Facts about MBG Special UHT Milk that went viral on Social Media

YOGYAKARTA - There is a milk Ultra High Temperature (UHT) circulating on social media which is intended for the Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) program. The public then searched for the facts of UHT milk specifically for MBG to ensure the existence of the product.

The viral UHT milk with the writing MBG was viral on the X-Twitter social media. The account that shared the milk display was @ba*****win on Friday, January 16, 2026. In the uploaded photo, the milk appears to be 125 milliliters (ml) in size with a blue package.

In addition, on the milk packaging, there is also information that the product is not for sale because it is a special MBG program.

"FREE MILK MBG PROGRAM", and "NOT FOR SALE", is what is printed on the milk packaging.

In addition, the @ba*****win account also highlighted the composition of the MBG-written milk.

"The government is producing a new UHT milk called School Milk specifically for the MBG Program. Look at the composition," the statement said in the upload.

In response to this, the Head of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) Dadan Hindayana denied the existence of UHT milk specifically for the MBG program. He also denied that BGN produced the milk for MBG needs.

"So from the BGN side, we have never issued a policy or request for special school milk," he explained, quoted from Kompas, Wednesday, January 21.

Apart from this information, in the MBG menu it is allowed to add milk as part of the menu. However, there are several facts related to milk for MBG as follows.

Dadan explained that milk is not a mandatory component of the MBG menu. Milk menus can be presented or recommended for regions or areas that have their own cattle farms, where the Nutrition Fulfillment Service Unit (SPPG) is located. This provision was taken so that MSMEs providing dairy cows managed by local residents would get economic benefits. However, it should be noted that the milk menu

"Examples are SPPG Cimahi, SPPG Metro Lampung, SPPG Caringin Bogor," explained Dadan.

Meanwhile, other areas that do not have cattle farms or are not producers of cow's milk can replace the milk menu with other food menus containing protein and calcium.

As reported by Antara, the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) Milk Expert Team from the Bogor Agricultural Institute (IPB), Epi Taufik, said that the milk used in the MBG menu must meet the criteria. Milk must contain at least 20 percent of domestic fresh milk.

In addition, the size of the milk packaging is also adjusted to the target children. For example, for children from PAUD to elementary school, the size of the milk given must be 115 ml per day per child. Meanwhile, the size of the milk for junior high school and high school students must be 125 ml per day per child.

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