A major supermarket chain is set to invest £4million in a scheme that will provide Glasgow schoolchildren with daily fruit and vegetables.

The initiative, Tesco Fruit & Veg for Schools, is in partnership with the British Nutrition Foundation and Groundwork UK.

It will fund 15 schools in Glasgow, ensuring pupils receive at least one piece of fruit or veg each day.

This aims to enhance the diets of children in schools with a higher-than-average free school meal ratio.

It will fund 15 schools in Glasgow, ensuring pupils receive at least one piece of fruit or veg each day (Image: tigerbond) In total, 400 schools across the UK will benefit, receiving about 16 million pieces of fruit and vegetables.

Tesco expects this to boost the fruit and veg intake of participating children by 23 per cent.

Ken Murphy, chief executive at Tesco Group, said: "Our aim is to enable schools to provide enough fruit and veg for every child to have at least one piece every day.

"Tesco Fruit & Veg for Schools will make a real difference by providing something that young people look forward to receiving every day, and we hope it will be another little nudge to get them eating healthy food."

In total, 400 schools across the UK will benefit, receiving about 16 million pieces of fruit and vegetables (Image: tigerbond) The British Nutrition Foundation estimates this will increase intakes of vitamin A by seven per cent, vitamin C by 25 per cent, folate by 14 per cent, and fibre by 10 per cent.

Elaine Hindal, chief executive of the British Nutrition Foundation, said: "We welcome this significant investment from Tesco to help improve the diets of our young people.

"By targeting funding to pupils in areas in need of a little extra help, this is a meaningful and impactful intervention."