POWERING PERFORMANCE
Empowering Young Minds With Nutritious Choices
Powering Performance is an exciting way to bring nutrition science to life across a menu. Created by Independents by Sodexo, and further developed by the British Nutrition Foundation, our Powering Performance programme embeds the principles of the Eatwell Guide, which represents the principles of healthy and sustainable eating.
Focus
Food for the mind.
To help support learning and performance. Features foods with essential nutrients to help support mental ability and wellbeing.
Senior Male Pupil
Strengthen
Food to Fortify.
To help build, maintain and develop. Foods with essential nutrients that support healthy development from head to toe.
Senior Female Pupil
Sustain
Food to Energise.
To help the body sustain energy. Foods with essential nutrients that reduce tiredness and fatigue and contribute to the normal release of energy.
Head Girl
Replenish
Food to Restore.
To support the healthy function of the body. Features foods with essential nutrients to help support functions like immunity and recovery from physical
activity.
“ Powering Performance is an excellent initiative, providing intelligent food for a young audience with ever growing consciousness around what they eat. It has tapped perfectly into the youth market at a time where sustainability and healthy living are more prominent than ever. “
Executive Chef
Focus
Food for the Mind.
Supporting learning and performance. Foods with essential nutrients that promote mental ability and wellbeing.
“I really like the concept and
think it’s really interesting. I’m keen to see how it can help my performance and improve my health.“
Senior Male Pupil
Strengthen
Food to Fortify.
To help build, maintain and develop. Foods with essential nutrients that support healthy development from head to toe.
“It tastes really good and I think
it’s something we really needed
at the school as both myself
and my friends are interested
in nutrition.“
Senior Female Pupil
Sustain
Food to Energise.
To help the body sustain energy. Foods with essential nutrients that reduce tiredness and fatigue and contribute to the normal release of energy.
“I tried some of the dishes myself and thought they were great. I’ve asked the girls ‘In House’ and they said, ‘yes they’ve been really nice. The quinoa and veg was perfect to have at lunch.’I think it’s gone down really well. Thank you so much!“
Head Girl
Replenish
Food to Restore.
To support the healthy function of the body. Features foods with essential nutrients to help support functions like immunity and recovery from physical activity.
“Powering Performance is an excellent initiative, providing intelligent food for a young audience with ever growing consciousness around what they eat. It has tapped perfectly into the youth market at a time where sustainability and healthy living are more prominent than ever.“
Executive Chef
Carefully Crafted Food for Every Aspect of School Life
Powering Performance gives your school a truly distinguished food service. Dishes are prepared from scratch using fresh, seasonal, and sustainable produce.
Class Engagement Activities
Your teaching staff will have access to learning activities designed and researched by the British Nutrition Foundation to support your curriculum, such as lesson activities involving your chef in live demonstrations and class discussions.
Qualified Chefs
Our Healthy Futures Partnership training empowers your school chefs to engage pupils in understanding food’s importance and enhances the nutritional content of dishes through better ingredient selection and cooking processes.
Menu Development Through Pupil Engagement
Working with your chef, pupils will be given access to the healthier recipe.
Sustainable Ingredients
Our menus include a diverse range of sustainable ingredients and plant-based proteins. This enables pupils to make confident food choices that help reduce food waste and greenhouse gas emission.
Carefully Crafted Food for Every Aspect of School Life
Powering Performance gives your school a truly distinguished food service. Dishes are prepared from scratch using fresh, seasonal, and sustainable produce.
Powering Performance
Pupil’s Expectations
Powering Performance
Pupil’s Expectations
Taking Powering Performance Forward
Graham Olds
Strategic Development Director
Empowering pupils to understand the link between nutritious food, balanced diets, and performance is central to our Healthy Futures Partnership. Backed by the British Nutrition Foundation, Powering Performance combines food science with accurate, relevant menus and preparation standards.
As part of our social value strategy, we inspire and nourish young people to develop lifelong healthy habits. Contact your local Account Manager or Graham Olds to explore how Independents by Sodexo can bring Powering Performance to your school.
Taking Powering Performance Forward
Empowering pupils to understand the link between nutritious food, balanced diets, and performance is central to our Healthy Futures Partnership. Backed by the British Nutrition Foundation, Powering Performance combines food science with accurate, relevant menus and preparation standards.
As part of our social value strategy, we inspire and nourish young people to develop lifelong healthy habits. Contact your local Account Manager or Graham Olds to explore how Independents by Sodexo can bring Powering Performance to your school.
Graham Olds
Strategic Development
Director
Explore More About Our Food Philosophy
Ensuring that our young people have access to the best food possible is important. A balanced and varied diet promotes good health and wellbeing, both during childhood and into adulthood, and is the cornerstone of Sodexo’s social value strategy.
Explore More About Our Food Philosophy
Ensuring that our young people have access to the best food possible is important. A balanced and varied diet promotes good health and wellbeing, both during childhood and into adulthood, and is the cornerstone of Sodexo’s social value strategy.