Nutritional Value of Meals Designed for a School-Based Food Aid Program and Comparison with Similar Commercial Products: An Example of Good Practice from the DIATROFI Program.

Providing meals of high nutritional value should be the principal objective of large-scale school-based food aid programs. This study aimed at highlighting the nutritional value of meals distributed in the school-based food assistance DIATROFI Program by comparing them to their commercially available counterparts. For the purpose of this study, = 13 DIATROFI meals and = 50 commercial products from the 2016-2017 school year, and = 12 DIATROFI meals and = 40 commercial products from the 2022-2023 school year were selected.