Menu & nutrition

At Green Roots, you can expect high quality meals, featuring a variety of global flavours and fresh ingredients. We also cater to individual dietary needs, have a separate milk kitchen and support your child with weaning.

Healthy minds

We take the responsibility of providing food very seriously and have been consistently awarded a Level 5 since opening in 2013 – the highest possible rating, by the Food Standards Agency. Our dedication to healthy food was also awarded Gold in the Eat Out Eat Well scheme.

This assessment looks at the way the food is prepared, the ingredients used, how staff is trained, and promoting healthier choices. Eat Out Eat Well rewards caterers who increase their use of fruit, vegetables and starchy carbohydrates, while limiting the use of fats, sugar and salt.

Food sensory explorers

Flavour

Introducing flavours from around the world means every mealtime is an opportunity to learn, and not just about the food. Our talented Chef prepares dishes that are full of variety, featuring foods from different cultures, and mealtimes are great for building social skills.

Mix

Eating together with staff facilitates social interaction and is a chance to relax and form friendships. Children learn from each other, exploring new textures and flavours, helping to serve each other, learning good table manners and encouraging those who may be more timid around food.

Serving

We encourage children to be involved with mealtimes by serving themselves whenever possible and organising regular cooking activities with our Chef. This can prevent bad food habits and we judge our efforts on the results — empty plates after every meal, smiling faces and glowing skin!

“The quality of the food was very important to us and we know that at Green Roots our children get fantastic meals, freshly prepared with excellent ingredients. They are offered meals that we like to cook at home and not the usual ‘children’s food’ you get at some settings.”
Katie H, parent

Fresh produce

Our Chef prepares everything fresh on site and we will do our best to accommodate individual diets, whether medical, cultural, ethical, religious or based on personal preference.

Whenever possible, our food is bought from local suppliers and we are proud to purchase our meat from local farmer, Tim Hoare at Adsdean Farm Shop in Funtington.

View our sample menus

Babies & weaning

We provide formula milk for babies and follow your feeding routine. Our babies area comes with a separate milk preparation kitchen where we can also store and prepare bottles of expressed milk if you are breastfeeding.

Here at Green Roots, we are seasoned weaners. Our on-site Chef helps with menu choices at this important time to encourage exploration of flavours and textures in conjunction with government health guidelines.