FAQ's
Go! Kidz is 100% Australian Made and is supporting local communities through the sourcing of our ingredients through local Aussie farmers. We are lucky to have access to a world class manufacturing facility in South Australia, to bring Go! Kidz to Australian families. Our manufacturing partners are experts, and place a focus on achieving the highest levels of safety & hygiene.
The Australian Health Star rating helps you to make healthier food choices when shopping for packaged food products. Most products carry a Nutrition Information Panel at the back of the pack which provides important information about the contents of the food. But as shoppers we are busy, so the Health Star Rating provides an easy way to compare similar packaged food and helps you to make healthier choices. The Health Star Rating system was developed by the Australian, state and territory governments in collaboration with industry, public health and consumer groups.
Under the system,
Yes, our packs consist of an outer cardboard carton and an inner tray, both of which are recyclable. The cardboard is unbleached boards coated with clay on the outside with no polyurethane coating on the inside (need to clarify actual detail)
They certainly can, all our meals are oven heatable, they may take a little longer than the 5 minutes in the microwave, but usually will be ready in 30 mins. Please refer to the packaging instructions for each individual meal.
When our meals have been thawed out, the recommendation is that they be consumed within 24 hours of thawing. If you are unsure as to how long the meal has been thawed, please discard.
It is actually a bit of a myth that frozen vegetables are not as nutritious. Freezing vegetables means that nutrients are locked in. Two recent studies in the UK actually show that frozen food is as nutritious as fresh. Click for further information http://www.bodyandsoul.com.au/nutrition/nutrition-tips/fresh-vs-frozen-f...
Being fresh-frozen, we recommend eating within 3 months, however, the meals can be kept frozen for up to a year.
While it is a great idea to “hide” vegetables in meals by pureeing them, it is also really important that kids get used to the real texture and look of these foods too, so that habits around eating them are developed that they continue into adulthood. At Go!Kidz, our meals contain some “hidden” vegetables to get the content up, but also deliciously presented whole vegetables to expose and encourage kids to try the real deal.
No, our meals are free from all nasties and chemicals. Please refer to the ingredients listings on our packaging and website for further detail by product.
Due to the nature of peanut allergies to some members of the population, we do not use peanuts or peanut based products in our ingredients. For further information, each meal packaging refers to any likely allergens to be aware of.
At Go! Kidz we understand the importance of safety and hygiene. To ensure there is no cross contamination, all allergens are kept in a separate, secure area of the factory. We have in place a number of processes and cross-checks to ensure that cross-contamination does not occur.
At present, the Go! Kidz range is not vegan, but stay tuned, we are in the process of developing more meals and foods and understand how important it is to be able to provide a vegan offering.
Not all our meals are dairy and gluten free, the table below indicates which meals are indeed on the free list:
Lasange
Pizza etc (need to complete as info comes to hand)
As part of our mission to bring healthy food to families at a competitive price, our meals are priced at an average $x. We believe it is very possible to provide quality, healthy food at competitive prices.
Our meals have been specially formulated by Nutritionist Johanna McMillan, to ensure they meet the nutritional requirements of children aged 5 to 14.
The below outlines the serves of vegetables in each meal offering:
Lasange
Pizza etc (need to complete as info comes to hand)
Our meals are stored frozen and are microwave ready in 5 minutes. We understand that some people choose not to use the microwave, so meals can also be oven cooked within 30 minutes.
Nutrition and quality of our meals is our key focus, which means that we use whole food and avoid processing. We have teamed up with quality Australian manufacturers who share the same philosophy as us for minimal processing. The process in the sites is just as you would go through in your kitchen at home, but on a more massive scale.
At Go! Kidz we are parents, so the recipe choices were partly from our own experience of what our kids like, and one of our aims was to use formats of foods that kids already love, so we have adapted meal types such as pizza and chicken nuggets. We then worked with Nutritionist Johanna Macmillan to develop the formulas to ensure they contained maximum nutritional value combined with maximum taste. We are always open to suggestions for future recipes and we ask other parents, children and the wider Go! Kidz community. We encourage children and parents to send in their recipe suggestions
We truly are passionate believers in the greater good and feel that is it our moral obligation to help those who are not as fortunate as ourselves. Our focus is enhancing childrens overall mental and physical well being and quality of life, therefore a portion of the sale of every meal is donated to aligned children’s charities. For further information, click here (link to Go for Good page).