Delicious new products and fresh renovations reflect General Mills Foodservice's commitment to helping schools meet nutrition standards and maintaining great taste kids love.
MINNEAPOLIS – July 29, 2026 – General Mills Foodservice has announced the latest additions to its K-12 lineup, expanding its portfolio with new products and renovated favorites designed to give schools the variety they want and the nutrition kids need in fun, familiar tastes and brands. The lineup spans breakfast, lunch and snack occasions with whole grain-rich bakery products, grab-and-go snacks and scratch-made solutions.
With upcoming nutrition standards including weekly limits for added sugars and sodium during the 2027-2028 school year, these new items are one way General Mills Foodservice is helping schools stay ahead of the curve.
"School needs continue to evolve, and at General Mills, we’re proud to lead with solutions that help our partners stay ready for what’s next,” said Pankaj Sharma, Segment President of North America Foodservice at General Mills. "That’s why we keep innovating across our K-12 portfolio – introducing new products, improving familiar favorites and creating solutions that are easier to prepare and appealing to students. The result is regulation-ready options, convenient formats and familiar brands kids love – all designed to help schools serve with confidence.”
These latest innovations reflect General Mills Foodservice’s continued leadership in K-12. Today, more than 75% of the company’s K-12 portfolio is whole grain-rich, and General Mills Foodservice continues to reduce added sugars and sodium. In March of 2026, the company announced that its entire portfolio of K-12 foods was made without certified colors, successfully achieving this milestone ahead of its summer 2026 commitment.
Highlights from the latest K-12 portfolio updates include:
General Mills Foodservice remains focused on helping K-12 school programs grow stronger through ongoing innovation and renovation across its portfolio – delivering tasty, practical and regulation-ready solutions from brands they know and trust.
For more information about General Mills Foodservice K-12 solutions, visit GeneralMillsFoodservice.com.
General Mills makes food the world loves. The company is guided by its Accelerate strategy to boldly build its brands, relentlessly innovate, unleash its scale and stand for good. Its portfolio of beloved brands includes household names like Cheerios, Nature Valley, Blue Buffalo, Häagen-Dazs, Old El Paso, Pillsbury, Betty Crocker, Totino’s, Annie’s, Wanchai Ferry and more. General Mills generated fiscal 2026 net sales of U.S. $18 billion. In addition, the company’s share of non-consolidated joint venture net sales totaled U.S. $1 billion.
General Mills Foodservice brings the food people love to away-from-home settings such as K-12 schools, hospitals, restaurants, pizzerias, bakeries, and college campuses across the United States. Our distinguished portfolio of brands includes Big G Cereals, Nature Valley, Gold Medal, Pillsbury, Chex Mix, Bugles, Gardetto’s, Annie’s and TNT Crust/BONICI®. For more information, please visit GeneralMillsFoodservice.com.
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