USDA to make changes to school meals [Video]

CABELL COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) – There are nearly 30 million kids who eat meals at schools each day in the United States, and those kids will be seeing some changes in the next couple of years.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced changes to nutrition standards for school meals, and one is a historic first.

The biggest change announced by the USDA is that for the first time there will be limits on added sugars in meals.

It was a hot topic last year as many were worried schools would have to get rid of chocolate milk.

“Chocolate milk, flavored milk is going to be OK as long as it meets a threshold of ten or fewer grams of added sugar,” said Cabell Schools Director of Food Services Travis Austin.

He says this is a part of a plan the USDA will accomplish during the next couple of years.

“They …