Consumer Reports wants the U.S. Department of Agriculture and its National School Lunch Program to drop Lunchables. It started a petition on the topic, too.
Consumer Reports wants the U.S. Department of Agriculture and its National School Lunch Program to drop Lunchables. The consumer-focused non-profit issued its call to the federal agency and started a petition on Tuesday, citing sodium and chemical levels that it said were found during comparisons and testing it conducted. The non-profit’s testing involved 12 prepackaged products from Lunchables and several other brands that it obtained from stores, according to a press release.
Ronholm said the USDA "should remove Lunchables from the National School Lunch Program and ensure that kids in schools have healthier options." In a statement to FOX Business, a USDA spokesperson said the department "doesn’t allow or disallow individual food items.
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