Posted on 04/11/2014 7:35:56 AM PDT by matt04
School leaders are getting ready for a big change in school food service.
The USDA’s Smart Snacks in School rules go into effect July 1, 2014. In short, all “junk food” in vending machines, a la carte lunch, student stores and fundraisers such as bakes sales is banned July 1st.
“I think that’s great!” said Betsy Hunsucker, a Brownsburg mother. “I think kids would love fruits and vegetables.”
Fruits, vegetables, dairy, protein-rich foods and whole grain-rich foods are allowed.
Water, milk and 100% fruit and vegetable juice is permitted. High school students can have caffeine and low-calorie carbonated drinks.
There are also rules when it comes to nutritional values like calories, sodium, sugar and fat.
“I’m afraid that parents have spoiled their children so much with the choices that they allow them to make at home that the kids will turn up their noses to the nutrition,” said Hunsucker.
Some schools, like Brownsburg, have already started. They have been compliant with grades K-5 since Christmas break, and have been slowly introducing older students to items like baked chips.
Katie Sherven, the Director of Food Services for Brownsburg Schools, says they’re really excited about their plans to put a Garden Bar in all of their schools next year.
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Ingredient Rules Any competitive food sold must be a:
a. Fruit
b. Vegetable
c. Dairy product
d. Protein-rich food (meat, beans, poultry, seafood, eggs, nuts, seeds)
e. Whole-grain rich food (first ingredient is a whole grain or product is 50% whole grains by weight)
f. Combo food that has at least ¼ cup fruit and/or vegetable
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Disobedience is NOT an option, you WILL obey all the rules or go to jail.
Does the USDA have the authority (over the states or local school districts) to ban or allow certain foods in school buildings, vending machines, snack bars, etc.? This seems like it must be an overreach. Will this apply also to the teachers’ lounges, or just the items available to students?
Free Otis SpunkMeyer, they can't buy the fresh oven cookies as a snack and they are livid.
How does a school store operate and teach kids about inventory etc if all they can sell is stuff they don't want or limited to "healthy" snacks, water and apples?
No shortage of nuts, that’s for sure.
Well, that's wishful thinking anyway.
Betsy, are you that far removed from when you were a kid?
Thus they have immediately killed off just about every conceivable fund raiser for the band, cheerleaders, or Senior Trip.
Hun-sucker???????
The jokes write themselves.
What is the nutritional value of a Hun?
Ice cream is a protein rich dairy product! Also has eggs in it.
Coca Cola should be listed as a vegetable as the sugar comes from various plants and cola from a bush.
Therefore, a coke float is GOOD FOR YOU!
Coconut pie is a grain made crust, corn starch, sugar, eggs,all from vegetables and coconuts!
Poultry-FRIED CHICKEN in vegetable oil!
Cherry pie is a fruit and grain mixture!
I doubt if the nanny state will see it the way I do!
Food Nazis
I don’t think I want to touch that one.
You don't think a "carrot sale" would work?
As a father of two teenagers, the only thing that these rules have changed is that now the kids just bring the candy and junk food from home and trade it back and forth. So far the school hasn’t said anything about that, (at least at the high school level) and short of searching every locker daily for junk food contraband, it would probably be ignored even if they did try to ban it.
Or like Bill Cosby when he served chocolate cake for breakfast.
” Eggs! Eggs are in chocolate cake. And milk! Oh, goodie! And wheat! That’s nutrition! “What do you want?” “Can I have some chocolate cake?” “Chocolate cake coming up!” SHEW! Sliced it for her and served it.”
“Fruits and vegetables” is far too broad a category to be meaningful.
Most berries are healthy, bananas and oranges are not.
Broccoli, asparagus, kale, chard, plenty of vegetables are very healthy. But the most widely-eaten “vegetable” is french fries, and potatoes aren’t healthy, whether fried or not. Neither is corn, which is often considered a vegetable.
Meanwhile, there’s no significant difference between eating a slice of whole wheat bread and eating a snickers bar. They have the same glycemic effect.
Of course, they do allow dairy. But my guess is that’s going to be low-fat dairy - fat-free yogurt and the like. Dairy with the healthy fats removed and replaced by sugar and fructose.
There’s a simple problem - healthy foods spoil. If it’s something that can sit in a vending machine for weeks, it isn’t healthy.
There are only two food groups - Pizza & Beer.
What no Broccoli Band drive?
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