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U.S. agriculture officials on Friday proposed new nutrition standards for school meals, including the first limits on added sugars, with a focus on sweetened foods such as cereals, yogurt, flavored milk and breakfast pastries.

Agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack also seeks to significantly lower sodium in meals as part of fresh nutrition standards plan

U.S. agriculture officials on Friday proposed new nutrition standards for school meals, including the first limits on added sugars, with a focus on sweetened foods such as cereals, yogurt, flavored milk and breakfast pastries.

The plan announced by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack seeks to decrease sugar and sodium in the meals served to the nation’s schoolkids by 2029.

The goal is to improve nutrition and align with U.S. dietary guidelines in the program that serves breakfast to more than 15 million children and lunch to nearly 30 million children.

The first limits on added sugars would be required in the 2025-2026 school year, starting with high-sugar foods such as sweetened cereals, yogurts and flavored milks.

U.S. agriculture officials have proposed new nutrition standards for school meals, including the first limits on added sugars.

The first targets of the new rules are high-sugar items such as flavored milks and sweetened cereals.

U.S. agriculture officials have proposed new nutrition standards for school meals, including the first limits on added sugars.

U.S. agriculture officials on Friday proposed new nutrition standards for school meals, including the first limits on added sugars