Trump signs a law returning whole milk to school lunches

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Source: AP


By JONEL ALECCIA


Updated 3:06 PM CST, January 14, 2026

Whole milk is heading back to school cafeterias across the country after President Donald Trump signed a bill Wednesday overturning Obama-era limits on higher-fat milk options.

Nondairy drinks such as fortified soy milk may also be on the menu in the coming months following adoption of the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, which cleared Congress in the fall.

The action allows schools participating in the National School Lunch Program to serve whole and 2% fat milk along with the skim and low-fat products required since 2012.

“Whether you’re a Democrat or a Republican, whole milk is a great thing,” Trump said at a White House signing ceremony that featured lawmakers, dairy farmers and their children.

The law also permits schools to serve nondairy milk that meets the nutritional standards of milk and requires schools to offer a nondairy milk alternative if kids provide a note from their parents, not just from doctors, saying they have a dietary restriction..............



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1. ....the Ag Dept sent a social media post showing Trump with a glass of milk and a "milk mustache"

Anything the Obama's did--we can be sure Trump and his goons will demolish!!



..............Earlier this week, the Agriculture Department sent a social media post showing Trump with a glass of milk and a “milk mustache” that declared: “Drink Whole Milk.”

The change could take effect as soon as this fall, though school nutrition and dairy industry officials said it may take longer for some schools to gauge demand for full-fat dairy and adjust supply chains.

Long sought by the dairy industry, the return of whole and 2% milk to school meals reverses provisions of the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act championed by former first lady Michelle Obama. Enacted more than a dozen years ago, the law aimed to slow obesity and boost health by cutting kids’ consumption of saturated fat and calories in higher-fat milk.

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[Callie1979]

7. Oh, thats MILK! I thought he'd just had another meeting with Putin.

Sorry......

[mwb970]

2. OK, I'm not going to lie.

I use 3% full-fat milk for everything. 2% milk is insipid, Full skim is white water. Am I wrong??

[truthisfreedom]

5. I LOVE whole milk with Oreos.

Having the option is excellent. I’m sure Obama was trying to reduce fat. This is a non-issue. Where’s the Epstein files?

[greatauntoftriplets]

8. Same here, but I'm not a child and mostly it's on cereal.

2% tastes like a drink that's been watered. IMO, neither that nor skim are drinkable.

[mwb970]

11. I use it for tea and for some recipes, like soup

But I wouldn't just pour out a glass and drink it.

Have you heard Shelley Berman's bit on milk? Look up "Black Speck In the Milk" on YouTube. It's a hoot.

[greatauntoftriplets]

12. Now and then I'll drink from the carton.

But that's rare. I used cream in my tea, just like it better.

I may have heard it years ago, but can't remember it. Thanks for the suggestion, I'll have to check it out.

[riversedge]

14. I grew up on a dairy farm so it was allways milk straight from the cows. As an adult

I gradually went to 2%. and enjoy it with mainly with sandwiches--or when I bake which is not often.

No skim milk for me.

[Sneederbunk]

3. TSF hypnotized by milk bottle.

[DBoon]

4. Woody Allen predicted the future

Dr. Melik: This morning for breakfast he requested something called "wheat germ, organic honey and tiger's milk."
Dr. Aragon: [chuckling] Oh, yes. Those are the charmed substances that some years ago were thought to contain life-preserving properties.
Dr. Melik: You mean there was no deep fat? No steak or cream pies or... hot fudge?
Dr. Aragon: Those were thought to be unhealthy... precisely the opposite of what we now know to be true.
Dr. Melik: Incredible.

- Sleeper, 1973

[tishaLA]

6. This is making America healthy again?

[Kablooie]

9. Well, in the overall scheme of things, I don't see this as a hill to die on.

I personally don't see this as a major issue either way.
Whole milk is better than soft drinks for kids in any case.

[Buddyzbuddy]

10. Let's talk about ANYTHING other than Epstein.

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Tomorrow he will decree a Ronald MacDonald national holiday.

[riversedge]

13. Trump: I look forward to getting it all the time. I open a refrigerator and I say: milk with rice, milk with water, milk

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Trump: I look forward to getting it all the time. I open a refrigerator and I say: milk with rice, milk with water, milk with everything… that’s what I like.

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