Nutrition directly affects the growth and development of children. Proper nutrition is crucial throughout childhood for adequate health and development. As part of our commitment to making food safe and available, everywhere, we have long contributed to programmes that target childhood malnutrition. Providing children with regular access to safe, nutritious food through school feeding programmes not only has measurable health benefits, it also positively impacts school attendance and learning outcomes, especially among children from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
Poor and disadvantaged populations are more likely to have insufficient access to nutrition. Therefore, receiving milk – a protein-rich, nutritious food – through school milk programmes can help supplement basic nutritional needs.
The first school milk programme using Tetra Pak packages began in 1962 in Mexico and is still reaching millions of children today. We currently participate in initiatives that improve access to milk or other nutritious beverages in 49 countries.
