“Fluff” flies in school lunch debate

From Reuters:

When it comes to food, Boston is best known for baked beans and clam chowder. But this week, state legislators have engaged in robust debate on Marshmallow Fluff — a locally made, sugary spread.

State Sen. Jarrett Barrios started the tempest in a lunch box when he learned that his son’s Cambridge grammar school cafeteria offered Fluff-and-peanut butter sandwiches daily.

In a nation where child obesity rates have more than doubled in the past 25 years, Barrios fretted that was not a healthy option. Monday he proposed a law that would allow schools to serve the “Fluffernutters” only once a week.