Catering for special diets
If you have a food allergy or intolerance, please let us know.
Staff who come to take your food order will have information about
food allergens in the dishes you are offered to ensure you have the
information you need to make a safe choice.
Our breakfast trolley has a selection of cereals, toast,
yoghurts and fruit; you can ask the person offering you breakfast
about the allergens found in the breakfast items we offer.
Snack items are generally provided individually wrapped, with
allergen information printed on the packaging.
Staff working with food have received training on food allergy
management.
Diabetes (adults only)
We identify dishes that are lower in fat, sugar and salt with
the code 'H' on all our main menus, these will be suitable for
people with diabetes who usually choose healthily options. If you
usually count carbohydrates please ask a member of the ward team
for the carbohydrate counting information.
Vegetarian and vegan
Our main menus are coded with V (vegetarian) and VG (vegan). You
will find a minimum of one hot vegetarian meal per lunch and
evening meal. The vegan menu also details options for breakfast and
between meal snacks.
We are aiming to increase our provision of vegan options on our
main menu, so you will occasionally see the code VG' next to a dish
on our main menu. However, if you are vegan please ask to see a
copy of our separate vegan menu.
View the vegan menu for the Bristol hospitals
View the vegan menu for
Weston General Hospital
Coeliac disease/Gluten free food provision
If you require a gluten free diet we are able to cater for your
needs. You will be offered a choice of gluten free cereals/gluten
free toast, yoghurt/fruit at breakfast time. We use gluten free
toasty bags to toast gluten free bread.
For main meals we do have a gluten free hot dish on our standard
menu every day, this will be identified by the code GF written next
to the dish on the paper menu and catering iPads (Bristol sites).
In addition to our main menu offering we offer a separate gluten
free menu with a choice of individually sealed gluten free dishes
to tempt your taste buds, just ask when you make your order for the
gluten free menu.
Any sandwich can also be made with gluten free bread, just ask
when you place your order. We also keep a stock of gluten free
cakes as between meal snacks.
View the gluten free menu for the Bristol hospitals (page
3)
View the gluten
free menu for Weston General Hospital
Catering for patients who avoid milk
If you require a milk free diet we offer access to soya milk,
soya pudding and soya yogurt (yoghurt at Bristol Royal Hospital for
Children only). Please request via the nursing staff. Information
regarding the allergen content of our meals is available when
making your meal order.
Texture modification
We offer a menu for Level 4 (puree), Level 5 (minced and moist),
and Level 6 (soft and bite sized). All meals provided are compliant
with the recommendations from the International Dysphagia Diet
Standardisation Initiative (IDDSI).
If you don't have a swallowing problem (dysphagia) but find
foods that are a little softer to eat easier we offer an easy to
chew choice at every meal service from our main menu; this is
identified with the code EC.
Bristol texture
modification menu
Weston General Hospital texture modification menu
Low protein menu
We offer low protein diet options for patients that are required
to follow a very restricted low protein diet. As this is a
prescribed diet please notify the ward to refer you to the
dietitian.
Ketogenic diet therapy (Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
only)
Bristol Royal Hospital for Children offer the ketogenic diet as
a therapy to patients. As this is a prescribed diet please notify
the ward to refer you to the dietitian.
High medium chain fat diet (Bristol Royal Hospital for
Children only)
We offer a high medium chain fat diet options for patients that
are required to follow a very restricted diet. As this is a
prescribed diet please notify the ward to refer you to the
dietitian.
Food allergies
If you have a food allergy/intolerance please speak to the
member of staff taking your order, who will be able to advise you
on allergens found in our dishes.
Meals from our 2 week cycle menu are only tested for presence of
gluten, therefore, for the majority of other allergies we provide
information on whether food allergens have been included as an
ingredient or not/if the dish may contain an allergen.
If you have a severe allergy you may wish to choose from the
allergen free menu, where dishes have been tested and are free from
all of the 14 legally declarable allergens. Dishes are also cooked
individually sealed in our ovens, eliminating the risk of
accidental cross contamination.
View the allergen free menu (page 5).
