CACFP Meal PatternChild and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

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AGE GROUPS

Print Meal Pattern 1 - 12

Year Olds• Guidance Memo 12C:

http://dpi.wi.gov/community-nutrition/cacfp/child-care/memos

Food Buying Guide & Crediting Handbook

http://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/resource-library

Creditable & Non-Creditable Foods

• Creditable Foods:• Foods that may be counted toward meeting

meal pattern requirements

• A meal is reimbursable if it contains creditable foods in the amounts in the CACFP meal pattern

• Non-Creditable Foods:• Foods that do not count toward meeting meal

pattern requirements

• Supply additional nutrients and calories that help meet energy and nutritional needs of participants

COMPONENT

AGES

1-2 3-5 6-12

Milk ½ cup ¾ cup 1 cup

Fruit / Vegetable or Juice

¼ cup ½ cup ½ cup

Grains/Breads

½ serving

½ serving

1 serving

Breakfast

COMPONENTAGES

1-2 3-5 6-12

Milk ½ cup ¾ cup 1 cup

Meat/Meat Alternate 1 ounce 1½

ounces 2 ounces

Fruits and/or Vegetables (2)

¼ cup total

½ cup total

¾ cup total

Grains/Breads ½ serving ½ serving 1

serving

Lunch/Supper

COMPONENTChoose two:

AGES

1-2 3-5 6-12

Milk ½ cup ½ cup 1 cup

Meat/Meat Alternate ½ ounce ½ ounce 1 ounce

Fruit/Vegetable ½ cup ½ cup ¾ cup

Grains/Breads ½ serving ½

serving1

serving

Snack

Assure each child receives at least the minimum serving amount of each component as indicated by the meal pattern

Serving Meals

CACFP Milk Requirements

Age 1Whole

(Whole is recommended, any type is ok)

Recommended

Age 2 and upLow-fat (1%) or Fat-free

(skim)* Required

* Includes low-fat & non-fat forms of lactose reduced, lactose free, buttermilk or acidified milk

Milk

• Only fluid milk is creditable

• Breakfast / snack: Beverage, used on cereal or both

• Snack: Not to be served when juice is the only other component

Milk

Meat

Poultry SeafoodLean meat (ground beef, pork loin, roasts)

Meat Alternate

CheeseEggsYogurtCooked dry beans or peasNuts and seeds* Peanut butter or other nut/seed buttersAlternate protein products* No more than one-half of the meat/meat

alternate requirement for lunch and supper

Meat/Meat Alternate

Food Amount M/MA

Yogurt4 oz serving

(½ cup) 1 oz

Nut or Seed Butters 2 Tablespoons 1 oz

Cheese Food, Cheese Spread, Cottage Cheese, Ricotta Cheese 2 oz serving 1 oz

Natural CheesePasteurized Process Cheese 1 oz serving 1 oz

Imitation Cheese, Cheese Product

Velveeta, Powdered CheeseNOT CREDITABLE

Cheese SauceREQUIRES CHILD NUTRITION LABEL

Serving Amounts for Meat Alternates (M/MA)

• Lunch/Supper• Main dish• Main dish and one other

item

• ¼ ounce is minimum amount that can be served

Meat/Meat Alternate

Potatoes are a vegetable (Baked, mashed, roasted, hash browns, French fries, tater tots)

Fruit

Vegetable

100% Juice

Fruit/Vegetable

• Lunch/Supper:– Combination fruit or vegetable products (fruit

cocktail, mixed fruit or mixed vegetables) are considered to be one fruit/vegetable

• Snack: – Two fruits, two vegetables or one of each

(including juice) cannot be the only two items

– Juice not to be served when milk is the only other component

Fruit/Vegetable

• Cooked dry beans or peas are a vegetable or a meat alternate, not both in the same meal

• Small amounts (less than 1/8 cup) and garnishes do not count toward the meal pattern

Fruit/Vegetable

Whole-Grain or Enriched

Primary grain ingredient

Bread, biscuit, roll, muffin, crackers,

hot and cold cereal, rice, pasta, waffles, tortillas, pancakes,

granola bars

Grains/Breads

• ½ or 1 serving of one item can be less than ½ or 1 serving of a similar item of a different size

Grains/Breads

• Food Buying Guide page 3-15

• Crediting Handbook pages 48 & 49

• DPI website http://fns.dpi.wi.gov/files/fns/pdf/grain_bread_chart.pdf

Grains/Breads Chart

• Popcorn

• Jelly/jam

• Ice cream

• Frozen yogurt

• Sherbet

• Pudding

• Fruit snacks

• Tofu / Tempeh

• Lemonade

• Cranberry juice cocktail

• Velveeta™

• Cream cheese

• Sour cream

• Jell-O

Resources

• Food Buying Guide

• Crediting Handbook

Common Non-Creditable Food Items

• A center is required to provide food substitutions or make modifications in meals for children whose food allergies become a disability or when other disabilities restrict their diets

• A medical statement signed by a licensed physician must be on file

Special Diets – Disability

• The physician's statement must identify:– the child's disability;

– an explanation of why the disability restricts the child's diet;

– the major life activity affected by the disability;

– the food or foods to be omitted from the child's diet, and the food or choice of foods that must be substituted.

• Eating and Feeding Evaluation form– Guidance Memo 12C:

http://dpi.wi.gov/community-nutrition/cacfp/child-care/memos

Special Diets – Disability

• A center may provide food substitutions, at their discretion, for individual children who do not have a disability, but who are medically certified as having a special medical or dietary need

• Food intolerances or allergies that do not have life-threatening reactions (anaphylactic reactions)

Special Diets – Non-Disability

• Medical statement from a physician or recognized medical authority for any child with a special diet that excludes a required meal pattern component– Must indicate the food(s) to be omitted and

foods that may be substituted

• If parent supplies substitution the center must supply all other components to claim

Special Diets – Non-Disability

• If no medical statement is on file, the center cannot claim meals for reimbursement when parents provide foods that replace what the center provides

Parent-Provided Foods

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