Does the Welsh Government mandate schools in receipt of funding for free school meals not to include any ingredients that contain tartrazine, butylated hydroxyanisole, beta-hydroxybutyrate, potassium bromate, or Allura Red AC / Red dye #40?
Answered by Cabinet Secretary for Education
| Answered on 08/10/2024
The Welsh Government does not mandate schools in receipt of funding for free school meals not to include the ingredients listed above. However, all school food provided in maintained schools in Wales must comply with The Healthy Eating in Schools (Nutritional Standards and Requirements) (Wales) Regulations 2013 as well as relevant food law.