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NameChangeAK · 2024-04-22T19:20:09+00:00

I received a message from school today saying my child’s lunch contained a prohibited item and to please review the policy “as there are children with severe allergies and it’s dangerous not to comply” I don’t usually provide packed lunches - DC has school meals, but they did like todays meal options. Ive responded and asked what the item was but waiting for a response, but I’m confused - it’s clearly a nut free school but I can’t see anything else anywhere about other banned foods the packed lunch contained: - ham sandwich (with butter) on brown bread - apple - frube (strawberry flavour) - carton of own brand apple juice - Pepperami - babybel any ideas what could be the problem or Aibu to think they’ve mistaken the ham as peanut butter or something ridiculous?

Bernadinetta · 28/04/2024 16:42

Rosestulips · 27/04/2024 19:59

All you had to do was READ OP posts to see it was a last minute decision. I’m sure with lots of notice she could have lovingly chopped 5 cubes of Gruyère and spooned some Greek yoghurt.

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FIVE cubes of Gruyère?? The horror! Don’t you realise 2-3 cubes are sufficient?

patchworkpal · 28/04/2024 16:38

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CelesteCunningham · 28/04/2024 16:33

YvesA · 28/04/2024 16:10

I understand banning nuts for Nut allergies as inhaling can trigger anaphylaxis but not banning dairy as surely it has to be ingested . It might be the apple juice they’ve banned due to sugar content

It was the frube.

Milk allergies can be airborne, or indeed contact anaphylactic.

Needmorelego · 28/04/2024 16:19

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YvesA · 28/04/2024 16:10

I understand banning nuts for Nut allergies as inhaling can trigger anaphylaxis but not banning dairy as surely it has to be ingested . It might be the apple juice they’ve banned due to sugar content

patchworkpal · 28/04/2024 15:40

GoodAfternoonGoodEveningAndGoodnight · 28/04/2024 12:37

If that's the new name for Frubes, yes.

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That made me snigger

shoppingshamed · 28/04/2024 15:34

GoodAfternoonGoodEveningAndGoodnight · 28/04/2024 12:37

If that's the new name for Frubes, yes.

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😂😂😂

GoodAfternoonGoodEveningAndGoodnight · 28/04/2024 12:37

CheSera · 28/04/2024 11:42

Was it gluten free bread? 😁

If that's the new name for Frubes, yes.

CheSera · 28/04/2024 11:42

Was it gluten free bread? 😁

RedToothBrush · 28/04/2024 10:56

Oldwmn · 28/04/2024 10:42

Probably but I don't recall anaphylaxis being very common though. I think that today's children are exposed to foods that we would never have come across at the same age.

Allergies have increased considerably in the last 30 years. This has been observed and is being studied to establish why. Theories range from delivery method at birth, to the increased use of antibacterials in the house, to pollution, to ultra processing of foods, to exposure to a wider range of foods at an early age. But no one really understands it yet.

We've also had massive awareness campaigns so people look for it and consider it more.

Then there's changes in expectations. In the past if you had a nut allergy, you simply didn't eat out because you couldn't take the risk. You took your own food, you ate at home or you went hungry. The end. Now we expect everyone to be included and catered for. My brother had a severe nut and egg allergy and this was how my parents handled it. Now youd go to a restaurant and expect health and safety to protect you. This in turn is leading to greater awareness because people see comments about allergies every time they pick up a menu.

This doesn't mean lots of people didn't have severe allergies. The reality is if you go back only a few decades, if you had a severe allergy your chances of dying younger were liable to be much higher and no one actually took note. It was just something that happened. Now those children grow up and become adults and everyone would think it horrendous for them to have an entirely preventable death.

Oldwmn · 28/04/2024 10:42

Probably but I don't recall anaphylaxis being very common though. I think that today's children are exposed to foods that we would never have come across at the same age.

WittiestUsernameEver · 28/04/2024 10:25

FlyingPizzaMonkey · 28/04/2024 10:15

If I sent my DC with a tuna sandwich it would return untouched.

Same! DD4 likes mackerel, white fish, salmon, pilchards, kippers, crab, lobster, prawns etc.... it won't touch tuna lol.

FlyingPizzaMonkey · 28/04/2024 10:15

If I sent my DC with a tuna sandwich it would return untouched.

CelesteCunningham · 28/04/2024 10:10

Picklelily99 · 27/04/2024 23:55

Ah, well thank you very much for giving me a detailed account of what I absolutely MUST do. Is the diagram in the post?

Just explaining the etiquette of MN.

Also a bit bizarre and verging on rude to think that by just reading the OP and no more, you would have something useful to add that wouldn't have been covered in five days and nearly 500 posts.

There was a thread on here once where a poster asked for suggestions about her persistent bloating. For months afterwards, people would come on and suggest seeing her GP or cutting out gluten - as she was posting about her journey through terminal ovarian cancer. Always RTFT.

arlequin · 28/04/2024 10:01

@WittiestUsernameEver sorry just seen you said processed or ultra processed.

arlequin · 28/04/2024 10:00

@WittiestUsernameEver tbf tuna isn't ultra processed. It's processed.

Ham can be just processed but usually supermarket ham is ultra processed.

Mayonnaise js UPF and again bread usually is if from supermarket.

WittiestUsernameEver · 28/04/2024 08:05

GhostMum · 27/04/2024 22:56

Actually this is helpful. A lot of people assume what they’re eating is healthy when in fact it isn’t, and (ultra)processed food has been completely normalised. I wish people wouldn’t get so defensive. It’s always possible to learn new things no matter how old you are or how long you’ve been doing something a particular way. No one is shaming anyone for it, just pointing out a fact - pretty much the whole lunch was processed/ultra-processed. And it’s so easy to make basic swaps, as the poster illustrated.

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The problem with the perfect lunch poster, is she suggested a tuna sandwich.
Tinned tuna, with shop mayonnaise and bread... Why is that better? because that's all processed and ultra processed too.

Picklelily99 · 27/04/2024 23:55

Ah, well thank you very much for giving me a detailed account of what I absolutely MUST do. Is the diagram in the post?

Picklelily99 · 27/04/2024 23:51

What? Why? And w.t.f?

Stephenra · 27/04/2024 23:07

Very helpful of them not to actually say what the prohibited item was. 'Someone found a peanut and they demolished the school.'

Rosestulips · 27/04/2024 23:05

GhostMum · 27/04/2024 22:56

Actually this is helpful. A lot of people assume what they’re eating is healthy when in fact it isn’t, and (ultra)processed food has been completely normalised. I wish people wouldn’t get so defensive. It’s always possible to learn new things no matter how old you are or how long you’ve been doing something a particular way. No one is shaming anyone for it, just pointing out a fact - pretty much the whole lunch was processed/ultra-processed. And it’s so easy to make basic swaps, as the poster illustrated.

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Yes, but completely ignored the OP so 🤷‍♀️

GhostMum · 27/04/2024 22:56

Rosestulips · 27/04/2024 19:17

Thanks for saving us all from a lifetime of unhealthiness.

You are amazing, well done

The Smug Awards ceremony is imminent

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Actually this is helpful. A lot of people assume what they’re eating is healthy when in fact it isn’t, and (ultra)processed food has been completely normalised. I wish people wouldn’t get so defensive. It’s always possible to learn new things no matter how old you are or how long you’ve been doing something a particular way. No one is shaming anyone for it, just pointing out a fact - pretty much the whole lunch was processed/ultra-processed. And it’s so easy to make basic swaps, as the poster illustrated.

CelesteCunningham · 27/04/2024 22:44

Picklelily99 · 27/04/2024 22:42

D'ya think people can be arsed reading 480 posts? It pops up on my emails, I look, I answer.

When the question is days old and something that clearly could be answered with a quick email to the school, probably best to at least click See All and scan the posts at the very least.

Needanewname42 · 27/04/2024 22:42

The issue is frubes are messy, much more messy that normal yougarts.
Kids squeeze the tubes to get the yougart out. Which means kids end up with it on their hands, and then everything else they touch, seats, door handles, taps.

I can totally see why a school doesn't want to take that risk.

Picklelily99 · 27/04/2024 22:42

D'ya think people can be arsed reading 480 posts? It pops up on my emails, I look, I answer.