Chocolate milk may soon be banned in school cafeterias
A lunchtime favorite of students everywhere may soon be a thing of the past.
U.S. officials are considering banning chocolate milk in elementary and middle school cafeterias, according to The Wall Street Journal. The proposed ban comes from the high sugar content in flavored milks.
“From a public-health perspective, it makes a lot of sense to try to limit the servings of these flavored milks because they do have quite a lot of added sugar,” Erica Lauren Kenney, a public-health and nutrition professor at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, told WSJ.
Another plan would stop short of a complete ban and instead allow options with no more than 10 grams of added sugars in each 8-ounce portions. More than 90% of those in the school milk processing industry agreed last month to adhere to the new sugar standards, according to the report.
A decision on the flavored milk is expected in the coming year and would be implemented in 2025-2026 school year.