MegaMum Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 OMG.... each day it gets worse..... the world has gone mad. I will continue with raisins and breadsticks and as always milk or water to drink. We offer a WIDE variety of snacks each day- fruit, yoghurt, pizza, carrot & cucumber sticks etc, not just raisins. What will they come up with next? This is almost as bad as when they were considering banning play dough!!! Wonder when Mr Clegg will give our children free snacks, in light of the free lunch scheme. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 We also have raisins occasionally. But I know when my daughter, who had awful milk teeth(I don't know why as my other 2 daughters didn't!) the dentist said to avoid them, it was to do with drying process and what they coat them with as part of that process, so not necessarily the fruit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finleysmaid Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Dried fruit is really high in iron and a good source of fibre. If it is not organic it may have been treated with sulphur dioxide and coated in vegetable oil....however unless like Sue's daughter this is an issue for you it shouldn't cause you any harm. If you are giving a small amount of raisins for one snack a day i cannot see that this should be a problem as part of a normal diet. This generation has an issue with iron content in their diet and also a high risk of constipation due to over processed foods and lack of fibre(both things that raisins are not!!) Lets be sensible here and not allow these ridiculous rumours from unqualified people to become 'truth' according to EYFS! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzag Posted September 15, 2014 Author Share Posted September 15, 2014 Thanks for all your replies. Its interesting to hear everyone's views. We continue to serve them as part of a healthy and varied snack. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyday Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Dried fruit is really high in iron and a good source of fibre. If it is not organic it may have been treated with sulphur dioxide and coated in vegetable oil....however unless like Sue's daughter this is an issue for you it shouldn't cause you any harm. If you are giving a small amount of raisins for one snack a day i cannot see that this should be a problem as part of a normal diet. This generation has an issue with iron content in their diet and also a high risk of constipation due to over processed foods and lack of fibre(both things that raisins are not!!) Lets be sensible here and not allow these ridiculous rumours from unqualified people to become 'truth' according to EYFS! Very well said Mrs Finleysmaid :1b 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarshaD Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 raisins come as part of 'free fruit' or always have done so far - I shall watch out for them with interest. The packs they come in are great for fine motor skills! LOL yes we could only open them with scissors and even then still found them absolutely everywhere. Quite right about signing them in - they're very sneaky those raisins. Poor Santa - he doesn't stand a chance of getting in does he - that's a whole other risk assessment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimgilliar Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Some of my children bring packed lunch. They often have boxes of raisins in them. So does Ofsted want me to tell parents not to include. I think they will think I have lost the plot!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lashes2508 Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 It's not down to Ofsted whether raisins can be eaten or not at ey settings , we had only a discussion yesterday about them. We provide a healthy snack each day and on birthdays the birthday child makes cakes for everyone to share . We provide only milk or water , no lunch time drinks as we supply water only. We request a healthy lunch from parents with a treat to finish ie cake but no sweets. It is important to make our children and families aware of healthy SENSIBLE eating but we can only ever monitor this at preschool , what people choose to eat or do at home is their choice. A raisin ain't worth raisin if that raisin ain't be raised in California! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lashes2508 Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Although Ofsted may see it as a H&S issue , slipping on raisins hehe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 In the setting which I am buying, the children currently (excuse the pun!) bring in their own snack boxes as well as their lunch boxes. I was going to change this to me providing snack for them so that I could control what they bring in, however, now what with all of this, it may be simpler for me to keep it as it is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubblejack Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 I send a note what the preferred foods are and all of our parents usually follow this. If you are preparing food I think the rules from environmental health are stricter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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