Jakarta, Sept. 21 -- Promoting the idea that meals serve a purpose beyond mere satiety lies at the heart of Indonesia's Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) program. Every meal and drink carries the essential nutrients needed to grow, learn, build immunity, and form healthy eating habits that last a lifetime.

Therefore, the National Nutrition Agency's (BGN) decision to exclude sweetened condensed milk from the MBG menu serves as a key lesson in healthy food literacy, offering an opportunity to enhance public awareness around nutrition.

BGN subsequently emphasized that dairy drink products, beverages containing milk, milk-flavored drinks, and sweetened condensed milk will not be included in the MBG menu. This rule is crucial to ensuring the progra...