Nutritive and Non-Nutritive Sweetners

Nutritional and non-nutritive sweeteners Today, artificial sweeteners and other sugar substitutes are added to various foods and beverages sold as "sugarless" or "diet" including soft drinks, chewing gums, baked goods and sweets It contains. As these sweeteners are very striking in our diet, there is concern as to whether these sweeteners are healthy alternative to natural sugar. There are many kinds of sugar substitutes. Artificial sweeteners are synthetic sugar replacers derived from naturally occurring substances, including herbs and sugar itself.

In this era of fast food and 'ready to eat' meals, neglecting the nutritional or non-nutritional value of these products is a common way for consumers. These foods are convenient, but they are also harmful to the health of our children. Because they contain sugar, fat, sodium, the body will not be able to burn extra fat from these products.

Our nutritional standards are consistent with the school feeding nutrition standards of the US Department of Agriculture and are always exceeded. We do not use food additives such as artificial colors and flavors, non-nutritive sweeteners, preservatives. Also, as much as possible, restrict high fructose corn syrup. Please click here to see a list of our current obstructive ingredients. Water consumption is also an important factor in a diet with high nutritional value. Because behavior patterns are established early, encouraging children to drink water can play an important role in dealing with childhood obesity. We provide water to each student through various routes during meals.

To be effective, nutritional standards must cover all foods sold at school. We will create domestic nutrition standards for all foods sold throughout the campus school. School lunch needs to meet federal nutrition standards, but foods sold separately outside the scope of meal plan, such as those available in vending machines, do not need to meet equivalent nutritional standards. As a result, students can purchase soft drinks, sports drinks, juice drinks, delicious snacks, sweets, high fat baked goods throughout the day.