YouTuber Doctor Mike says Lunchly does not meet USDA nutrition standards for school lunches

Popular YouTuber Doctor Mike, who is a licensed physician in the United States, has criticized MrBeast, Logan Paul, and KSI's new product Lunchly. The pre-packaged lunch product adverstized for kids has become a highly controversial topic since it was announced last week.

While MrBeast and other founders have claimed that Lunchly is better than other similar products, including Lunchables, Doctor Mike has claimed that the brand's meals do not meet the nutrition standards set by the USDA (United States Department for Agriculture).

In his latest video, Doctor Mike said the claim that Lunchly is "healthier" is a more of a marketing tactic:

"Is it fair to say that Lunchly is 'healthier'? I guess one can say yes, but honestly, probably more so as a marketing tactic. The reason why? Well, let's look at the recently passed nutritional standards set forth by the USDA for school lunches and see where Lunchly compares."

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"For some reason no one has pointed this out": Doctor Mike notes that Lunchly Turkey meals don't have enough calories for kids

Lunchly has been the subject of huge debate among netizens, especially after its creators, MrBeast and Logan Paul, compared it with Lunchables and declared it the better alternative.

Doctor Mike, however, went a step ahead and analyzed the product against the government-approved USDA nutritional guidelines that is recommended for school kids. The YouTuber apparently found numerous problems with the calorific count of the meals, with saturated fat and added sugar levels allegedly not within permissible limits:

"Going line by line here, less than 10% of calories should come from saturated fat. Lunchly Turkey, 23% calories come from saturated fat. Less than 10% calories should come from added sugars. Lunchly turkey, 10.4% comes from added sugars."

A huge gripe that Doctor Mike had with Lunchly was the amount of calories it contains. Based on the USDA guidelines, a K-8 kid would need to consume almost three portions of the product to meet the recommended calorie count:

"This is where it gets really interesting and for some reason no one has pointed this out. You see, USDA calorie guidelines say that a lunch meal for kids K-8 should contain around 625 calories."

According to the content creator, the Turkey meal has high levels of sodium:

"Kids need energy to function, and calories give them that energy. Lunchly turkey contains 230 calories, which would mean a kid would need to eat about 2.7 portions to consume enough calories. And if they did that, they'd get nearly 1300 milligrams of sodium. Which is also significantly above USDA standards. So they would be either undereating calories, or operating sodium."

Doctor Mike also claimed that Lunchly fails to meet USDA's whole grain requirement, with the Turkey meal apparently not having any of it while the official guidelines say 80% is recommended:

"Finally, the grain guidelines state that 80% of lunch meals must be whole grain and Lunchly Turkey does not list any whole grain ingredient."

Readers should note that Lunchly's founders, MrBeast, Logan Paul, and KSI, have yet to address Doctor Mike's claims. Considering how they have responded to other YouTubers, it is likely that they will release a statement or video in the next few weeks.