Lunchables have been a staple on school cafeteria tables for decades. But now, some of them won’t arrive from home in lunch sacks or boxes — the brand is offering a version of the product to be served by the cafeteria itself.
The company says the two offerings — turkey and cheese, as well as pizza — are distinct from the products sold in grocery stores, retooled to increase the serving size and reduce saturated fats and sodium.
School programs might be tempted to rely on already assembled products like Lunchables to meet those standards, she said. “The micromanagement of the administrative review pushes districts to use overly processed, packaged food because it will help ensure that they meet all the details of the administrative review,” Wilson said.
The school-ready turkey Lunchable, which includes crackers, turkey and cheddar cheese slices, comes in a 3.5-ounce portion and contains 270 calories, 930 mg of sodium, 15 grams of fat and 16 grams of protein.
Lunchables aren’t the only name-brand food product students might encounter at school. Packaged foods offered in cafeterias include cereals from General Mills and Kellogg’s, although their formulas are altered from the grocery store versions to be less sugary and higher in whole grains to meet the federal standards. But some experts find any such offering problematic.
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