What is a Reimbursable Breakfast?
Fall 2014
Why is it important to serve a reimbursable breakfast?
• The USDA guidelines requires that each student is offered different foods (or components) per meal.
• The Oregon Department of Education will only reimburse the district for meals that meet this criteria.
• These meals are called reimbursable meals.
What needs to be offered for a reimbursable breakfast?
These are the foods you must have on your service line or breakfast cart every day:
• Milk – ½ pint or 8 fluid oz.– Only 1% or non-fat plain milk is served at breakfast
• Fruit –1 cup of fruit– ½ cup of 100% fruit juice AND ½ cup fruit (either dried fruit or cupped fruit)
• 1-2 servings of Grain– Example, banana bread (2 servings), cereal (1 servings),
graham cracker (1 servings)
-OR-• 1 serving Grain & 1 serving Meat/Meat Alternative
– Example, chicken sausage on a biscuit or egg and tortilla wrap
Offer vs. Serve (3 out of 4 rule)• Students must choose 3 out of the 4 items
offered at breakfast• One of those items MUST be ½ cup fruit
– Juice OR applesauce OR raisins – students do not have to take both
• Students may decline food items• If the student doesn’t want all 3 items
they’ve chosen, they can place the unwanted item on the “no thank you/sharing” table
Fruit Options for Students• Juice = ½ cup• Cupped fruit (Applesauce) = ½ cup fruit• Dried fruit = ¼ cup fruit (counts as ½
cup serving)• Whole fruit = ½ cup fruit (if you have
extras from lunch service)– Examples:
• ½ fresh apple • ½ fresh pear • ½ cup grapes
Reimbursable Breakfast examples…• Milk + Juice + Cereal
• Milk + Fruit + Graham Cracker
• Milk + Waffle + Fruit (2 servings of grain)
• Juice + Bagel Bar (2 servings of grain)
• Fruit + Chicken Sausage Biscuit
Update to menu
• Yogurt and graham cracker meal replaced with a different flavor of Zac O’Mega Bar
– Oats and Raisins: starting in November– Orange Cranberry
• The Yogurt and graham cracker meal was too difficult to serve with all other components for majority of schools– May still be offered if you need to make a
substitution to the menu
This is an example of a reimbursable breakfast…
Fruit
Milk
This breakfast contains all food group servings. It is a reimbursable breakfast.
Fruit
GrainNote: This item contains 1 serving grain + 1 serving meat/meat alternative.
Is this a reimbursable breakfast?
Yes! It meets 3 out of 4
Fruit
GrainNote: This item counts as 2 servings of grain.
This breakfast contains 3 food group servings and contains at least a ½ cup fruit serving. Therefore, it is a reimbursable breakfast.
Is this a reimbursable breakfast?
Yes! It meets 3 out of 4
GrainNote: This item contains 2 servings of grain.
Fruit
This breakfast contains 3 food group servings and contains a ½ cup fruit serving. Therefore, it is a reimbursable breakfast.
Is this a reimbursable breakfast?
Yes! It meets 3 out of 4
Fruit
GrainNote: This item contains 2 servings of grain.
This breakfast contains 3 food group servings and contains a ½ cup fruit serving. Therefore, it is a reimbursable breakfast.
Breakfast Counts are required!
• Acceptable methods for counting breakfast outside the cafeteria:– 1. Tally sheet– 2. Clicker
*You cannot count back entrees as a method of claiming meals in place of a clicker or tally sheet. Counting entrees should only be done for recording on the production record.
Claiming Breakfast
You must record the following:1. Students who take a reimbursable
breakfast2. Siblings who purchase a breakfast3. Parents who purchase a breakfast4. Staff/Adults who purchase a breakfast5. Earned student breakfasts6. Earned adult breakfasts
• If you have any questions, contact your Nutrition Program Manager.