New California law aims to improve school nutrition by phasing out some ultraprocessed foods

‘A source of chronic disease’: California becomes the first state to ban tater tots and other favorite foods from school cafeterias

California is making huge waves in school nutrition because the state is now the first in the entire US to start phasing out certain ultra-processed foods from school meals over the next decade. This new, first-in-the-nation law was signed by Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday, and it’s a massive move that aims to redefine what’s considered “healthy” in school cafeterias, eventually banning those super-tasty but often not-so-great products that …

South County school district backs ultraprocessed food ban - San José Spotlight

Associated Press health writer JoNel Aleccia in Temecula, California, contributed. California will phase out certain ultraprocessed foods from school meals over the next decade under a first-in-the-nation law signed Wednesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom. The law seeks to define ultraprocessed foods, the often super-tasty products typically full of sugar, salt and unhealthy fats. The legislation requires the state’s Department of Public Health to adopt …

Gavin Newsom flexes his own 'MAHA' plan as he moves to crack down on ultraprocessed foods in school lunch

California will phase out certain ultraprocessed foods from school meals over the next decade under a first-in-the-nation law signed Wednesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom. The law seeks to define ultraprocessed foods, the often super-tasty products typically full of sugar, salt and unhealthy fats. The legislation requires the state’s Department of Public Health to adopt rules by mid-2028 defining “ultraprocessed foods of concern” and “restricted school…

California enacts nation's first law to define and ban ultraprocessed foods

California made history by enacting the first law in the United States to define and ultimately ban unhealthy ultraprocessed foods from meals served to California schoolchildren.

Newsom signs first-in-nation law to ban ultraprocessed food in school lunches

In summary California health officials will now decide which ingredients, additives, dyes, and other forms of processing don’t belong in school meals and K-12 cafeterias. California is the first state in the country to ban ultraprocessed foods from school meals, aiming to transform how children eat on campus by 2035.  In the cafeteria of Belvedere Middle School in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Boyle Heights, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a measure …

California to ban ultraprocessed foods in schools under first-in-the-nation law

California will phase out certain ultraprocessed foods from school meals over the next decade under a first-in-the-nation law signed Wednesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom.The law seeks to define ultraprocessed foods, the often super-tasty products typically full of sugar, salt and unhealthy fats. The legislation requires the states Department of Public Health to adopt rules by mid-2028 defining ultraprocessed foods of concern and restricted school food…