School Nutrition Standards
The USDA has announced that they continue to allow flavored and unflavored milk (no changes in standard) with new limits on added sugar.
Schools can continue to offer flavored and unflavored milk, which provide essential nutrients that children need, such as calcium, vitamin D and potassium. There will be a new limit on added sugars in flavored milk served at breakfast and lunch by Fall 2025.
Flavored Milk
Milk provides nutrients essential for good health and kids drink more when it’s flavored. Milk’s nutrition only helps students grow if they drink it.
Flavored Milk in Schools is Not the Same as What’s at the Store
Milk processors have worked for decades to make school flavored milk better for kids. Sugar content in school flavored milk is significantly lower than that found in grocery store chocolate milk and still tastes great! In fact, school flavored milk contributes only 4% of added sugar to children’s diets while carbonated soda and fruit drinks contribute 45% without the nutritional benefit.
Hot Chocolate Milk
Hot chocolate milk is one of our most popular school programs for a good reason – it’s simple for school nutrition staff and delicious for students.
