Nutrition Assurances

Quality meals for children

Menu Planning Options

Goal = meet Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/dietaryguidelines

Food Based = Components

Traditional

Nutrient Standard = Menu Items

Menu Planning Options/Nutrition Standards

Menu Planning Resources

• USDA Food Buying Guide• www.fns.usda.gov/tn/resources/foodbuyingguide

• Flow Chart for Determining Grains/Breads creditability pg 3-7

• Bread/Grain crediting chart pgs 3-15 & 16• For recipes not USDA = Appendix A pgs A-1 – 11

Corn products must be labeled

Enriched or whole corn

Breakfast Requirements

Food Based for

Traditional- Age/Grade – K -12

Nutrient Standard Menu Planning

3 menu items

Traditional Breakfast

K – 12 & 7-12*1 Fruit/Vegetable = ½ cup

Fluid Milk = 8 oz

2 Bread/Grain servings

Or

1 Bread/Grain serving + 1 Meat/Meat Alternate

Or

2 Meat/Meat Alternates

Nutrient Standard Breakfast

3 menu items

Fluid milk

+

2 sides

“Offer vs. Serve” – Traditional Breakfast

4 components offered

Students must select 3 of 4 to be reimbursable

“Offer vs. Serve”Nutrient Standard Breakfast

Students must select 2 of 3 menu items

Traditional Lunch Menu

USDA Age/grade groups

K- 3; 4-12**, 7-12

** can be used for all

2 different fruit/vegetable = ¾ cup

1 Bread/Grain daily

8 per week for K-3 & 4-12

10 per week for 7-12

1 -2 Meat/Meat Alternates*

10 per 5 day week offered

8 oz Fluid Milk

1 Meat/Meat Alternate

You may offer 1 M/MA per day to = 10 for a 5 day week*

This takes into account that some days you may offer more than 2 M/MA

If you use this, you must check the 1oz. meat/meat alternate box on your production record all the time

“Offer vs. Serve” LunchRequired @ High Schools

Requires school board approval for K-8

Students may decline up to 2 components

3 out of 5

Nutrient Standard Lunch

• Entrée

• Sides

• Fluid Milk

Under “Offer vs. Serve” students must select 2 of 3 menu items

CN Labels & Manufacturers Product Formulation Statement

(MPFS)

• Just what the heck are they?

Why CN Labeled Product

• Child Nutrition (CN) Label = assures the contribution toward the meal pattern requirements

• Provides certification what is printed = actual

CN Labeled Products

Limited to 2 product typesmeat/meat alternate comb items

juice drinks & juice drink products

Credits other components that may be in the product

like bread/grain & vegetable

MPFS – What is that?• Manufacturers Product Formulation

Statement

• On letterhead

• How it contributes

• What it contributes

• With a official’s signature

Recipes – What to do about them

• Use USDA standardized oneswww.healthymeals.nal.usda.gov

• Food Buying Guide – Appendix A to document meal contributions

FBG calculator http://FBG.nfsmi.org

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