Preschools should provide meals such as breakfast and lunch for the children, and ensure that the food is nutritious, balanced and varied. Preschools should also provide water for the children throughout the day. If hot meals/lunch is served, preschools should incorporate food from the three main food groups:

• Wholegrains (e.g. wholemeal bread, brown rice and brown rice beehoon)

• Lean meat & other protein food alternatives (e.g. chicken, tofu, fish, lentils)

• Vegetables

All preschools that provide hot meals/lunch or snacks to children will need to provide fruits daily to children in preschools on programmes of >6 hours and once a week to children in preschools on programmes <6 hours.

Preschools should also serve calcium-rich sources such as milk, calcium-fortified soy milk, cheese, yoghurt, tofu at least twice a week to children on programmes >6 hours and once a week to children on programmes <6 hours.

Preschools should not serve the following food and drinks:

• Deep-fried food

• Pre-deep fried food upon purchase (e.g. pre-deep fried chicken nuggets and French fries)

• Preserved food (e.g. sausages, ham, luncheon meat, preserved vegetables, and preserved eggs)

• Sugary drinks such as syrups and cordial (e.g. rose syrup, barley syrup) and non-HCS commercially-prepared drinks (e.g. ice lemon tea, chrysanthemum tea). This guideline excludes milk only.