School Lunches

The 2013 school year is about to start so I have decided to focus on the products best avoided in the school lunch box. Each week I will also feature a 'safe eating' idea, recipe or product.
This morning I was reading about the effects of a commonly used bread & bread products preservative, namely Calcium Propionate (282). I would highly recommend that if you have either restless, irritable, or children who lack the ability to concentrate, remove this preservative from their diet for 2-3 weeks & take note of any  improvements in their behaviour and concentration levels.

You can find this preservative in some brands of wraps (Mission), numerous supermarkets breads & bread rolls, store piklets, pancakes & finger buns, manufactured breadcrumbs, and sausage rolls (both frozen & those available in school tuck shops).

 In recent years both Bakers Delight & Brumby's responded to consumer demand & produced loaves & rolls that do not contain 282. This has been keenly marketed by both franchises & is pleasing to see that at least now consumers have a choice.
Mission wraps also have Preservative (200)which has been linked to behavioural problems & Asthmatics should avoid.