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USDA updates rules for school meals that limit added sugars for the first time

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U.S. agriculture officials announced new nutrition standards for school meals that will limit added sugars for the first time.

The nation's school meals will get a makeover under new nutrition standards that limit added sugars for the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday.

The aim is to improve nutrition and align with U.S. dietary guidelines in the program that provides breakfasts to more than 15 million students and lunches to nearly 30 million students every day at a cost of about $22.6 billion per year.

 

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