Potato and vegetable chips along with all cereal-based snack products will also be removed from the menu, listed as "red" in the traffic light food system for tuckshops. Food and drink products listed as "red" can only be supplied "on no more than two occasions per term across the whole school environment", the Smart Choices Ready Reckoner outlined. These food and drink items had previously been listed as "amber", which meant they were to be "selected carefully" and were not to "dominate the choices and avoid large serving sizes". Queensland Association of School Tuckshops executive services manager Chris Ogden said the changes were a "tweak" to existing menus, with only a few categories being changed. "The changes are mostly around the drinks, so things that have been amber will become red. There is quite a few of those drinks being served now because they are OK to be served now," she said.

"There has been changes to the dietary guidelines, trying to get people to have less sugar and that is why the drinks have changed so dramatically." Ms Ogden said while soft drinks hadn't been allowed in tuckshops since Smart Choices was introduced in 2007, these new alterations eliminated carbonated juices that often had levels of sugar similar to soft drinks. "There have been other drinks that have made their way into tuckshops that have been 99 per cent juice but are carbonated and come in all different flavours and they are really for all intent and purposes, soft drink," she said. "They are only allowing milk, juice and water so they can get rid of those other drinks that manufacturers made to adhere to the guidelines. "It is also things like those little packets of chips that were probably never meant to be part of Smart Choices program but manufacturers just made them into smaller serve sizes so they can meet the criteria."

Ms Ogden said the changes were about getting food cooked on site. "There is a concern that people will just go, 'Oh well we will just buy our food and drink elsewhere' but what we have found is that there are a lot of schools already doing this, that have made these changes years ago," she said. "It is about getting more people to cook more food on site so they have control of the ingredients, they can put lots of extra veggies (sic) into meals. "Basically once you start cooking from scratch you can put quite a margin on the products so you are not doing something like buying a frozen pie, putting it in the pie warmer. "There is room for people to actually be making more profit because of the changes.

"Certainly when Smart Choices came in that (cooking facilities) was a major issue, but now most tuckshops have a good quality oven and enough cooking facilities to cook from scratch." Changes to the Smart Choices Ready Reckoner are summarised below. Drinks The only drinks to be supplied in schools are: Plain water (still, spring or sparkling, without added flavouring)

Milk (plain or flavoured, full-fat or reduced-fat)

Juice (at least 99 per cent non-carbonated fruit or vegetable juice without added flavouring)

All other drinks are classified as RED. These drinks should not be sold or supplied at any time in school tuckshops or vending machines. Savoury snacks All potato chips (crisps), other vegetable chips (crisps), cereal based snacks (corn chips, rice chips and wholegrain snacks), extruded snacks (savoury puffs, balls or rings) and similar snacks are classified as RED. Sweet baked products All products with added confectionery, icing and sweet fillings are classified as RED. This includes, but is not limited to, chocolate chip cookies, iced buns, cakes and slices.

Other significant changes Reduced fat flavoured milks change from GREEN to AMBER.

Slushies must be at least 99% fruit juice with no additional flavourings (maximum serve size 250mL).

Coffee-style milk drinks must not be sold in primary schools. If these products are sold or supplied in secondary schools the maximum serve size is 375mL.

Formulated meal replacements, formulated supplementary foods and formulated supplementary sports foods such as breakfast drinks and protein bars must not be sold or supplied.

Chocolate and hazelnut spreads, jelly and jelly products (diet or regular) are considered confectionery items and classified as RED.

Dried fruit changes from GREEN to AMBER.