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What’s in a food parcel?

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

For updates during Covid-19 please click here https://middlesbrough.foodbank.org.uk/covid-19-update/

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 or Rice
  • Pasta sauce or tinned tomatoes
  • Tinned beans
  • Tinned meat (or vegetarian/fish options)
  • Tinned vegetables
  • Tinned fruit
  • Tea or coffee
  • Biscuits
  • Snacks

Dietary requirements

Our foodbank can usually adapt your food parcel to meet your dietary needs, for example, gluten free, halal or vegetarian. When you arrive at the foodbank centre, a volunteer will chat to you about an special dietary requirements you may have.

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