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Praise for inclusion of dairy in new school lunch guidelines
Dean Foods has commended the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for recognising the importance of dairy in the revised nutrition standards for school lunches.
The 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recognised milk products as a key contributor of three of the four ‘shortfall nutrients’ in the US diet – calcium, potassium and vitamin D – and recommended adults and children increase consumption of fat-free and low-fat dairy products.
Parkland Elementary serves milk made by the Dean Foods’ Shenandoah’s Pride brand, including white milk, and fat-free TruMoo chocolate milk. TruMoo delivers the same nine essential nutrients as white milk in a fat-free formula that conforms to the new USDA guidelines.
In 2011, Fairfax County Public Schools in the Washington, DC, suburbs gained national attention by reversing a chocolate milk ban to partner with Shenandoah’s Pride to bring a reformulated chocolate milk back into the cafeteria.
Tens of thousands of schools across the country converted to fat-free TruMoo at the start of the school year, meeting proposed USDA nutrition standards for school meals ahead of the finalised rules.
Source: Dean Foods
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