Table 6.
Energy and nutrient content of an average school lunch compared with nutrient-based standards, modelled to meet the nutrient-based standard for energy, based on actual provision of food and drink at lunchtime, secondary schools, England, 2011
| Schools meeting the nutrient-based standard | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nutrient content of average meal | Met | Within ±10 % of standard | Not within ±10 % of standard | ||||||
| Nutrient | Standard | Mean | se | n | % | n | % | n | % |
| Energy (kJ) | 2569–2837 | 2703 | See text | ||||||
| Energy (kcal) | 614–678 | 646·0 | See text | ||||||
| Protein (g) | 13·3 | 23·8 | 0·5 | 55 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carbohydrate (g) | 86·1 | 88·2 | 0·8 | 37 | 67 | 16 | 29 | 2 | 4 |
| NMES (g) | 18·9 | 18·7 | 0·7 | 29 | 53 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 34 |
| Fat (g) | 25·1 | 24·3 | 0·3 | 38 | 69 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 11 |
| SFA (g) | 7·9 | 8·4 | 0·2 | 21 | 38 | 12 | 22 | 22 | 40 |
| Fibre (g) | 5·2 | 5·5 | 0·1 | 30 | 55 | 17 | 31 | 8 | 14 |
| Na (mg) | 714 | 834·1 | 20·3 | 10 | 18 | 15 | 27 | 30 | 55 |
| Vitamin A (μg) | 245 | 270·6 | 8·5 | 35 | 64 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 18 |
| Vitamin C (mg) | 14 | 27·2 | 1·0 | 54 | 98 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Folate (μg) | 70 | 68·3 | 1·5 | 18 | 33 | 19 | 34 | 18 | 33 |
| Ca (mg) | 350 | 275·2 | 6·6 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 46 | 84 |
| Fe (mg) | 5·2 | 3·2 | 0·1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 51 | 93 |
| Zn (mg) | 3·3 | 2·6 | 0·0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 46 | 84 |
| Percentage of energy from: | |||||||||
| Protein | – | 14·7 | 0·3 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Carbohydrate | ≥50 | 51·2 | 0·4 | 36 | 66 | – | – | – | – |
| NMES | ≤11 | 10·8 | 0·4 | 29 | 53 | – | – | – | – |
| Fat | ≤35 | 33·9 | 0·5 | 38 | 69 | – | – | – | – |
| SFA | ≤11 | 11·7 | 0·2 | 21 | 38 | – | – | – | – |
NMES, non-milk extrinsic sugars.
Base (schools): n 55 (twenty-four schools excluded due to more than 5 % missing portion numbers; one school excluded due to no estimated value for take up).