The findings are revealed in a joint report by food company Organix and the Soil Association, as they launched a campaign and petition calling on the Government to put nutritional standards in place for nurseries.
More than 1,300 people had signed the petition within 24 hours of it going live last Thursday.
The report, Georgie Porgie Pudding and Pie: Exposing the truth about nursery food, published on Tuesday (21 October), emphasised that there are no clear nutritional standards for nursery food and that some nurseries spend just 25p per child on a meal.
It said, 'No Government department has been willing to take responsibility for the quality of food provided in nurseries. Despite much questioning, the research team could find no-one in the DCSF who was clearly responsible for this vital service.'
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