The canteen menu

The school canteen menu is very important when it comes to providing healthy foods and maximising children’s learning ability. After all, consuming healthy food and drinks not only improves students overall health, but can also improve learning behaviour, too.

This section helps you create a canteen menu that meets NSW Fresh Tastes @ School criteria (be sure to look at your state’s nutrition policy for school canteens as they all differ slightly).

Understanding GREEN and AMBER foods is the first step to creating a healthy canteen. Sometimes reduced fat cheese instead of full fat cheese makes all the difference when it comes to meeting criteria. For more recommendations like this, refer to our simple menu assessment tool. It will guide you through a few questions and offer recommendations on GREENing up your canteen menu.

When planning your menu, don’t forget the essentials. These ideas will help you cater to your customers while keeping the menu manageable and profitable.

Getting more GREEN items on your canteen menu doesn’t have to be that hard – sometimes all you need are a few examples to set you on the GREEN path! Browse these sample menus for inspiration as well as these ideas for breakfast items and recess/snacks.

Should you need any help, don’t hesitate to contact us. We’re here to answer any and all of your canteen-related quesions.