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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