Consumer Reports called on the Department of Agriculture today to remove Lunchables food kits from the National School Lunch Program. CR recently compared the nutritional profiles of two Lunchable kits served in schools and found they have even higher levels of sodium than the kits consumers can buy in the store. CR also tested 12 store-bought versions of Lunchables and similar kits and found several contained relatively high levels of lead and cadmium. All but one also tested positive for phthalates, chemicals found in plastic that have been linked to reproductive problems, diabetes, and certain cancers.
Man, what the fuck happened to LUNCH LADIES. Let them goddamn cook!
They all got contracted out to companies like Alsco.
Or God forbid Aramark
Sloppy Joe?
I mean my kids school still has them.
No reason to be feeding that crap to our kids nationally.
But some rich, white people need to get richer!
I used to love lunchables, but now that I’m an adult, I can’t believe we were allowed to eat that trash.
What was so good about them?
Finger food that wasn’t messy and exploits the fact that kids haven’t yet lost all their taste buds.
Any kid between about 4-11 loves making little food stacks like that.
Given that charcuterie boards are pretty popular I think many people still like making stacks of food.
And they save the parents all that valuable time slicing a salami and a bit of cheese. Doesn’t save them any money though.
Marketing, TV Ads got me as a kid. I feel bad for my mom cooking me real food and my kid self being brainwashed complaining about wanting corporate toxic waste Lunchables
I feel bad for my mom cooking me real food
Why do you feel bad? That’s what parents are supposed to do.
You are getting tired. Read the whole sentence. OP is feeling bad about not appreciating their parents cooking for them.
Easy prep. Granted, I grew up with a guy who fed us kids sleeve of saltines as a dinner because he couldn’t be fucked to do more. Better than nothing but in hindsight, I think I can do better for my kids than fucking lunchables.
To be clear, this is a subset of the lunchables brand specifically manufactured and sent to schools for lunches, which has a higher sodium content than the retail variety you can buy. They don’t want to ban all lunchables
Ban them all, they slipped in poisons into future of USA citizens. Should be a class action lawsuit
Considering the child obesity problem in America, maybe they should ban all Lunchables.
So, it’s either the school-variant with high sodium, or the store variant with lead, cadmium, and phtalates, then?
