Catering Accreditation by Food for the Brain

We have worked with the charity, Food for the Brain, for over 10 years as part of our Good Food Policy. They offer the only specific nutritionally focused award, carrying out annual assessment over a robust range of indicators and apart from the status of being a Food For the Brain University, we have found the process very beneficial in terms of examining how we develop our food offer.Ian Macauley, Assistant Director of Catering. The University of Edinburgh

Who We Are

We are changing minds through nutrition

The Food for the Brain Accreditation is an accreditation available to catering and food service operators who want to develop a progressive nutritional strategies or want to highlight excellent nutritional standards already in place.

The accreditation is a service offered by the Food for the Brain, a charitable foundation, focused on promoting the importance of nutrition in mental health. Caterers can and are playing an important role in encouraging healthier food choices, which can immediately improve focus, energy and mood, as well as supporting longer-term mental and physical health.

Why Get Accredited?

Commitment to Healthy Eating

Accreditation by Food For The Brain clearly demonstrates that your business is genuinely committed to providing food that is both delicious and nutritious.

Supports Improved Wellbeing and Productivity

A healthy workforce is widely recognised as being beneficial to employers as well as the individuals. Our collaborative approach provides caterers with practical tools to support improved customer wellbeing and productivity.

Competitive Differentiation

We will work with caterers to find commercially viable solutions to providing healthy food within all sectors. With both the demand and need for healthier food increasing, our accreditation can add significant value to your business customers and end users.

Recognition from Respected 3rd Party

Our accreditation demonstrates that your food has achieved the high standards set by an independent charity. It provides genuine evidence of your commitment and the efforts being made to provide healthy food.

Other Services

Training

We can provide bespoke or standard training solutions to build nutrition knowledge and aid commercial implementation, including modular ‘Food Service for Health’ courses and ‘Train the Trainer’ workshops.

Consultancy

Our team can provide expertise in commercially viable approaches to encouraging healthier eating including operational audits, action planning and menu redevelopment.

Employee Wellbeing

We can support your wellbeing campaigns, engaging employees with seminars, interactive workshops and wider communications, covering key pillars of both nutrition and mental health. This can be combined with 1-2-1 nutritional therapy support on-site through our clinic, the Brain Bio Centre

"We are delighted to have been reaccredited by Food for the Brain and thank them for the time they have spent with us over the last couple of years."

Craig Hancox

Amadeus General Manager for the ICC

"The accreditation has helped to give Turning point a competitive edge when applying for new business, by clearly illustrating our capabilities to promote health and well-being at new levels. I can personally recommend the benefits of this training which has in turn supported the catering team, Service users and Turning-point as a business"

Barbara Freeman

Catering Manager, Turning Point Manchester North-West

"Having the accreditation displays that we value our students and wider customers well- being. At this time when student welfare is paramount, anything that be achieved that helps to enhance their experience and physical well-being is vitally important to the University of Leeds"

Ian Addy

Catering Operations Manager, University of Leeds

Get in Touch

Please contact us by filling in the enquiry form below so that we can discuss how we can support you and your organisation through the accreditation or with our wider services.

To find out more about the charity more generally, please see our wider website Food for the Brain

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