The purpose of this report, and our 2021 scorecard, is to explore how the K–12 products currently in the school food marketplace from the largest companies meet existing nutrition standards and to establish whether companies could meet stronger standards consistent with the 2020 DGA. [...] Unflavored milk does not contain any added sugars, but flavored milk is the top source of added sugars in school meals.iii While 1 cup of milk contains about 12 g of naturally occurring sugar (i.e., lactose), the additional sugars added to flavored milk can be significant. [...] Thus, this report aims to provide a snapshot of the nutritional quality of the fluid milk being sold to schools by the largest dairy companies in the U. [...] A recent study showed that flavored milk was the top contributor of added sugars at both school breakfast and lunch, contributing 29 percent of the added sugars in school breakfasts and 47 percent of the added sugars in school lunches. [...] Take for example the public comment that the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) and the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) submitted in response to the USDA’s 2022 transitional rule.lxx In their comment, IDFA and NMPF claim the following about added sugars in the flavored milk products sold to schools: “Between the 2006-2007 and 2019-2020 school years, average added sugar levels d.
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