Lunchables with ‘improved nutrition’ to be part of US school lunch programs

Ready-to-eat packaged meals will be modified to satisfy federal nutrition regulations and will be offered to students this fall

The ready-to-eat packaged meals - known as Lunchables that are sold at grocery stores and have sustained generations of American schoolchildren are set to be served directly to students at school lunch programs beginning in the fall.

But Heinz, the Pittsburgh-based company which manufactures them, first had to change their ingredients to satisfy federal nutrition regulations.