to not get this about pack lunches..

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son today was told in school he is not allowed to eat oreos at lunch time. as they are "chocolate." its hardly a flaming mars bar! and considering on the school menu os chocolate cake, ice cream etc. aibu to think ots ridiculous?

It is 11% - so 89% of it is not sugar.

Plain ordinary MILK itself is 5% sugar. Lactose.

Sorry - that was about frubes

longway can’t beat a jammy piece!!
Mind you there was none of this packed lunch (or piece box) when I was at school. You are whatever our fab dinner ladies (Nettie and Violet) served up. Particular favourite was school dinner haggis and mash. Hated “salad days” when they mixed leftover veg with salad cream 😂. The Scottish take on coleslaw 70’s style 😂😂 x

@beyond you’re talking about a 40g tube. The equivalent of 3 teaspoons. I think it’s a lot of sugar.

Londonerlove - but half of that is lactose - from the milk - it is not ADDED sugar.

And there are not 3 teaspoons! A teaspoon of sugar is 4.2g - which is about 11% of 40g - so there is one teaspoon's worth of sugar in a frube. And half of that teaspoon is from naturally occurring milk sugars. It really is not a lot of sugar.

ScaredPAD there is no formal provision of food in schools in NZ, the popular thinking being that parents should provide for their children.
Informally, a number of charities deliver lunch to some of the school's in the lowest socio economic areas, though many are limited to winter only. The Ministry of Health provides premium quality fruit to decile 1 schools, and many schools have their own orchards.
Breakfast clubs with cereal and milk provided by two big brands are commonplace but what actually happens is that the children who most need to be supported miss the club because in general their lives are so chaotic.
The cost of living is very high and it is no longer unusual for students even in high decile schools to have no lunch . In Auckland the average tent is $600 per week, higher than the take home pay of a minimum wage worker.

Gosh that's really shocking. With the free school meals low income children in the uk (and all 4- 8 year olds) get free meals so they've had at least one meal a day.

With the free school meals low income children in the uk (and all 4- 8 year olds) get free meals so they've had at least one meal a day.

during term time.

All 4-8 year olds do not get a free school meal in all parts of the UK.

Yes very true. There's a few charities trying to provide for the summer holidays arent there. It must be very tough in NZ with no provision at all.

Posted too soon. England, you mean England, not all of the UK. Can you see why people living in other parts of the UK get pissed off at this? I see examples of it every day.

Sorry for being completely OT...

Posted too soon. England, you mean England, not all of the UK. Can you see why people living in other parts of the UK get pissed off at this? I see examples of it every day

Being Scottish I hear every word you’re saying. And I agree. Although our P1-P3 do get free school meals I discovered today.

Still think you’re right about England/UK being interchangeable without considering Scotland, Northern Ireland and wales though.

YANBU. If you think it's a reasonable snack quite frankly I don't think the school or anyone else has the place to tell you otherwise. It is your kid, you are the parent. It's your call.

@beyond what I meant is a frube is so small, almost the same as 3 teaspoons.
Flavoured yoghurt still has a large amount of sugar, not to mention the preservatives.

I think it’s so important for schools to educate children and parents on a healthy diet. Not just hand out a piece of paper saying what they cannot eat. Plant the seed at a young age.
@beyond I know I sound anal. I genuinely have no problem with frubes. My children eat them and if my kids had a pack lunch I would prob put one in.
I’ve seen left over doner kebab, pizza and fried chicken wings.
The other day I had a child eat
Nutella sandwich
Jaffa cake roll
Big bottle of Ribena
Pack of biscuits
Peperami
Toffee popcorn

I would feed any of those items to my children as a treat. As a lunch, definitely not. That’s just a parent who has been poorly educate. I’m just wondering what he’s having for breakfast and dinner.

*poorly educated on nutritional values.
Let’s not all forget the items which are marketed as a healthy food item for example, breakfast bars etc. This is confusing for parents.

ScaredPAD yes I agree it is tough, in fact I would go further in saying that it verges on criminal. It is against the law to starve animals do why is it permitted for our children ?

I totally agree with you, YANBU. Kids on school dinners get a dessert every day, so why can’t a kid with a packed lunch have a biscuit? Obviously jam butties, mars bars and crisps would be an issue, but a biscuit compares to a full pudding with a school meal?! Silly

School desserts are low sugar.

I still reckon there’s more sugar in a low sugar pudding than there is in a biscuit

Our school is okay with crisps. Most kids have them every day....