California to become first US state to phase out ultra-processed foods from school meals

Kindergarten students have lunch in Oakland, California, on 7 September 2018. Photograph: Liz Hafalia/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images

California will become the first state in the US to phase out certain ultra-processed foods from school meals over the next decade.

A new law signed by the governor, Gavin Newsom, on Wednesday will first define, and then ban, ultra-processed foods, the often super-tasty products typically full of sugar, salt and unhealthy fats, from school meals.