date:Mar 11, 2016
flavored milk, though Gov. Dannel Malloy (D) vetoed the bill.
The dairy industry and its supporters say the problem with cutting out flavored milk sales or limiting them to fat-free varieties is that schoolchildren just stop drinking milk. Many dietary experts argue that the nutritional benefit of drinking chocolate milk or other flavored varieties more than offsets the added sugar.
If adding that option gets kids to drink more milk, we ought to do it, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said at