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What’s in a food parcel?

Our foodbank provides three days of nutritionally balanced, non-perishable food.

The Trussell Trust has worked with nutritionists to ensure food parcels contains sufficient nutrition for at least three days worth of healthy, balanced meals for individuals and families.

A typical food parcel includes:

  • Breakfast cereals
  • Soup
  • Pasta
  • Rice
  • Pasta sauce
  • Tinned beans
  • Tinned meat
  • Tinned vegetables
  • Tinned fruit
  • Tea or coffee
  • Sugar
  • Biscuits
  • Snacks

Specific requirements

Our foodbank can usually adapt your food parcel to meet your dietary needs (for example dairy or gluten-intolerance, halal, vegetarian etc.). If you have any special dietary requirements, please ask your referee to specify it on the voucher.

We may sometimes also be able to provide essential non-food items such as toiletries, nappies and hygiene products, helping people in crisis to maintain dignity and feel human again .

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