The challenge: Have a wholegrain option with at least one of your main meals every day.
Why is it important to have wholegrains?
Wholegrains are a great way to increase our fibre intake, which is important for our health. In the UK, many of us are not getting enough fibre in our diet. Wholegrains provide some essential vitamins and minerals that have a wide range of important functions in our body.
Wholegrains include: wholemeal or wholegrain breads, wholewheat pasta, brown rice, wholegrain breakfast cereals, porridge oats, grains (e.g. bulgur wheat, barley, spelt, freekeh or quinoa).
How can we fit wholegrains into our diet?
We can include wholegrains at meals and snacks. For example, porridge or a wholegrain breakfast cereal, such as bran flakes at breakfast time, wholegrain rye crackers with peanut butter as a snack, sandwiches made with wholemeal bread for lunch and wholewheat instead of white pasta as part of an evening meal. More unusual types of wholegrains, such as freekeh or barley, can be included in dishes instead of rice or couscous.
Support for you
To help plan and promote the Eat more wholegrains challenge
Eat more wholegrains challenge guide – a downloadable guide about the challenge.
Eat more wholegrains logo - you can download the logo to promote the challenge. For example, you might want to include it on your canteen menu and staff/student emails. The logo is also available in Welsh.
Eat more wholegrains poster – display this colourful poster to remind everyone that your organisation is taking on this challenge!
Eat more wholegrains challenge tracker – to help your team track their progress in completing the challenge.
Activity ideas, information and resources
Whether you are in your workplace or working or studying from home, there are lots of ways you can get your colleagues/peers involved in the Eat more wholegrains challenge.
Watch the video below for some inspiration! Why not share it with colleagues?