To wonder what is dangerous about my child’s lunch

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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?

Older kids with allergies should have the common sense and knowledge that other children’s lunchboxes aren’t safe for them to be tasting or sharing. I say this as the parent of a teen with anaphylactic reactions. It is unreasonable and simply not realistic to expect the entire world to change their habits in order to protect her.

My mum wasn’t that lib but there was an ice cream van who came by at lunch and sold single fags

My dad gave me Shandy in a plastic cup once with my packed lunch. It exploded on the way to school and I smelt like a pub all day. No teachers took any notice though and the one I did tell just laughed. Such was life in the 70's.

wrong. https://www.ukflavourassociation.org/flavours-faqs.php#:~:text=What%20is%20a%20natural%20flavouring,must%20be%20derived%20from%20lemons.

Oh gosh. I never knew

Ooo I loved a shandy as a child!!! Down to the corner shop for a can and a bag (paper bag) of salt and vinegar walkers with (fingers crossed) a real fiver in a blue packet in the bag.

Hah great reply ! 😂

Reporting this for obscenity!

Healthy food is not always more £ than convenience food. Baking potatoes are 4 for 75p. Wholemeal pasta is 500g for 75p. A kilo of rice is £2.50.

And supermarket own brand sliced white is 50p a loaf. But woman can't live on carbs alone.

How have you never heard of a top hat? 🤔It’s just chocolate in a small cupcake case with a marshmallow and smartie stuck on top. Very popular at birthday parties!

So....you want to isolate children just so little Timmy can eat a fucking FRUBE?

The school could set aside a squirters corner for those with non appropriate application of honey and those who open their frubes with gay abandon

@MyMyWhoHa are you my DH?

2/3 cubes of gruyere
Small container with natural Greek Yoghurt and a drizzle of honey

😁

'Fergus, would you like a gooseberry and cinnamon yoghurt?'

I went on a bread research spree for kids school lunches and the best white loaf, with the least amount of shit in, with the fewest calories was the medium Hovis sliced white loaf. You know the one you can get in most corner shops? Shocked me. Sorry just seen loads of comments about bread.

Thanks that's really handy

Amazing @valensiwalensi 👏🤣

@RosesAndHellebores Babybels are not processed…they’re just ordinary Edam.

And hummus is full of refined rapeseed oil (plus it contains sesame seeds). I made it myself once with extra virgin olive oil and it was revolting.

You are welcome @patchworkpal I was always worried about all the stodge they were eating so went on a mission. I never had time to worry day to day about what to put in their lunch (Or a huge budget either), so tried making it as healthy and practical as possible Loaf of bread, filler, sorted.

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@AmethystSparkles I wonder if the Babybel wax is ultra processed 🤔
Probably at least one child every year at the average primary school eats the wax 😂

No they generally don't ban dairy.
This particular school has banned frubes due to the tiny risk of them squirting on a child with allergies.

I going to guess the other have of the reason is kids struggle to open them and kids do make a mess with frubes.

My kids afterschool don't like them or other yougarts either because of the mess and the possibility of them turning / going off in the summer heat especially if they've been out in a park all day.

And obviously not processed, I wonder where you find the cows that produce gruyère rather than milk that gets processed to produce cheese?

You've genuinely saved me so much time. I really appreciate it