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Hungry athletes and spectators will have the choice of over 150 different dishes celebrating the best of British during the Games. In line with London 2012’s sustainability commitments, all fruit, vegetables and cereals are British and seasonal where available, and traceable back to the farm gate through the Red Tractor scheme which is the food benchmark standard for the Olympics.

The UK farming industry will supply 232 tonnes of potatoes, 31 tonnes of poultry, 19 tonnes of eggs and 75,000 litres of milk for the Olympic Village alone during the sporting spectacle, not including the food provided for visitors and public attending events, underlining the importance of the NFU’s campaign Farming Delivers for Britain.

NFU head of food chain Lee Woodger said: "The Olympic Games provides the UK farming industry with a fantastic platform to really shout about what it does for Britain, and has made all the hard work the NFU put into ensuring the Olympic food vision got off the ground worthwhile.

"Serving 14 million meals over a three week period is a huge challenge, but providing healthy, tasty nutritious food for the country is what the British farming industry does best and delivers economic benefits to communities up and down the country.

"We want people to recognise just what the farming industry does for each and every consumer in the UK, who can get almost every ingredient they need from British farms.

"When you choose British, you are helping farming to improve the economy, encourage production and much more. Our campaign slogan is ‘Make it British, Make it Local, Make it Happen’ and if everyone follows those simple guidelines, then farming really will continue to deliver for Britain.”

1. Farming delivers for Britain is the NFU’s flagship campaign. Click here for more details.
2. The full list of food and catering for the games in the Olympic Village:

-          14 million meals

-          25,000 loaves of bread

-          232 tonnes of potatoes

-          31 tonnes of poultry items

-          100 tonnes of meat

-          75,000 litres of milk

-          19 tonnes of eggs

-          21 tonnes of cheese

-          330 tonnes of fruit/vegetables

-          All dairy products, beef, lamb and poultry to be British

-          Traditional British cheese such as Cheddar to be British

-          Eggs to be British Lion mark free range

-          A proportion of chicken available will be certified to both Red Tractor and RSPCA Freedom Food standards