Healthy school canteens for healthy kids

Healthy eating supports growing minds and bodies and helps children do their best at school.

School canteens can play an important role in helping kids create healthy habits – for life.

The benefits of having a healthy school canteen

A healthy canteen supports student wellbeing by:

providing healthy food and drink options
offering fewer foods and drinks that are less healthy
encouraging them to drink water
reinforcing healthy eating messages taught in the classroom.

The NSW Healthy School Canteen Strategy helps make the healthy choice the easy choice.

Support for your school and licensed canteens

All NSW Government schools with a canteen must follow the Healthy School Canteen Strategy. Non-government schools with a canteen are also encouraged to follow it.

Find the six steps for creating a healthy school canteen in our NSW Healthy School Canteen Strategy: Food and Drink Criteria.

Healthy Food Finder is an online tool that canteen staff and volunteers can use to search for packaged foods and drinks to sell in NSW school canteens. For free support and guidance with making your school canteen a healthy one, contact the Healthy Food Information Service.

Phone: 1800 930 966
Email: healthyfood@health.nsw.gov.au
Business hours: Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.
For more information about the strategy, visit NSW Healthy School Canteens.