Food & Health Alliance

Pupils at Sgoil a' Bhac created a strawberry and white chocolate biscuit after winning a competition to see their biscuit produced in conjunction with Stag Bakeries. 

The pupils carried out market research to identify their target market, conducted scientific analysis, investigated issues around sustainability and food miles and finally setting a commercially viable price for their product.  Throughout the project, the pupils also learned about the variety of careers on offer in the food and drink industry, including the science-based technical roles, working in new product development, and roles in marketing and finance.

Stag Bakeries has been working with a cluster of local secondary schools as part of SFDF's innovative schools programme "A Future in Food", which is designed to help teachers, pupils and parents better understand where their food comes from and how it's produced.

The biscuits will initially be sold in local shops as a nine pack and in the late summer twin packs will go on sale in hotels and coffee shops throughout Scotland.

You can read the press release on SFDF's website here.