Healthy Lunch for Healthy Kids Act

This bill, named the "Healthy Lunch for Healthy Kids Act," proposes significant amendments to the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act . Its primary goal is to enhance the nutritional standards of meals served in school lunch programs by prohibiting certain food items. Specifically, the legislation mandates that school lunch programs shall not serve ultraprocessed foods , as defined by group 4 of the NOVA classification system. It also prohibits foods containing a range of specific artificial additives and chemicals, including potassium bromate, propylparaben, titanium dioxide, brominated vegetable oil, and various artificial colorings like yellow dye 5, yellow dye 6, blue dye 1, blue dye 2, green dye 3, red dye 3, and red dye 40. This measure seeks to ensure healthier food options are available to students participating in the national school lunch program.