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• Just realised Debbie has already been in contact with you!
  9th February 2022

• Hi Gerry, Each menu cycle we do a standard dairy, gluten and egg free menu, as well as a CHO and vegan menu. We then create bespoke menus for children with one or more allergens. We aim for simple swaps where appropriate and only adapt recipes if its not going to be too much of an increased workload for cooks. We have production units which batch cook some recipes and send out eg. home baking to relieve some pressure on staff as well. If there are no simple swaps or recipe adaptions then we will offer a baked potato, but need to offer at least one hot option alongside the sandwich option - but not always possible depending on complexity of diet. We require some kind of a medical letter as well as in the past parents would put in for likes and dislikes. I do find special diets are quite time consuming, especially as the requests are ever increasing.
  9th February 2022

• Hi Christine, yeah that was the kind of lines I was thinking as well, I also believe that Acesulfame-K is a sweetener that is sweeter than sugar so perhaps that's also why. Thank you for you help!
  1st October 2021

• Hi, I see on the spreadsheet that the 87993 Crusha Strawberry Milkshake is not compliant with primaries - can anyone help to know why? Below are its ingredients and it contains 0g of sugar. Any help would be appreciated, have a parent asking, thanks. Water, Fruit and vegetable concentrates (beetroot and carrot), Acid (Citric Acid), Preservative (Potassium Sorbate), Flavouring, Acidity Regulator (Tri Sodium Citrate), Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid), Sweeteners (Sucralose, Acesulfame-K),
  29th September 2021

• That's unfortunate, think its going to be a struggle to find a hot chocolate that meets the guidance but still has some flavour to it.
  27th May 2021

• Triopical Ice who are a division of Karing international limited, I believe they are based in Glasgow. We went sent an email with their new HC and just wondered if anyone else had experienced them. Can you let me know how your trial goes please? Would be interesting to hear if a nice tasting compliant HC does exist.
  17th May 2021

• Hello. Has anyone come across a compliant hot chocolate for secondary? or has anyone trialled the TropiKana Hot Chocolate called ChoKoSlim? Thanks.
  17th May 2021

• This is great to hear :)
  13th May 2021

• That would be great thank you. My email is elspeth.lean@scotborders.gov.uk
  13th May 2021

• Hello. Does anyone have any recipes or products they use for any plant-based (ie. vegan) desserts or mains that they could share please? Thanks.
  13th May 2021

• Hi, Scottish Borders are happy with the 9th march.
  10th February 2021

• Hi, Following from Scottish Borders
  3rd February 2021

• Hi, In the Scottish Borders we have just moved to Saffron also and think having this group would be beneficial. Thanks, Elspeth
  27th January 2021

• Thank you!
  27th January 2021

• Thank you!
  27th January 2021