NYC Public Schools is testing offering soy milk alongside dairy milk on the lunch line for all students during the month of May at select school sites to understand:
* Whether students choose and drink soy milk * Whether offering soy milk can reduce milk waste * The potential environmental, nutrition, and cost impacts
Students at the 11 participating New York City Public Schools
Students opting to join the pilot program and broader study
Students opting out of the study
Students with soy allergies
Elementary, middle, and high school children, grades K-12 and ages 5-18, who opt into the program
Ecologic or community
Other
Acceptability of soy milk
Other interventionIn the spring and fall of 2026, the investigators aim to test the acceptability of soy milk over a four-week period of time in 11 New York City Public Schools. Leading up to the intervention, the investigators will take baseline measurements of cow's milk, both sales and amount of beverage consumed. During the 4-week intervention, there will be taste tests at each school and measurements of consumption of both cow's milk and soy milk. At the end of the intervention, the investigators will measure consumption of both cow's milk and soy milk.
Acceptability of Soy milk
Number of students who choose and drink soy milk or cow's milk. The quantity of soy milk and cow's milk consumed.
Measurement of how much cow's milk and soy milk was consumed and how much was sold during the pilot study
The investigators will measure how much each milk was consumed and how much each milk was wasted.
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Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
Lead sponsor
Friends of the Earth
Collaborator
Coalition for Healthy School Food
Collaborator
Chilis on Wheels
Collaborator
Office of Food and Nutrition Services of NY City Schools
Collaborator
