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What’s in a food parcel?

Three days of nutritionally balanced food.

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

 

A typical food parcel includes

✅ Soup
✅ Pasta
✅ Rice
✅ Pasta sauce
✅ Breakfast cereals
✅ Tinned beans
✅ Tinned meat
✅ Tinned vegetables
✅ Tinned fruit
✅ Tea or coffee
✅ Sugar
✅ Biscuits
✅ Snacks
✅ UHT Milk
✅ Fruit Juice

 

Dietary requirements

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

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