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brianslast Wednesday at 5:49 PM2 repliesview on HN

The US FDA requires that schools not serve whole milk or any products containing normal and natural saturated fats, and instead serve “low fat” versions which literally remove the fats and replace them with sugar.

You say nobody is doing this, but all the subsidized meals for my kids do this.


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ceejayozlast Wednesday at 6:02 PM

Skim/lowfat milk just... takes the cream out.

The same rule changes tightened the rules on added sugar.

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llm_nerdlast Wednesday at 6:04 PM

>which literally remove the fats and replace them with sugar.

This is not accurate.

No they didn't "replace" the fats with sugar. There is a chocolate milk option, just as there was before, but all options need to be 1% or low M.F., which nutrition and medical science overwhelmingly supports.

Is chocolate milk not ideal? Of course. We all know that. They shouldn't serve it either.