Consumer Reports urges USDA to remove Lunchables From National School Lunch Program

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Consumer Reports urges USDA to remove Lunchables From National School Lunch Program
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Consumer Reports called on the Department of Agriculture today to remove Lunchables food kits from the National School Lunch Program. CR recently compared the nutritional profiles of two Lunchable kits served in schools and found they have even higher levels of sodium than the kits consumers can buy in the store. CR also tested 12 store-bought versions of Lunchables and similar kits and found several contained relatively high levels of lead and cadmium. All but one also tested positive for phthalates, chemicals found in plastic that have been linked to reproductive problems, diabetes, and certain cancers.

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Would you have a source for this? Either the Obama influence or on the napkins?

https://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2016/03/michelle-obama-healthy-eating-school-lunch-food-policy-000066/

The napkin one is harder to find, still searching for it. This politico article explains it pretty well.

I don't know how you can read that article and come away thinking Michelle Obama's efforts made school lunches worse. Unless by worse you mean healthier but less popular. The only reason people were attempting to get ridiculous things categorized as a vegetable was because they actually now had to have half a cup of vegetables.