Slushies in school?

[Eloratheexplorer]

Hi, just found out the school canteen at DDs secondary school has slushies available to buy at lunch & break (as in those blue and red ones with millions of E numbers that sends kids wild). Would you be a little bit horrified by this and complain or AIBU?

YANBU. I'd raise it with the school. Only a couple of months ago have the food safety authority issued advice on these but that seems to be more aimed at under 10s (no more than per day for children between 5-10 years old, and avoided completely for children 4 years and younger).

I doubt that the teachers are too happy either. Those things are full of crap, and sugar. Why would they be available to buy at school, when they should be promoting healthy eating habits.

Absolutely awful of the school. It’s also ignoring the additional effects these can have on children with ADHD and probably other conditions too.

I remember we had them at our school and people would pour them down other peoples necks, down the back of the shirt collar.

It might be worth asking for an ingredients list. DD's school is doing these now, but apparently they are just fruit juice and ice. No artificial colours, flavours or sugar (beyond what is in the fruit)

I still think they're pretty unhealthy, but no worse than any other concentrated fruit juice.

@Mammillaria yes good point, it could be. I will check that before I go in all guns blazing!

check first

our dc school offers juice slushies, which are a good thing imo (jfruit uice diluted with lots of water basically)

Now I want a slushie

Probably not the slushiest you get in shops. I have a slushie machine and you can make slushies from most drinks, one being fresh orange juice.

Doesn't make that loud, fiddly piece of crap, waste of money machine worth it however...... takes forever to get enough small slushies for my family of five, never mind any friends they turned up with on sunny days.

Yeah YANBU, my DDs school don't even sell fizzy drinks! (Which l'm happy with)

Juice slushies sound nice!

I’m so glad neither of mine like actual slushies, although I’m not pretending that was anything but sheer luck.

I'd check before complaining. My child's secondary school s slushies, but they are made with real fruit/fruit juice and no additives. Look the same but healthy.

My child won't drink them because they are not as nice as the proper additive filled versions

Absolute no if that commercial blue/red stuff. There's been instances of children having reactions to them - hospitalisation reactions.

Sounds lovely if a healthy version - will be popular.

Is this a newish built school (last 15yrs?) where the school actually rent the school space and the management company put tenders out for catering (and the caterers are wanting to increase their profits?).

The instances are children well under the age that slushies that should be given which is 4 so shouldn't affect children at school.

I have recently seen the impact of a 9yr old who had a few slushies.

Health guidelines state children between 5 and 10 should only have 1 max a day.

Not many 9 year olds at a secondary school.

A slushy is amazing during a hot summer lunchtime 😍 get your blazer off and the slushie maker on! Happy memories.

I can’t believe this complies to the guidelines about food in schools?