![]() ![]() The proposal would create a phased-in approach beginning in fall of 2025 on limiting added sugars in high-sugar products such as yogurts, cereal, grain-based cereals and flavored milks, and then reaching the total of less than 10% of total calories per week for breakfast and lunch by the fall of 2027.ĭean said on average the sugar content of most school lunches is around 11% of total calories right now, although school breakfasts are higher. USDA currently has no restrictions standards on added sugars in school meals. Stacy Dean, deputy undersecretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, told reporters the department "definitely learned a lot about what is workable, practical and has operational capability for schools" since the original implementation of higher nutrition standards originally required by the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. ![]() “We looked at the dietary guidelines and tried to formulate a set of rules with flexibilities and transitions that respond to the need for us to continue to improve the nutrition of the meals being served but at the same time providing some time and adjustment periods for these rules to take effect,” Vilsack said during a follow-up call with media. ![]()
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