E number guide

A Welsh school in Ysgol Deganwy, Conwy has taken part in a year long trial to improve the diets of their students and observe the results. The headmaster, Dafydd Roberts, told the Daily Post newspaper that the educational psychologist working with the school “found 69% of children made significant increases - greater progress than you would expect over a one year period - in thinking skills, 50% in number, 33% in spelling and 30% in reading.”

He added that the staff noticed less afternoon lethagy and children were generally calmer “There was less hyperactivity, which led to improved concentration. Nearly half the parents who completed a questionnaire on the food project noticed a change for the better in their children’s behaviour.”

Thanks to this trial, e-numbers and a healthier style of diet is being applied all across Conwy country. Read the full story on the icNorthWales website.

Fresh from his success in the war against bad meals in UK schools, it seems that Jamie Oliver has taken his fight across the atlantic to the US. In his appearance on NBC’s Today show. He highlighted one particular success, saying “Definitely. I mean I think what, what I’ve always come and worked in America a lot and what we’ve achieved in England over the last couple of years is standards, laws. I mean, literally two days ago, laws were put in place to ban all the junk in the vending machines. Not let the processed foods in.”

He mentions the amount of e-numbers currently present in the school meals that are served up. You can read more about this on NewsBusters website.