USDA Goes After Chocolate Milk in Schools in Fight Against Sugar (1)

Chocolate milk may become a thing of the past in elementary and middle schools across the US.

In an attempt to limit sugar consumption among kids, the United States Department of Agriculture has proposed a series of rule changes about the distribution, availability and sugar content of milk in school cafeterias.

The agency is considering three scenarios. The most extreme would ban flavored-milk drinks from all K-8 schools and require those available to high schoolers to reduce their added sugar content. It also proposed limiting the ban to elementary students or keeping the milks widely available, while limiting the amount of added sugar.

The ...