Chocolate Milk Should Be Allowed In Schools

My friend gets to have the choice of chocolate milk or regular milk. I don’t like chocolate milk but I still think kids should get a choice. I believe that chocolate milk should be allowed in schools because of three reasons. One reason is chocolate milk has nutritional value. Another reason is if milk is flavored then more kids will drink it. Finally some kids just don’t drink regular milk.

One reason chocolate milk should be allowed in schools is because it has nutritional value. For example chocolate milk has nine essential nutrients such as: calcium, potassium, phosphorus, protein, vitamins A,D, and B12, riboflavin, and niacin. Another example is chocolate milk is the number 1 food source of the three of the four nutrients the Dietary Guidelines for American’s say. One final example is the nation’s leading health and nutrition organizations recognize the valuable role that flavored milk can play in meeting nutrient goals.

Another reason why chocolate milk should be allowed in schools is if milk is flavored then more kids will drink it. One reason is children that drink chocolate milk meet more of their nutrient needs. Another example is flavored milk meets two needs. It meets kids taste preferences and provides nutrition that kids don’t get elsewhere. Finally my last example is seventy-one percent of milk served nationwide is is chocolate milk. This tells me that people will choose chocolate milk over flavored milk.

My final reason is that some kids just don’t drink regular milk. My first example is certified nutritionist Mona Martinez-Brosh started a program offering only white milk in two elementary schools. The amount of milk drinkers dropped thirty-one percent in one school and forty-eight percent in the other school. Secondly the Washington Post reported that Fairfax County, VA would reintroduce chocolate milk to their schools. Finally some sport nutritionists feel that chocolate milk help put the minerals and calories back into your body after you play a sport.

In conclusion I think nutritionists are taking this chocolate milk thing way too far and they should give kids an opportunity to have a choice between chocolate milk or white milk. That’s why I think chocolate milk should be allowed in all schools across America.

By: Lee K.