From next September, schools in England will no longer be allowed to serve deep-fried foods. Alongside the ban, every school meal must include vegetables or salad.
The outlets frame the change as a shift away from certain traditional school meal items and cooking methods. Both sources also highlight what they describe as possible replacements, pointing to continued emphasis on plant-based ingredients such as lentils. The reports focus on what schools will be restricted from serving and on the requirement to include vegetables or salad with meals, rather than providing detailed implementation timelines for individual schools.
Overall, the coverage agrees on the start date, the deep-fried food restriction, and the mandatory vegetables or salad component, while differing mainly in how they characterize the meals that may persist under the new rules.
