WHAT’S IN A FOOD PARCEL?

Our foodbank provides three days of nutritionally balanced, non-perishable food.

The Trussell Trust has worked with nutritionists to ensure food parcels contains sufficient nutrition for at least three days worth of healthy, balanced meals for individuals and families.

- A TYPICAL FOOD PARCEL INCLUDES

  • Breakfast cereals
  • UHT milk
  • Long life fruit juice
  • Soup
  • Pasta
  • Rice
  • Pasta sauce
  • Tinned beans and spaghetti
  • Tinned meat and fish
  • Tinned vegetables
  • Tinned or dried pulses (chick peas, lentils, kidney beans)
  • Tinned tomatoes
  • Tea or coffee
  • Sugar
  • Biscuits
  • Snacks

DIETARY REQUIREMENTS

Our foodbank can usually adapt your food parcel to meet your dietary needs, for example, gluten-free or vegetarian. When you arrive at the foodbank centre, a volunteer will chat to you about any special dietary requirements you may have.