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What’s in a food parcel?
Our foodbank provides three days of nutritionally balanced, non-perishable food.
The Trussell Trust has worked with nutritionists to ensure food parcels contain 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/ Rice/ Noodles
- Pasta sauce
- Tinned beans/ spaghetti
- Tinned meat
- Tinned fish
- Tinned vegetables or pulses
- Tinned fruit
- Tea/ Coffee
- Sugar
- Biscuits
- Snacks
- Tinned desserts, such as custard/ Rice Pudding
- Jam or another spread
- Fresh bread
Very often we will have fresh fruit and vegetables for you to choose from too, and there is a help-yourself area where you may find drinks, sauces, snacks, and other useful food items.
We can nearly always offer a range of toiletries, cleaning items, pet food, and toilet rolls as well.
Dietary requirements
Our foodbank can usually adapt your food parcel to meet your dietary needs, for example, gluten-free, or vegetarian. When you arrive at the foodbank centre, a volunteer will chat with you about any special dietary requirements and preferences you may have.