Food Service Directors’ Knowledge and Beliefs About Ultraprocessed Foods in California’s San Joaquin Valley Schools

Anjali Gupta

doi:10.5888/pcd23.250379

Food Service Directors’ Knowledge and Beliefs About Ultraprocessed Foods in California’s San Joaquin Valley Schools

ORIGINAL RESEARCH — Volume 23 — June 18, 2026

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Flow diagram shows 185 San Joaquin Valley school districts stratified by rural/urban locale and receipt of a Freshly Prepared Meals grant: 21 urban/no grant, 38 urban/grant, 71 rural/no grant, and 55 rural/grant. Districts were randomly ranked; 43 FSDs were contacted (12 urban/no grant, 10 urban/grant, 11 rural/no grant, 10 rural/grant), and 20 participated (4 urban/no grant, 6 urban/grant, 6 rural/no grant, 4 rural/grant).

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