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Every 8-ounce serving of milk, white or flavored, pours on 9 essential nutrients and milk is the No. 1 food source of calcium, vitamin D ad potassium, nutrients identified by the “Dietary Guidelines for Americans” as lacking in children’s diets.*
*Fulgoni VL, Keast DR, Quann EE, et al. FASEB Journal. 2010;24:325.1.”
However, when children don’t drink milk at school lunch, it’s nearly impossible to meet their daily needs for some of these essentials. Flavored milk, a long-time kid favorite, plays an important role in school nutrition, and can help keep kids from switching to less nutrition beverage options. To read more and for a downloadable fact sheet, click here.
The MilkDelivers.org website offers free in-school materials and educational resources to help promote the nutritional benefits of drinking milk. Check out these areas of the site!
