{"id":27287,"date":"2018-09-14T16:48:09","date_gmt":"2018-09-14T15:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/?p=27287"},"modified":"2018-09-14T16:48:09","modified_gmt":"2018-09-14T15:48:09","slug":"birmingham-schools-caterer-launches-ambitious-plan-to-cut-sugar-stocked-by-schools-by-nearly-a-third-in-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2018\/09\/14\/birmingham-schools-caterer-launches-ambitious-plan-to-cut-sugar-stocked-by-schools-by-nearly-a-third-in-a-year\/","title":{"rendered":"BIRMINGHAM SCHOOLS CATERER LAUNCHES AMBITIOUS PLAN TO CUT SUGAR STOCKED BY SCHOOLS BY NEARLY A THIRD IN A YEAR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">New recipes, different products and extra fruit and veg &#8211; they\u2019re all steps being taken by Birmingham schools caterer Cityserve to cut the amount of sugar stocked by its schools by nearly a third over the next year. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The award-winning Birmingham-based caterer will officially launch its ambitious plan to reduce the amount of sugar stocked by its schools at a special event featuring hands-on demonstrations, and at its headquarters in the city.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Cityserve, the education catering division of Birmingham City Council, announced its sugar reduction plans earlier this year and has now revealed a series of steps to achieve its aim of reducing the amount of sugar stocked in its schools by 30% per child over the next 12 months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">They include:-<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Limiting the use of sugars and honey within CityKitchen recipes and using reduced sugar products such as cake mixes, baked beans and desserts<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Using no-added sugar products instead of existing products<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Limiting the use of condiments such as tomato ketchup and salad cream<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Limiting fruit juices and flavoured milk<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Using fruit and vegetables as a direct replacement for some products<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Using low sugar fruit yoghurts instead of full fat equivalents<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Developing new recipes that use less sugar in line with Cityserve\u2019s aims<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Development chef Simon Bishop will demonstrate one of the new recipes at the campaign\u2019s official launch at Cityserve on Thursday, September 27th, which will be attended by children from The Abbey Catholic Primary School in Erdington, dignitaries and Cityserve staff. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The special occasion also marks Cityserve\u2019s 100th engagement with children from The Abbey as the 100th group to visit the organisation\u2019s headquarters and get an insight into how their food is made at its on-site development kitchen CityKitchen. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Their visit will see them learn about the ways Simon and his team are reducing any added sugar used by schools.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Simon said: \u201cWe\u2019ve come up with a whole range of ways to help schools reduce the amount of sugar they stock. At Cityserve our focus is always on the food and producing quality, tasty and healthy meals for children across Birmingham so looking at ways we can limit the use of any added sugar makes perfect sense. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe changes we\u2019ve made will help each and every school cut their intake and I\u2019m confident we can achieve our aim of reducing the amount of extra sugar stocked by 30% throughout the year.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Cityserve, which provides more than 60,000 school meals every single day at schools across Birmingham, already provides children with low-sugar meals in line with the 2013 School Food Plan, which set out actions to transform what children eat in schools and how they learn about food.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">But following a review of school stock reports, head of service Dale Wild said they found that while some schools were managing their larders well with less than half a dozen kilos of sugar ordered per year, others exceeded it, prompting them to aim to reduce sugar usage in every school. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He said: \u201cThis day is about showing that at Cityserve we\u2019re drawing a line in the sand and taking active steps to ensure that we\u2019re doing absolutely everything we can to ensure our meals are healthy as well as tasty. As the organisation that feeds so many children in Birmingham, we\u2019re in a privileged position to be helping to lay the foundations for their future. The long-term benefits of sugar reduction on their lives are clear to see and we see it as our duty to do what we can to prevent obesity and diabetes, as well as other health issues, in the next generation. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cAs well as our recipe development and product substitution, we\u2019re keen to engage with teachers and parents to make sure this kind of sugar reduction goes beyond the meals children eat at school and makes its way into the home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe launch of our campaign comes as we complete our 100th engagement, marking a real milestone in our efforts to engage as much as possible with children and make sure that our role goes far beyond simply putting food on their plates.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New recipes, different products and extra fruit and veg &#8211; they\u2019re all steps being taken by Birmingham schools caterer Cityserve to cut the amount of sugar stocked by its schools by nearly a third over the next year. 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