The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND) has recently released a collaboration with the company behind the popular Mac & Cheese brand to create a new label called "Kids Eat Right" to show which types of foods are fit for children to consume - but they've run into a mishap just starting out, as the first-ever approved product is Kraft Singles Cheese.
The Food and Drug Administration has stated in the past that Kraft Singles Cheese aren't actually made of cheese at all, as they're not made with the minimum amount of 51 percent real cheese necessary; in fact, the FDA considers it a "pasteurized prepared cheese product."
According to a New York Times report from a few day ago, the Kraft Singles Cheese was the first product to ever earn the label for the "Kid Eat Right" program, given by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, which is a trade group that represents around 75,000 dietitians and other nutrition professionals that have been registered to work in the profession.
Mother Nature Network reports that the decision to label Kraft Singles Cheese as safe for children has caused a pop culture uproar in the past few days, as even "The Daily Show" host, Jon Stewart, has stepped up to talk about how inappropriate this choice has been.
According to Yahoo! News, Stewart hasn't been the only person taking a stand against the move to label Kraft Singles Cheese as healthy and appropriate for children, as seemingly this decision doesn't come from AND members as a whole but rather from a decision in the group's top management; as such, thousands of dietitians are currently vocalizing their health concerns over the approval of this product as a safe meal for children.
Many of the organization's members have taken to its Facebook profile to complain about the recent decision, as the country watches closely what happens with the Kraft Singles Cheese situation.
