Why Choose Us?
Nutmeg helps you to meet nutritional standards with colour coded menu analysis and actionable insights. Smart reporting quickly shows the breakdown of nutritional content, costing per dish and allergen information.
Natasha’s Law & Labelling
Natasha’s Law, which came into effect on the 1st October 2021, is a safeguarding measure to protect allergy sufferers and give them confidence in the food they buy. This critical legislation requires schools to provide complete ingredient lists and allergen labelling on food pre-packaged for direct sale (PPDS) on school premises.
Nutmeg makes allergy identification and labelling a seamless process. Allergen information is easily identified for all school menus and makes crucial information available to caterers, parents and pupils. Compliant PPDS labels are generated at the click of the button and updated in real-time through our recipe analysis feature.
Helping Schools to Meet Food Standards
Nutmeg’s intuitive recipe analysis function is inclusive of special dietary requirements and uses the latest McCance and Widdowson Composition of Foods database. Recipe data is stored in the database, and new recipes can be analysed and added to the food directory - recipe data includes both raw ingredient weight and finished dish weight, and Nutmeg can estimate nutrient losses through cooking.
Up to 14 macronutrients and micronutrients are analysed, as well as overall energy, and all menu analysis is in relation to standards for your specific population group. The causes of any nutritional imbalances in the menu are highlighted, and our colour-coded nutritional analysis shows the percentage by which nutrients exceed or fall short of the standards.
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Simple Menu Management & Costings Breakdown
Cycles of menus up to 8 weeks can be saved and analysed for cost, nutrient content and frequency of dishes, a spreadsheet is provided to import suppliers’ and manufacturers’ data to the ingredient database. Reports produced to evidence the nutritional analysis of menus in comparison to guidelines can be produced by dish, day, or week.
A detailed analysis of the cost and nutritional breakdown of each item in the menu can be easily produced in an Excel spreadsheet - Additionally, the cost of a basket of ingredients can be recorded, allowing users to demonstrate trends in the ingredient cost base of their menu over time. Full cost analysis of daily and weekly menus are automatically reported.
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Company History
Nutmeg was established in 2000 by a team of professionals with deep roots in public health nutrition, healthcare, IT and business management. Nutmeg was acquired in 2021 by CRB Cunninghams.
At CRB Cunninghams, we all share a passionate interest in helping schools to deliver nutritious, healthy school meals. We aim to help caterers streamline their end-to-end service with an all-encompassing software solution that combines menu management and cashless catering.
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"I have had a working relationship with CRB Cunninghams for over 10 years now and can honestly say it has gone from strength to strength. What really sets them apart is how they assist us with problems. Overall I am thoroughly satisfied with the product CRB Cunninghams provide and look forward to this ongoing relationship flourishing in the future."
SPIE Facilities Services
"The preparation was excellent, and no requirement was too much of a problem, and provided exactly what we wanted."
Metro Fresh Wigan Council
"Many thanks to CRB Cunninghams for getting us up and running with the contactless cards and pre-order app. It was an excellent project and a pleasure to work with you all! I’ve had excellent feedback and expressions of thanks from senior officers, and more importantly, I have been inundated with requests from pupils wanting to sign up. I would highly recommend Fusion Online to other schools. In fact, I’m already advising other councils to implement the software."
Jamie Fisher - Facilities and Support Services Manager, West Lothian Council
"From start to finish, CRB Cunninghams displayed their knowledge and understanding of the school environment. They were flexible and professional from the start of the decision making progress. Importantly, they were timely in installation, helpful with solutions and remained part of the first operations day. They continue to offer support and be helpful."
Benton Park School Leeds
"Provision of accurate management information on a service-wide and school-by-school basis identifying areas for improvement and best performers."
East Renfrewshire Council Service Manager
"Hats off to CRB Cunninghams who were brilliant partners throughout the project, ensuring the council project team completed on time."
Aberdeenshire Council Service Management
"The upgrade to iDStore and Fusion has been a great success. The guys involved in the beta have managed and supported this project extremely well and are a credit to the company."
ICT Manager, Kings Norton Boys School
"I can't praise the system enough - it works really well with mobile devices too. We've just started our first trip collection too, which is minimising our overheads with cash collection - ticks a box for our admin staff."
Primary and Secondary school, Ebbw Fawr
"Our CRB Cunninghams cashless system has been very reliable, including revaluation units, tills and software. Any issues have always been quickly addressed, with excellent support provided by CRB Cunninghams. I believe CRB Cunninghams to be a market leader in this area and with good reason."
Dave Brooks - Manager, St Julie's Catholic High School
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