet and we'll enter you into a prize draw."

Here's what's involved:

• This is open to all UK MNers with at least one child aged between 2 and 16 living at home.

• The challenge is to include wholegrain in at least ONE meal or snack for the family per day for two weeks and then to feedback by Sunday 9th February latest to be entered into a prize draw. You can use the variety of wholegrain foods available, such as wholegrain breads, breakfast cereals, pasta, rice, flour and even popcorn. And feel free to take part if you and your family already eat wholegrains.

• 100 MNers will be selected as 'official testers'. If selected, you'll be sent a £10 supermarket voucher to contribute towards the cost of buying wholegrain foods. This voucher will be for one of two supermarkets - you can submit your preference when you sign up. All 'officials' who post their feedback on the MN thread will be entered into a prize draw to win a £250 supermarket voucher of choice.

• You can still take part if you don't get selected as an 'official'. All 'non-officials' who take part in the challenge and post their feedback on the MN thread will be entered into a prize draw to win a £150 supermarket voucher of choice.

If you'd like to take part in the WholegrainGoodness.com challenge, please sign up here.

We'll be in touch with the 100 MNers selected to take part in the challenge next Monday 13th.

Thanks
MNHQ

Please note: comments made on this thread may be reproduced by Wholegrain Goodness (AHDB).

[supermariossister]

signed up . this would be really interesting as we are trying to eat better as a family

[Indith]

deja vue. Did we not do this already? was fun. We still eat brown rice loads and the dcs lost their fear of any bread that is not white. ate lovely brown bread full of bits with soup containing pearl barley for dinner tonight.

[AnnMumsnet]

It was this time last year Indith! Time flies on MN! Glad to hear you are still enjoying wholegrain!

[goldface]

Signed up!

[bluebump]

Signed up too!

[MrsTerryPratchett]

I can't sign up as not UK but I'm doing this for January (at least). Just ate wholegrain pasta for lunch! DD (3 yo) loves this. No fear of brown bread at our house.

[kateandme]

sounds great.

[Willemdefoeismine]

Oops I'm not sure I totally completed the form before pressing send, Ann. I filled in my pitch spiel and then pressed on send but pretty sure I didn't fill in location and my usual Mumsnet name? Trigger happy today....

[AnnMumsnet]

Willemdefoeismine - all looks fine to me!
thanks

[CambridgeBlue]

I've just signed up, we could all do with eating a bit more healthily and I'd love to do something about my DD's addiction to white bread - she's a nightmare on the few occasions I buy it!

[Willemdefoeismine]

Thanks, Ann!

[Fillybuster]

Done - we didn't do this last year, so keen to give it a bash this time around :)

[Willemdefoeismine]

Our two have been brought up on various types of brown bread (Vogel being the favourite) but they still have a default setting to ask for white......

[forgetandforgive]

i haven't signed up but me and the boys have always lived whole gain bread and cereals. they like the bread with pumpkin seeds in it.

[Mograt]

Just filled in the form and pressed send but not sure if it went before the signal dropped on my Internet connection. Could you check please?

[AnnMumsnet]

Mograt - yep - tis ok! thanks

[FanFuckingTastic]

I'll do it... looks for form

[cheekylittledevil]

Signed up! I always fed my kids homemade, healthy food, but when they become teenagers the default setting seems to be horrible sliced white bread and packet cr*p.

[charlieandlola]

Done !

[luciferswench]

this looks interesting.

[CaramelisedOnion]

Really keen on this...been meaning to switch from wholegrain more for ages and this will help with that resolution!

[CaramelisedOnion]

Also Ann please would you check mine form has gone through? Did it on my phone and don't always trust it!

[DameDeepRedBetty]

I think I've joined but I didn't get the usual 'Thank you for signing up' message at the end, just thrown straight to the Products and Competitions Front Page. Could you check I'm on the list please?

[dizzyday07]

signed up!

[kirstyphillipsonlowe]

This is right up my street! Signed up :-)