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Nutrition Standards and Meal Requirements for National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs: Phase I. Proposed Approach for Recommending Revisions
Appendix G
Current Standards for Food-Based Menu Planning Approach
The following tables include the food components and the amounts for the food-based menu planning approaches for lunch and breakfast as offered and as served.
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TABLE G-1 Reimbursable Lunch: Standards for Food Components as Offered as Served
As Offered
As Served
One fluid milk
One meat/meat alternate
Two vegetable/fruit
One grain/bread
Senior high school level: students must select three of the five items
Grades below senior high school levela: students must select either three or four of the five items
(Total= five items)
aOffer versus serve is optional below the senior high school level.
SOURCE: USDA, 2007b.
TABLE G-2 Reimbursable Lunch: Standards for Amounts of Food Items for Age-Grade Groups
Food Component or food item
Traditional Approach
Optional, Grades 7–12
Enhanced Approach
Optional, Grades K–3
Minimum Requirements
Minimum Requirements
Preschool
Grades K–3
Grades 4–12a
Preschool
Grades K–6
Grades 7–12
Fluid milk (as a beverage)
6 fluid oz
8 fluid oz
8 fluid oz
8 fluid oz
6 fluid oz
8 fluid oz
8 fluid oz
8 fluid oz
Meat/meat alternate
Lean meat, poultry, or fish
1½ oz
1½ oz
2 oz
3 oz
1½ oz
2 oz
2 oz
1½ oz
Alternate Protein Productsb
1½ oz
1½ oz
2 oz
3 oz
1½ oz
2 oz
2 oz
1½ oz
Cheese
1½ oz
1½ oz
2 oz
3 oz
1½ oz
2 oz
2 oz
1½ oz
Large egg
¾
¾
1
1½
¾
1
1
¾
Cooked dry beans or peas
⅜ cup
⅜ cup
½ cup
¾ cup
⅜ cup
½ cup
½ cup
⅜ cup
Peanut butter, other nuts, or seed butters
3 tbsp
3 tbsp
4 tbsp
6 tbsp
3 tbsp
4 tbsp
4 tbsp
3 tbsp
Yogurt, plain or flavored, unsweetened or sweetened
6 oz or ¾ cup
6 oz or ¾ cup
8 oz or 1 cup
12 oz or 1 ½ cups
6 oz or ¾ cup
8 oz or 1 cup
8 oz or 1 cup
6 oz or ¾ cup
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Food component or food item
Traditional
Optional, Grades 7–12
Enhanced
Optional, Grades K–3
Minimum Requirements
Minimum Requirements
Preschool
Grades K–3
Grades 4–12a
Preschool
Grades K–6
Grades 7–12
Peanuts, soy nuts, tree nuts, or seedsc,d
¾ oz
¾ oz
1 oz
1½ oz
¾ oz
1 oz
1 oz
¾ oz
Vegetable/fruit
½ cup
½ cup
¾ cup
¾ cup
½ cup
¾ cupe
1 cup
¾ cup
Grain/breadf
8 servings per week
8 servings per week
8 servings per week
10 servings per week
8 servings per week
12 servings per week
15 servings per week
10 servings per week
NOTE: K = kindergarten; oz = ounce; tbsp = tablespoon.
aThe school food authority or school always has the option of serving the grades 4–12 age-grade groups for all students in the school district or school under the traditional food-based approach for lunch.
bExamples of Alternate Protein Products include soy flours, soy concentrates, soy isolates, whey protein concentrate, whey protein isolates, and casein.
cAs listed in the program guidance or an equivalent quantity of any combination of the meats/meat alternates listed above.
dMay be used to meet no more than 50 percent of the requirement. (1 ounce of nuts or seeds = 1 ounce of cooked lean meat, poultry, or fish.)
eAlso required to have an extra 1/2 cup over a week. For the purpose of this table, a week equals 5 days.
fMust be enriched with whole grain. Minimum of one serving per day. A serving is a slice of bread or an equivalent serving of biscuits, rolls, etc. , or 1/2 cup of cooked rice, macaroni, noodles, other pasta products, or cereal grains.
SOURCE: Derived from USDA, 2000b, with additional information from USDA, 2007b.
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TABLE G-3 Reimbursable Breakfast: Standards for Food Components as Offered and as Serveda
As Offered
As Served
One fluid milk
One vegetable/fruit
Two meat/meat alternate; two grain/bread; or one meat/meat alternate and one grain/bread
Students may decline a maximum of one of the four items
(Total=four items)
aOffer versus serve for breakfast is optional at all grade levels.
SOURCE: USDA, 2007b.
TABLE G-4 Reimbursable Breakfast: Standards for Amounts of Food Items for Age-Grade Groups
Food Component or Food item
Traditional Approach
Enhanced Approach
Minimum Requirements
Minimum Requirements
Optional, Grades 7–12
Preschool
Grades K–12
Preschool
Grades K–12
Fluid milk (as a beverage, on cereal, or both)
6 fluid oz
8 fluid oz
6 fluid oz
8 fluid oz
8 fluid oz
Meat/meat alternate
Lean meat, poultry, or fish
½ oz
1 oz
½ oz
1 oz
1 oz
Alternate Protein Productsa
½ oz
1 oz
½ oz
1 oz
1 oz
Cheese
½ oz
1 oz
½ oz
1 oz
1 oz
Large egg
½
½
½
½
½
Cooked dry beans or peas
2 tbsp
4 tbsp
2 tbsp
4 tbsp
4 tbsp
Peanut butter, other nut, or seed butters
1 tbsp
2 tbsp
1 tbsp
2 tbsp
2 tbsp
Yogurt, plain or flavored, unsweetenedor sweetened
2 oz or ¼ cup
4 oz or ½ cup
2 oz or ¼ cup
4 oz or ½ cup
4 oz or ½ cup
Peanuts, soy nuts, tree nuts, or seedsb
½ oz
1 oz
½ oz
1 oz
1 oz
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Food Component or Food Item
Traditional
Enhanced
Optional Grades 7–12
Minimum Requirements
Minimum Requirements
Preschool
Grades K–12
Preschool
Grades K–12
Vegetable/fruit
½ cup
½ cup
½ cup
½ cup
½ cup
Grain/bread
Whole-grain or enriched bread
½ slice
1 slice
½ slice
1 slice
1 slice
Whole-grain or enriched biscuit, roll, muffin, etc.
½ serving
1 serving
½ serving
1 serving
1 serving
Whole-grain, enriched, or fortified cereal
⅓ cup or ½oz
¾ cup or 1 oz
⅓ cup or ½ oz
¾ cup or 1 oz
¾ cup or 1 ozc
NOTE: K = kindergarten; oz = ounce; tbsp= tablespoon.
aExamples of Alternate Protein Products include soy flours, soy concentrates, soy isolates, whey protein concent rate, whey protein isolates, and casein.
bNo more than 1 ounce of nuts and/or seeds may be served in any one breakfast.
cPlus one additional serving of any of the grains/breads listed above.
SOURCE: Derived from USDA, 2008f, with additional information from USDA, 2007b.
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