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Derbyshire Catering Service ~Food Explorers Menus<\/span><\/h1>\n

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Every Food Explorer menu is made up of tasty dishes packed full of nutrients, with each meal offering Food Explorers at least 3 of their 5 a day.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our theme days\u00a0 offer lots of new flavours to explore and include competitions for pupils to win Food Explorer prizes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Most of our schools will offer three choices of a Food Explorer hot main meal, including a vegetarian or vegan option, a selection of\u00a0 pasta pots, jacket potatoes or a sandwich.<\/span><\/p>\n

Every Food Explorer is offered vegetables, side salad, bread and drinking water with their main meal. For dessert, fresh fruit and yoghurt is offered as an alternative to the homemade dessert of the day.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Derbyshire Catering service take pride in using high quality produce to create their meals.<\/span><\/p>\n

Overall, 72% of all raw ingredients used in their meals are sourced in the UK and they have a strict criterion for all of their ingredients.<\/span><\/p>\n

For example:<\/span><\/p>\n