NUTRITION GUIDE
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Menu Cycle Breakdown: How it works
Menus are updated each term.
Within each term menus are based on a two-week cycle:
WEEK A : Days 1 - 5
WEEK B : Days 6 - 10
Hot & Cold Lunch Rotation
Hot lunches alternate each day over the two-week cycle (one week there will be three hot lunches, and two in the second).
Nutritional Approach
Our menus are designed by our team of Production Chefs and NZ Registered Dietitians, and made with fresh ingredients.
At Lunchy we aim to nourish students with delicious, ready-to-eat lunches that help them thrive at school, while helping them to understand and appreciate new and healthy foods.
Our menus have been developed in line with the Ministry of Education Nutritional Guidelines and are MOE approved.
Special Dietary Meals Summary
Lunchy is committed to providing food that meets high safety and suitability standards and we understand the importance of allergen management and awareness.
It is important to note that our kitchen handles a diverse range of ingredients, including Gluten, Wheat, Milk/Dairy, Egg, Soy, Fish, Shellfish*, Tree Nuts*, Peanuts, Sesame, Sulphites, and Lupin. Products from our suppliers may also be manufactured in facilities where allergen-containing ingredients are present.
We have a comprehensive allergen management plan in place and while we take every precaution to avoid cross-contamination, we cannot guarantee our dishes are 100% free from trace amounts of allergens.
*Shellfish includes all mollusc and crustacean. Tree Nuts include, but is not limited to, common Tree Nuts like almond, Brazil nut, cashew, hazelnut, macadamia, pecan, pistachio, walnut, and pine nut.
Should you have any questions or concerns about any of the above information please contact your School Liaison at schools@lunchy.co.nz
Vegetarian:
Excludes all animal meat and meat products: beef, pork, lamb, fish, chicken, seafood, animal rennet and gelatine.
Includes: eggs, milk, butter, and other dairy products.
May include plant-based meat alternatives.
Vegan:
Excludes all animal meat: beef, pork, lamb, fish, chicken, seafood.
Excludes all animal products, rennet, gelatine, honey, bee pollen, milk, eggs, butter, and other dairy products.
May include plant-based meat alternatives.
Made without Dairy:
Excludes all animal-based milk and dairy products such as casein, whey, butter, standard cheese, yogurt, milk powder and cream.
May include dairy alternative products including dairy free cheese, alternative yoghurt.
Made without Gluten:
Excludes all foods containing ingredients made from wheat, barley, rye and oats, such as bread, pasta, cereal, crackers,
Baked goods and gluten-containing seasonings/sauces.
Made with Halal-suitable ingredients:
Excludes pork, pork products and non-halal meat.
Includes halal certified meat e.g. beef, chicken, lamb.
All cheeses at Lunchy are halal certified.
Made without Nuts:
All Lunchy meals are made without nut-containing ingredients.
Excludes peanuts and all tree nuts such as cashews, almonds, walnuts pistachios, hazelnuts, macadamias, pecans, pine nuts and all products containing these items.
Excludes products containing nuts such as nut butters, almond meal, peanut oil.
Includes seeds such as sesame seed, pumpkin seed, sunflower seeds.
Made without Egg:
Excludes egg yolk, egg whites, all egg proteins and foods made from eggs.
Made without Fish and Shellfish:
Excludes fish, shellfish such as shrimp, lobster, prawn, crab, scallop and all products containing these items like fish sauce.
Allergen Declaration
Meals will be prepared to cater for students with specific dietary requirements (ethical, religious, medical, allergies, intolerances), and identified with special labels on each lunch pack. These meals can be requested via your school. Please note this does not include food preferences and non-medical dislikes to certain foods.
Please make your school aware if you experience anaphylaxis or have low tolerance to allergens.
We are committed to providing food that meets high safety and suitability standards and we understand the importance of allergen management and awareness.
As a standard, all meals this term are made without nut, fish, or shellfish-containing ingredients. It is important to note that our kitchen handles a diverse range of ingredients, including Gluten, Wheat, Milk/Dairy, Egg, Soy, Fish, Shellfish*, Tree Nuts*, Peanuts, Sesame, Sulphites, and Lupin. Products from our suppliers may also be manufactured in facilities where allergen-containing ingredients are present.
We have a comprehensive allergen management plan in place and while we take every precaution to avoid cross-contamination, we cannot guarantee our dishes are 100% free from trace amounts of allergens.
Some minor menu changes may occur due to a school opting out of some lunch components due to other healthy eating programmes currently operating in school.
Full menu breakdowns including ingredients and nutritional information can be provided on request.
*Shellfish includes all mollusc and crustacean. Tree Nuts include, but is not limited to, common Tree Nuts like almond, Brazil nut, cashew, hazelnut, macadamia, pecan, pistachio, walnut, and pine nut.