USDA seeks input on pending changes to school meal standards

February 2023

In early February 2023, the USDA announced plans to change school meal standards. According to the Center for Best Practices at Share Our Strength:

  • First-time ever limits on added sugar, starting with grain-based desserts, breakfast cereals, yogurts, and flavored milks, and then also a weekly limit.
  • Options for offering flavored milk.
  • Options for grains, both of which allow for some enriched grains to be served.
  • Sodium reduction.

Find out more from the USDA’s press release. You can also comment on the proposed federal standards.

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