Around 85% of infants are now receiving free school meals - just three months after the scheme was launched.
Nick Clegg said more than 1.6 million children aged between five and seven have taken up the offer after it was introduced into England's 16,500 primary schools.
The deputy prime minister and Lib Dem leader said: "Well over a million-and-a-half infants are enjoying a school meal at lunchtime, giving them a better start to afternoon lessons and a healthy boost for their first years in school.
"The other good news for families is that this saves them up to £400 per child a year on the cost of a packed lunch.
"The naysayers about this policy can eat their hats, and all the leftover sprouts."
Earlier this year, the free meals policy sparked a coalition row over the expense of the reform.
Later, former education secretary Michael Gove and schools minister David Laws wrote a joint article insisting they were both behind the scheme.
Some headteachers initially warned the policy would cause difficulties in schools which did not have adequate kitchen and dining facilities to feed all the children in the lunch break.
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