This year you can say bye-bye to all of your favorite canteen snacks we had last year. No more rice crispy treats, high-fat chips, Hot Fries, full-calorie soft drinks or Slim Jims.

When you go to the canteen you will no longer find any of those fatty foods and sugary beverages because they are not allowed to be sold.

The new guidelines are a part the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Smart Snacks in School nutrition standards, created as a result of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act. The rules, required under a child nutrition law passed by Congress ,are part of the government’s effort to combat childhood obesity.

So this year you will find only find healthy snacks such as cereal bars, whole grain Poptarts and oven baked chips. The only drink you will find is water.

Alyssa Sruggs, a 7th grader, is upset about the new rules.

“I used to buy soda and now I can’t so I don’t like it,” said Scruggs who added that there is very little variety now in the canteen.

“The only reason that I used to eat at school was because of  the canteen,” said Rachel Pierce, an 8th grader. “Now I just bring my own lunch.”

Some kids who are upset about the changes are even sounding off on Twitter via a new hash tag: #BringBackOurSnacks.

Emily Watson, however, doesn’t really mind the changes.

“I don’t want the old food back because it is bad for you,” said Watson who doesn’t visit the canteen often.

One principle of the new rules is not just to cut down on unhealthy foods but to increase the number of healthier foods sold.

Aaliyah Robinson, a 7th grader, likes the changes.

“It’s  better and It’s healthier,” said Robinson. “I admit I miss the sodas, especially Sprite.”

Robinson said her favorite snack this year is the strawberry yogurt Cheez-its.

Annah Chisholm, a 7th grader, said she also misses sodas. ” I used to buy Coke and Sprite,” she said.

Chisholm, who also misses  Slim Jims,  said when she first visited the canteen she was devastated.

” I was like oh my gah!” she said.

Vicki Davenport, who manages the canteen, said she sees both pros and cons to the new regulations.

Davenport said kids are making healthy choices, however, the lines have changed drastically since last year. “It has gone down,” she said.

Aaliyah Robinson, a 7th grader, said although she misses some of the snacks that were in canteen last year, she likes the new strawberry yogurt Cheez-its that are now being sold.