Know Your Menus
Lunch Logic
OVS
Meal Pattern
Crediting
100
This is your elementary menu
If the student took Chicken Tenders and Fruit, is that a reimbursable meal?
Yes
100
What is the minimum number of food components a student must take for lunch to be reimbursable?
3 components
One must be at least 1/2 cup Fruit or Vegetable
The other 2 must be FULL components
100
Name a benefit of OVS.
Allows choice.
Students more likely to eat what they choose.
Reduces waste.
100
How many milk options must be offered to students?
TWO
Explanation: may continue to offer fat-free and low-fat (1%) milk, both flavored and unflavored.
(Added sugar product-based limits for flavored varieties of milk must be implemented by school year 2025-26)
100
TRUE or FALSE
Nutrition requirements mandate that all grains served must be whole grain.
FALSE - 80% of grains served must be whole grain
200
This is your elementary breakfast menu.
Which one of these selections is NOT reimbursable?
a. Donut Holes and Juice
b. String Cheese, Juice, Milk
c. Pancake Sausage Wrap, Milk
C. Does not have a 1/2 C fruit or vegetable
200
If a student wants an Uncrustable as an entree, do they need to take a cheese stick and cracker?
No - K-8
Yes - 9-12
Remember must take 1/2 cup Fruit or Vegetable with it!
200
True or False:
You must remind a student to take a milk.
False
200
What are the 5 meal components of a reimbursable meal?
Meat/Meat Alternate
Grain
Fruit
Vegetable
Milk
200
What type of documentation is needed to determine how pizza is credited in the meal pattern?
A CN (Child Nutrition) Label or a PFS (Product Formulation Statement). 
300
This is your McKinley lunch menu.
Can a student take a Chef Salad only for a reimbursable meal?
No. A high school student needs 2oz whole grain.
Per how the recipe is written, it credits for 
300
A student took this on their tray. Is this a reimbursable meal? Why or Why not?
Beef & Bean Chili
Cornbread
Half pint chocolate milk
NO. Does not have 1/2 C of fruit or vegetable
300
Is this meal reimbursable for K-8 LUNCH menu?
What the student selected:
Turkey and cheese sandwich (2oz M/MA, 2 oz Grain)
Milk
No
What is missing?
300
What is the minimum number of meal components that a student must take for breakfast and lunch for a reimbursable meal?
Three
300
Name the 5 vegetable subgroups and one example of a vegetable in each.
400
This is your RHS Breakfast menu:
Can a student just take a benefit bar and a juice?
YES.
Benefit bar = 2 WG
400
True or False:
Under Offer Versus Serve, if a menu includes pasta, meatballs, marinara, fruit, vegetables, and milk, a vegetarian student may decline the meatballs and select only pasta, marinara, and fruit and still receive a reimbursable meal.
Yes.
Make sure they have full components!
400
Is this a reimbursable meal for lunch as a high school student?
Yogurt Parfait
1 C yogurt = 2 M/MA
1/2 C Fruit
1/4 C Granola = 1 oz WG
No,
Has 2 components but grain is not in minimum 2 oz amount required for HS students.
NOTE: Would be adequate for K-8
400
What is the daily amount of fruit offered for grades 9-12 is measured in cups.
What is 1 cup?
400
True or False?
Beans, peas, and lentils credit as either the M/MA component or the vegetables component.
True!
500
This is your LMS Lunch Menu:
Can a student take Bosco Sticks and Marinara for a reimbursable meal?
Trick question!
It depends on the amount of marinara. The amount on your menu only credits for 1/4 cup, so that would not be enough to meet the 1/2 cup vegetable requirement.
500
Is there a limit on the quantity of condiments that students can take with a meal?
YES.
Policies should be in place for serving condiments.
Excess condiments = Excess sodium
500
Does a student have to take the entree under OVS?
No,
As long as 1/2 cup of fruit or vegetables is taken AND the other two components must be at their full minimum required quantities.
500
*****DAILY DOUBLE*****
Can you explain the difference between daily minimum and weekly minimum meal components?
500
What are grain-based desserts?
Graham crackers, sweet crackers, granola bars, cereal bars, breakfast bars, cookies, desserts, donuts, sweet rolls, toaster pastry
NOTE: only allowed 2oz/week of GBD in NSLP for grades K-12