A fruitful collaboration between South West Healthcare and a juice company is ensuring a local product is part of the success story of schools and workplaces aiming for the highest standards in health promotion.
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Working with SWH’s health promotion and food services teams, Warrnambool’s Fresha has produced three new-size varieties of pure fruit juice to allow local school and SWH staff canteens to meet achievement program government benchmarks. One of the benchmarks to be recognised as a healthy school or workplace is canteens need to stock a 250ml-size, 100 per cent fruit juice product.
Previously, Fresha had produced a 300ml bottle but worked alongside SWH food services functions manager Craig McLeod to develop the new-size product.
The fruit juice comes in orange, apple and apple/blackcurrant flavours.
SWH health promotion officer Nikita Wheaton said the new product ticks the right boxes.
“The key message here is the importance of partnering with local businesses to create positive change,’ Ms Wheaton said.
“Without the willingness of Brian Stevens and the team at Fresha, we would not have been able to supply a local product in school canteens. This partnership shows true community collaboration.”
The achievement program benchmarks are based on the World Health Organisation’s model for health promotion in schools.