US EditionKennedy’s Whole Milk Push Reflects Evolving Views on Dairy Fat
The Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act ends decades-old fat limits, restoring whole milk choice to school meals and benefiting dairy farmers, especially in Wisconsin.
- On Wednesday, President Donald Trump signed the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act after unanimous congressional approval, adding whole and 2% milk to U.S. school lunch programs and requiring plant-based alternatives on request.
- Earlier this week, federal dietary guidelines encourage more whole-milk consumption, reversing restrictions that removed whole milk from most school meals since 1990.
- Nutrition data show a serving size nutrition facts of whole milk includes 150 calories, eight grams of protein and 300 milligrams of calcium, but scientists caution its 4.5 grams of saturated fat may raise LDL cholesterol.
- Dairy farmers in Wisconsin welcomed the law as a new market opportunity for milk in a state producing more than 3 billion gallons annually, while New York City Department of Education plans to keep offering only 1% and skim milk.
- The administration argues federal guidance still retains a limit to keep saturated fat at no more than 10% of daily calories, despite mixed studies and experts' cautions.
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