Our Commitment to You - SILVER

Silver Award for the catering here at Solent.

We have held the Bronze Food for Life Award for our Bowl & Natural offers for the past year, this year we have reached the Silver Award for our Bowl offer in the Dock restaurant at both Eastpark Terrace and Warsash Maritime Academy.

Key points of the Catering Mark Award:

• Principles of the award
• Fresh food you can trust
• Sourcing environmentally sustainable & ethical food
• Championing local food producers
• Making healthy eating easy

Key points for us to achieve the award

• Checking ingredients for undesirable additives, that they are free from trans-fats, that we have no genetically modified organisms. 
• Ensuring that at least 75% of our menu is freshly prepared on site. 
• All our meats exceed UK welfare standards, all eggs from cage free hens. 
• Use seasonal produce. 
• Menus provide for dietary requirements. 

Key points to achieve Silver award:

• Using Organic foods, which we achieved by purchasing Organic pasta, tinned tomatoes, rice, noodles, flour & beans. 
• Purchase in season UK produce. 
• Deliver meals with vegetable portion included. 
• Do not routinely add salt to meals.

With the biggest and best selection of food available on campus you'll be safe in the knowledge that what we deliver is fresh food you can trust.

Follow this link to find out more about the Soil Association: www.soilassociation.org