To wonder what is dangerous about my child’s lunch

The school really need to review how they communicate the rules.
They may have told "many parents" but clearly not all as you didn't have a clue about what they were talking about.
They could have made it clear in the original email what they were referring to as opposed to leaving you guessing.
Even with the update, the rule is still unclear. Is it "no dairy" or "no frubes because they may splatter spray"? Is there a list of banned dairy products or a blanket ban? Because they seemed fine with the butter and Babybel.

pepperami. choking hazard.

Obviously depends on brand, but for example Lidl and Sainsburys brand Gruyere are both Nova scale 3 (processed), and has one ingredient - milk. Thus not a UPF.

Double check. Once I got wrong message about Lice. Woman in office made a mistake, I did the treatment found nothing. Next day I confirmed with teacher at drop off that that I did treatment. she looked puzzled then told me it wasn’t my child and said she needed to sort it with office.

A lot of this hoo-ha could have been avoided had the school said "Frubes are not allowed due to their tendency to squirt everywhere, and we have a child with a severe dairy allergy".

The school needs to work on their communication skills.

No. Just that I haven’t experienced that with DD or her classmates - 90s. Nor when I was growing up.
Obviously not everyone’s experience though.

Glad you got to the bottom of it OP.

Thank Christ I no longer have children of school age, it’s gone fukin crackers! Are crackers allowed by the way? 🤔

Do ultra processed foods affect one's ability to read?

The OP is obviously drip-feeding. This school is actually Hogwarts for Psychic Parents, innit? Otherwise WTF are frubes not PUBLISHED as a prohibited food, together with an explanation of WHY in case similar products come to market?

Just bloody read the post. How hard is it?

@boyohboys The only cheese which is not a UPF is Ricotta, Goat's cheese, Feta & Cottage cheese. All the rest are UPF.

One hundred percent. I have a weird allergy and can relate!

School needs to learn communication. If they need to send these messages, write down what's the problem. Saves everyone's time.

Also, I'm pro universal free/affordable school dinners. If schools are imposing all these rules on packed lunches, they should just serve lunch.

How is gruyere an UPF? Processed yes but so is cheddar so struggling to see what makes it an UPF.

That's awful that your DC and all the other DC in the school are banned from eating yogurt at lunchtime, just because of one child's intolerance. I'd continue giving my child it, telling them not to 'squirt it' and carrying on as normal tbh. That's ridiculous.

Some children with autism will only eat yogurts. My DN had ARFID and only ate fromage frais yogurts for 2 years (it was heartbreaking but even dieticians couldn't succeed in adding other foods until he was 11. Now he's a strapping 6ft tall adult thank god!)

Maybe they have sent the message to the wrong parent?
I hope you find out what it is.

RosesAndHellebores

Generic letter because they disapproved of what was in the lunchbox.

Ham - processed
Babybel -processed
Frube - processed
Peppermint- processed
Apple Juice - the small cartons are rarely 100% pressed/squeezed

In the kindest possible way @Hopper123that was a lunchbox jammed with UPFs.

Better choices would have been:
Chicken, tuna or egg sandwich
Fresh fruit - endless choices and combinations
2/3 cubes of gruyere
Small container with natural Greek Yoghurtand a drizzle of honey
Water instead of juice

Oh bore off. 🙄

Sorry @EnglishBluebell , what's not true? I've posted a lot so I'm not sure which post you're referring to.

@RosesAndHellebores Gruyère is a UPF! Cheddar is much better. Honey may well be natural but is full of naturally occurring sugar and rots teeth

HTH

Why use strawberry jelly in the classroom for a science lesson when you know there's a kid in the class with a strawberry allergy?

Is orange jelly less scientific?

I think I would be saying that is fine but you were not aware as it's not in the policy and there hasn't been a whole school communication about it

You're not a mind reader, I wouldn't have been aware of the issue with the frube either but it makes sense when explained. However if they're having to tell "many parents" then there is obviously an issue with their communication.

Frankly I think the email you received is ridiculous. It was unclear and vague and lots of parents would have ignored it assuming it was a mistake, which is potentially dangerous for the child with the allergy if the message isn't getting through. I'd point that out to them.

@CelesteCunningham That's just not true 😂

Chill, the lunch was fine and probably what most normal mums would put together for their kids.

Whole carrots 🥕 maybe not, your child is neither horse nor reindeer. And you'd need to peal it / prep it so no.

What you put together was absolutely fine.
Not so much school but After School doing holiday care have asked parents to avoid yougart and chocolate in kids lunches as esp in summer as they fear yougart will turn and chocolate melts and makes a mess (and kids get upset when they can't eat it)

@godmum56 nothing is wrong it, nor malt extract.

It's a food obsession based around privilege & snobbery. Yoghurt, for example. The vast majority of yoghurt has things added, especially low-fat. Of course, authentic Greek yoghurt tastes nicest & contains things that are good for you but it's also much much more expensive. As are most things with the fewest ingredients.

Sure, fancy sourdoughs are great (hate it myself) & artisan breads are all pure like our ancestors used to make but they aren't that fun to eat in truth & are rarely multi-purpose.

Normal ppl working on a budget just need their kids to eat & cannot afford the luxury of obsessively checking every single ingredient especially when most people don't even realise what the weird looking ingredients are or that perfectly natural ingredients have E-numbers.

In truth! The most dangerous thing we can do with food is burn or overcook it. Or in the case of meats, undercook. Incorrect storage & reheating is more of a health issue than if there is rapeseed oil in your bread. The whole thing drives me batty.

Surprised at the people who never knew a child at school with an allergy in the past- I was very lucky not to inherit my mother's anaphylactic allergy to nuts and seafood and she went to primary school in the 60's!