Consumer Reports urges USDA to remove Lunchables From National School Lunch Program ( advocacy.consumerreports.org )

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.

cristo ,

I know its done to death but I really do blame Michelle Obama for how shitty school lunches have gotten. I dont know how the administration at the time got away with the enshittification of school lunches under the guise of nutrition. Some places were literally passing napkins off as vegetables because they are made of plant fibers.

juicy ,

I believe you and would like to learn more. Do you have a link?

john89 ,

What? Lunchables are expensive as hell and have practically no nutrition!

Sounds like someone's palms were being greased to get them in schools.

surfrock66 ,
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To be clear, this is a subset of the lunchables brand specifically manufactured and sent to schools for lunches, which has a higher sodium content than the retail variety you can buy. They don't want to ban all lunchables

arin ,

Ban them all, they slipped in poisons into future of USA citizens. Should be a class action lawsuit

FlyingSquid ,
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Considering the child obesity problem in America, maybe they should ban all Lunchables.

phoneymouse ,

I used to love lunchables, but now that I’m an adult, I can’t believe we were allowed to eat that trash.

ArmoredThirteen ,

I'm in my 30s and I still love them. When I'm really sad I get one and it makes me feel like my life is simpler than it is and helps calm me down, gives me something to do with my hands while not requiring me to be functioning well enough to actually cook. They are trash though can't argue that lol

gibmiser ,

Man, what the fuck happened to LUNCH LADIES. Let them goddamn cook!

umbrella ,
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what? paying someone an actual salary for actual work instead of just microwaving lead to kids?

wont you think of the economy

UltraMagnus0001 ,

In California they're actually quitting to work in fast food, because the minimum wage doesn't affect govt workers.

whoisearth ,
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If true LOfuckingL and I'm so not surprised.

I was listening to the radio yesterday about all the school boards now suing social media companies. It's great and I applaud it but let's get real, government is shirking their damn job if school boards are expected to reign in corporations.

We got this bad because of laissez faire attitudes around a free market and letting companies do what they damn well please.

Dark_Arc ,
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It's crazy. We had full kitchens in our elementary/middle school and high school. I can't remember them ever actually doing anything other than reheating precooked frozen food.

rapidviperwiper ,

No reason to be feeding that crap to our kids nationally.

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