Lunchables are being pulled from school menus throughout the United States, after food manufacturer Kraft Heinz announced Tuesday that demand for the meal kits has dropped.
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which provides low-cost lunches to nearly 30 million children, showed reduced demand for Lunchables after Consumer Reports found high levels of sodium, lead and cadmium in the kits earlier this year.
Kraft Heinz says it has stopped selling its pre-packed, highly processed meal kits to schools due to a lack of demand. The nutritional value of the kits had fallen under scrutiny.