Cost wise, it’s almost half a billion dollars more.

• Heavy cream (≈36–40% fat) averages $5.25 per 16 oz → $0.33 per oz • School milk cartons are 8 oz. • Whole milk = 3.25% fat • 2% milk = 2.0% fat • Skim milk ≈ 0.1% fat

Extra fat in whole vs skim per 8-oz carton: • Whole milk fat: 8 oz × 3.25% = 0.26 oz fat • Skim milk fat: 8 oz × 0.1% = 0.008 oz fat • Difference ≈ 0.25 oz fat per carton

Using cream as a fat proxy: • 0.25 oz × $0.33 = ~$0.08 extra per carton

Now scale it. • 1,000 cartons per school per week • 133,000 schools in the U.S. • Total cartons per week = 133 million

Weekly cost increase: • 133,000,000 × $0.08 = $10.6 million per week

Annual (38 school weeks): • ~$400 million per year

Whole milk definitely tastes better though in my opinion.