Breakfast
What is the minimum fruit portion size required for all grade levels?
1/2 cup
How many component groups must be offered at Lunch and how many must be selected for a reimbursable meal?
5: Grain, Vegetable, Fruit, Meat/Meat Alternate and Milk
At least 3 must be selected
Amount of vegetables that must be offered daily to K-8
3/4 c
MOST important: for a meal to be reimbursable, one of the meal components chosen by the student MUST be what?
Fruit or Vegetable at Lunch
Number of fruit servings required to be selected
At least 1- half cup serving
A student must select a fruit or vegetable for a reimbursable breakfast?
True
The number of types of milk that must be offered at any meal?
Two types: 1% unflavored or fat free unflavored. At least one type must be unflavored.
Juice cannot count toward vegetable requirements
False
A student selects chicken nuggets, carrots and fruit. Is this a reimbursable meal?
Yes: it contains at least 3 component groups and one of them is a fruit or vegetable.
A student selects milk and a muffin at breakfast. Is this a reimbursable meal?
No---is missing the required 1/2 c fruit
How many components must be offered at breakfast?
3: Fruit, grain, milk
A reimbursable lunch must include at least 3 components, but what must one of those always be?
A. Milk
B. Fruit or Vegetable
C. Grain
D. Meat/Meat Alternate
The 5 vegetable sub-groups
Dk Green, Red/Orange, Starchy, Bean/Legume and Other
A student selects pizza and milk. Is this a reimbursable meal?
No: a meal MUST contain at least 1/2 c F or V to count as reimbursable
A student selects milk, a banana and 1/2 c of peaches. Does this count as a reimbursable breakfast?
Yes: it contains at least 3 servings and at least one of them is a fruit.
Name one grain option that counts toward the breakfast requirement?
Muffin, bagel, cereal WGR toast
A student wants raisins with their lunch. How much dried fruit do you need to count as 1/2 c fruit?
1/4 c--Dried fruit credits for double the volume
When you serve raw, leafy greens like spinach or romaine, how much must you put on the tray to count as 1/2 c vegetable?
1 cup: leafy greens credit as half their volume
Student selects a cheeseburger (Grain and M/MA) and milk. Is this a reimbursable meal?
No: it does not contain at least 1/2 c of fruit or vegetable
Juice is an item from the Fruit component group: T or F
True
a 4 oz container of yogurt can count as a Meat/Meat Alternate?
True: 4 oz of yogurt credits as 1 M/MA
What is the minimum grain serving size daily at lunch for Gr 9-12?
2 oz eq
Condiments count toward the vegetable component?
No: they are not one of the 5 component groups
How much fruit is required to be offered at lunch for Gr K-8?
1/2 c daily
Name one scenario where a breakfast would NOT be reimbursable even if they have 3 items.
No fruit selected
Portion too small
Item not creditable (cream cheese)