As such, although the meal as a whole delivers the desired amount of energy and key nutrients, it would be difficult to determine whether that meal would be deemed “fresh”.The Scottish Government adds that, for other local authorities, although the whole meal might be cooked on site daily, it could include frozen vegetables, which deliver high nutritional value but may or may not be considered as “fresh”—well, they are not, they are frozen—as vegetables that have been cooked hours before and kept warm until service.