Lunchbox menus
Thursday 1 September 2005
To help you pack a healthy balanced lunch for your child, we have put together a fortnight of new lunchbox ideas for 5 to 8 year olds and 9 to 12 year olds.
The menus have been put together so they balance over the week for energy, total fat, saturated fat, carbohydrate, protein, salt and sugar. Average costs are also given, based on prices from three online shopping sites.
The tables below give the nutritional guidelines per lunch for 5 to 8 year olds and 9 to 12 year olds.
| NUTRITIONAL GUIDELINES PER LUNCH FOR 5 to 8 YEAR OLDS |
| Energy 523kcals, Fat 20.3g, Saturates 6.4g, Protein 7.2g minimum, Carbohydrate 69.7g, Sodium 0.48g, Salt 1.2g, Sugars (total) n/a* |
| NUTRITIONAL GUIDELINES PER LUNCH FOR 9 TO 12 YEAR OLDS |
| Energy 583kcals, Fat 22.7g, Saturates 7.1g, Protein 10.5g minimum, Carbohydrate 77.7g, Sodium 0.68g, Salt 1.65g, Sugars (total) n/a* |
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| AVERAGE WEEKLY NUTRITION INFORMATION |
| Energy 503kcals, Fat 10.6g, Saturates 4.5g, Carbohydrate 83.5g, Sugars 44.6g, Protein 23.6g, Sodium 0.5g, Salt 1.26g, Cost: £0.85 |
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| AVERAGE WEEKLY NUTRITION INFORMATION |
| Energy 492kcals, Fat 14.3g, Saturates 2.7g, Carbohydrate 75.3g, Sugars 41.4g, Protein 20.6g, Sodium 0.49g, Salt 1.2g, Cost: £0.92 |
9 to 12 year olds week 1
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| AVERAGE WEEKLY NUTRITION INFORMATION |
| Energy 515kcals, Fat 11.7g, Saturates 2.2g, Carbohydrate 85.7g, Sugars 48.2g, Protein 22.6g, Sodium 0.49g, Salt 1.3g, Cost: £1.25 |
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| AVERAGE WEEKLY NUTRITION INFORMATION |
| Energy 538kcals, Fat 11.5g, Saturates 3.2g, Carbohydrate 94.1g, Sugars 49.4g, Protein 20.1g, Sodium 0.76g, Salt 1.9g, Cost: £0.86 |
*You will see that no recommendation is given for sugars in the nutritional guidelines table. This is because there are two types - natural sugars and added sugars - and it is difficult to separate them. The figures given in the daily nutrition information tables are for total sugars (natural and added sugars).


