Donate food
Donations Accepted
What items can you donate to Cardiff Foodbank?
The following list of food (and other) items are what we currently use to make up our emergency food parcels. From time to time this list may change, so please do check back to this page and our main ‘Donate Food‘ page for up to date information.
We’ve also listed below some items that we are unable to accept for distribution.
We can accept…
All donations (food and other essential items) must be in date and in the original package and unopened.
We cannot accept gift wrapped items – gift wrapped donations will need to be opened and checked before distribution.
Food Items
Baked Beans
Biscuits
Breakfast Cereals (size 350g – 500g)
Chocolate/Sweets
Coffee (instant)
Condiments (Ketchup etc.)
Cooking Sauces (pasta sauce etc.)
Custard (tinned)
Easy Cook Pasta, Rice and Noodles (Mug shots, Pot Noodle etc.)
Fish (tinned)
Fruit (tinned)
Fruit Juice – long life (1 litre cartons)
Jams and Spreads
Meat (tinned)
Milk (UHT long/life 1 litre)
Oil (up to 1litre bottles)
Pasta (max 1kg packs)
Potatoes (tinned)
Rice (max 1kg packs)
Rice Pudding (tinned)
Savoury Snacks (Crisps, crackers, cheese biscuits, healthy snack bars etc)
Soup – (tins & packets)
Sponge puddings/long life cakes
Squash (1 litre bottles)
Sugar
Tea
Tomatoes (tinned)
Vegetables (tinned)
Seasonal Items
Christmas
Easter
Toiletries
Deodorant/antiperspirant
Female Hygiene Products
Hairbrush/comb
Individual bars of soap
Shampoo
Shaving foam/gel
Shower gel
Toothpaste & Toothbrush (adult and child)
Baby Items
Nappies (all sizes – unopened)
Baby wipes
Household Items
Cleaning cloths
Cleaning sprays
Disinfectant wipes
Hand sanitisers
Laundry liquid/gel
Toilet roll (small packs or individual rolls)
Washing up liquid
Good quality carrier bags
We are unable to accept…
Alcohol & tobacco
Baby Milk Formula Stages 1 & 2
Books / DVDs / CDs
Clothing or Footwear
Fizzy Soft Drinks
Home made products – food or other
Incontinence Pads
Medicines / Vitamins (prescription or over the counter)/ CBD Products
Opened or part used food items and packets
Out of date items – food or other
Perishable food items
Toys