The proposal is put forward in a report by the Children's Future Food inquiry which sought for the first time to analyse the views of children and young people living in poverty across the UK.
It states that for many of the families of the estimated 4.1 million children living in poverty in the UK, it is "unrealistic" for them to afford the levels of nutritious food recommended by the government.
The inquiry puts forward a number of recommendations an independent watchdog could consider costing including extending free school meals and milk to those eligible for free childcare and early years provision.
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