Food Information

Smarties Nursery has a Food Hygiene Rating of 5 the highest score achievable, awarded to us on our last inspection by Cheshire West and Chester Council and the Food Standards Agency.

For more information about the Food Hygiene rating Scheme visit food.gov.uk/ratings

We also hold a Platinum Healthy Eating Award from Cheshire County Council.

The meals provided are all nutritionally balanced and provide the children with a fantastic variety of tastes. We cater for all dietary types and we offer a vegetarian option each day.

Our Menus run on seasonal, 4 week rotas Spring/Summer and Autumn/Winter.

Please click on the tabs on the left handside of this page to see the current food menus.

We have recently found the link below (click to open in new page) and have found it really informative and helpful. We would like to share it with you. It is all about practical and nutritional guidelines for 5 year olds.

Healthy Eating for Under 5 year olds- Caroline Walker  

We have also found the following poster on portion control, from HENRY (Health Exercise Nutrition for the Really Young) please click to open.

HENRY – How big is a portion handout

Allergens and Intolerance’s

We also have some information below on the 14 allergens, recently highlighted by the EU and what we as a nursery need to do regarding this. Please click the link below.

Information on the 14 Allergens

Please speak to a senior or kitchen member of staff about your child’s requirements or if you require any information with regard to Food Allergies or Intolerance’s.