Sustainable food

We use free range shell eggs from Reynolds Fruit and Veg, Total Produce and Cotswold Dairy. We have been awarded the Good Egg Award in conjunction with Compassion in World Farming.

Please note: From Monday 21 March all free range egg producers are required by law to change the wording on their eggs from “free range” to “barn eggs”. Government vets have decided that free range hens should be kept indoors for a further short period to continue to protect them from the threat of avian influenza (bird flu). This means all free range hens will have been housed indoors beyond the 16 weeks allowed to market them as free range.

As these are free range hens temporarily housed for their welfare, producers will continue to use free range packs, however, each pack will be marked with the words “Barn eggs”. In addition, each egg will be marked with a number 2 to signify that it is a barn egg, for example 2UK54321, which is explained on each pack.

We will keep you updated as the situation evolves.

Please visit freerangeinfo.com for further information.

In line with our policy on sustainability, and commitment to principles of fairness and equality, we are committed to supporting, promoting and using Fairtrade goods and has worked hard to achieve accreditation.

We sell:

• Fairtrade bananas
• Fairtrade tea, coffee and hot chocolate, all accompanied by Fairtrade sugar sachets
• Fairtrade smoothies and juices
• A selection of cakes, chocolates and snacks

We actively support Fairtrade Fortnight and work with our suppliers to increase our range and sales of Fairtrade products across the university.

UWE Bristol uses sustainable seafood products which have been certified by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC). We never use fish from the MSC ‘fish to avoid list’.

All our fresh milk is organic as standard. Our milk is supplied by a local dairy farm based in Tewkesbury which uses dairy farms within a 30 mile radius of their site.

We use Red Tractor Farm Assured beef, chicken, pork and lamb from John Sheppard Butchers. Some fruit and vegetables are also farm assured, purchased from a few of our other suppliers. By using Red Tractor Farm Assured meat, we can trace all our meat back to independently inspected farms in the UK which must meet safety, hygiene, and animal welfare standards.

All our prepared vegetables are supplied from Reynolds Fruit & Veg and Total Produce, which sources their produce from local farms in the South West. Therefore we can provide vegetables which are local and seasonal. For certain types of produce there are periods where particular produce is simply unavailable or supply is restricted; so we have to purchase from alternative sustainable sources.

The Catering Mark addresses many of the food quality issues that concern us all. It ensures our meals are made up of seasonal, traceable, healthier, sustainable and fresh ingredients, free from trans fats and nasty additives.