Some options to include in your lunchbox:

  • Milk, plain or flavoured
  • Homemade milk shakes (puree fruit with low-fat milk, add honey and/or vanilla flavouring)
  • Probiotic mini yogurt drinks
  • Milk-fruit juice blends
  • Fruit juice (100%, should your child tend to exceed the daily limit for juice, dilute their juice with water)
  • Energy drinks for children who participate in sport or who are very active
  • Hot chocolate made with skim / soya milk (keep warm in thermo flask during winter)
  • Soups (keep hot in thermo flask during winter)
  • Cold water and ice for sports meetings

It is always wise to keep a water bottle in your kid's school bag, should they feel thirsty, they can fill the bottle with water.

Children under 6 years old should not drink more than 120-180 ml of 100% juice per day.
Older children, 7-18 years old, can drink 240 to 360 ml of 100% juice each day.