Why Do Schools Offer Chocolate Milk

Chocolate milk has all the nutrients of regular milk, only it tastes like chocolate. So who can blame the millions of kids who gulp it down in their school cafeterias for thinking it's the perfect lunch accompaniment? Yet chocolate milk's delicious taste comes at a price: It packs extra sugar and calories, a fact that, according to some means that chocolate milk doesn't belong in the lunchroom. Moreover, Opponents also disagree with the notion that young people will miss out on important nutrients if schools stop serving chocolate milk. In addition, the new ad campaign promotes serving chocolate milk as a way to help young people get proper nutrition. If schools stop offering chocolate milk, the campaign claims, young people will opt for less
healthy drinks. Furthermore, Chocolate milk is at the center of a firestorm of concern about young people's diets and the rising rates of obesity.