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What’s in a food parcel?

Our food bank 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
  • Soup
  • Pasta or rice
  • Cooking sauces
  • Tinned beans
  • Tinned meat
  • Tinned vegetables
  • Tinned fruit
  • Tea or coffee
  • Sugar
  • Biscuits
  • Snacks

Where possible we also try to access surplus fresh bread and vegetables and household supplies to give out at food bank centre sessions.

 

Dietary requirements

Our food bank can usually adapt your food parcel to meet your dietary needs, for example, gluten free, halal or vegetarian.

So when you speak to your referral agency to get a voucher, don’t forget to tell them about any needs you have!

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