There's a great deal of misinformation around the current U.S. school rules on Whole Grain Rich foods. We've seen several articles in the press (this one is typical) stating that "all grains served in schools must be whole grains." Last month, a distraught school food director called for our help because his local school food auditor told him his pizza crusts must be made with 100% whole grain. 

This is not true. The rules currently require that all school foods be "whole grain rich" - which is defined as meaning 50% or more of the grain must be whole grain. So, that pizza crust could indeed be made with half whole wheat flour and half white flour. 

As explained in this excellent article by the Union of Concerned Scientists (and in their illustration, above), cutting back school rules to require only half of all grain foods to be whole grain rich would result in kids "making one-quarter of their grains whole" -- falling short of the Dietary Guidelines' call to "make at least half your grains whole." If you care about kids' health, support the current standard against efforts to roll it back.