The Biden administration is considering restricting the ability of school cafeterias to serve chocolate milk due to the higher sugar content of the beverage.

A proposal from the Department of Agriculture would overhaul school meal standards and includes indications that the department is considering restrictions on the ability of school cafeterias to serve flavored milk, including chocolate milk.

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The proposal centers on concerns about added sugars in school meals. In its proposal, the USDA noted that some of the groups the department had consulted in drafting the rule were "concerned about added sugars in a variety of foods commonly offered at breakfast, including flavored milks, sweetened cereals, muffins, and condiments and toppings."

The proposed restriction mainly affects students in elementary grades. The USDA said in its proposed rule that it would allow the serving of flavored milk "as a competitive food in high schools."

Katie Wilson, the executive director of the Urban School Food Alliance, criticized the proposal in a statement to the Wall Street Journal.

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“We want to take a product that most kids like and that has nine essential nutrients in it and say, ‘You can’t drink this. You have to drink plain,'” Wilson said. "What are we trying to prove?”

A number of academic studies have singled out chocolate milk as one of the best sources of nutrition following exercise. In 2018, a study found that chocolate milk was a better post-exercise recovery beverage than most sports drinks.