USDA’s 2024 update to school meal rules phases tighter sugar and sodium limits, reshaping menus and purchasing across ...

New school lunch guidelines from USDA are aimed at reducing added sugars in students' diets. For the sugar industry, the guidelines are a 'mixed bag," Courtney Gaine, of the Sugar Association, says.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture unveiled final nutrition standards for school meals Wednesday that include a new, gradual limit on added sugars. The rules also include a sodium reduction that is ...

School lunches are about to get a makeover that includes less sugar and more flexibility with meal planning. Locally produced foods will be emphasized. And sodium will be reduced slightly. The U.S.

An estimated 530,000 tons of food and 45 million gallons of milk are wasted in our nation’s school cafeterias annually — 31% of vegetables and 25% of milk purchased. Taxpayers lay out $1.7 billion at ...