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England and Wales

The average school lunch must provide—

(a)

an amount of energy which must be either the figure shown in Table C or within 5% of that figure;

(b)

no more than the maximum amounts of fat, saturated fat, non-milk extrinsic sugars and sodium shown in Table C; and

(c)

at least the minimum amount of all other nutrients shown in Table C.

TABLE C

Nutrient	Minimum or Maximum	School lunch provided in primary schools	School lunch provided in secondary schools
			Co-educational	Single Sex Girls’	Single Sex Boys’
Energy (kilo calories)	+/- 5%	530	646	577	714
Total fat (grams)	Max	20.6	25.1	22.5	27.8
Saturated fat (grams)	Max	6.5	7.9	7.1	8.7
Total carbohydrate (grams)	Min	70.6	86.1	77	95.2
Non-milk extrinsic sugars (grams)	Max	15.5	18.9	16.9	20.9
Fibre (grams)	Min	4.2	5.2	4.6	5.7
Protein (grams)	Min	7.5	13.3	12.7	13.8
Iron (milligrams)	Min	3	4.4	4.4	3.4
Zinc (milligrams)	Min	2.5	2.8	2.7	2.8
Calcium (milligrams)	Min	193	300	240	300
Vitamin A (micrograms)	Min	175	245	210	245
Vitamin C (milligrams)	Min	10.5	14	14	14
Folate (micrograms)	Min	53	70	70	70
Sodium (milligrams)	Max	499	714	714	714

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