School pupil Abby Hermione Milne has been awarded a top prize in a national competition after inventing a healthy new fruit for children.

Abby, 9, from The Stoke Poges School in Rogers Lane was a national runner-up in the Design a Healthy New Food competition, organised by Discovery Education and Switzerland’s Alimentarium Foundation.

It was open to primary schools across the UK and asked pupils to design a nutritious food, meal or snack and create a fun advert to promote it.

Abby impressed judges with her design for ‘The Abbot’, an exotic furry-skinned fruit from the Caribbean island of Cuba. Packing her new fruit with an alphabet of vitamins, the Year 4 pupil added fun rainbow coloured seeds to appeal to young eaters.

As part of her prize, Abby’s advert will feature on the award-winning Discovery Education Espresso website. Accessed by thousands of schools as a daily learning resource, the advert will encourage children everywhere to make healthier eating choices. Abby has also been presented with a special certificate and goody bag.

Rani Makkar, Abby's teacher at The Stoke Poges School said: "Our pupils really enjoyed taking part in the competition. Their designs for new healthy foods showed great imagination, and they learned a lot about nutrition along the way. We're very proud that Abby was chosen as a national runner up and looking forward to seeing her advert online."