Name That Nutrient
This nutrient that begins with the letter “C” is found in milk and helps keep teeth strong for a healthy smile.
Answer: Calcium.
Calcium is a nutrient that is important for building and maintaining strong bones and teeth.
Yes or no: May CACFP participants 6 years old and older have flavored whole milk as part of a reimbursable meal?
Answer: No
Without a medical statement, flavored whole milk cannot count as part of a reimbursable meal or snack for any CACFP participant.
The minimum amount of breastmilk or iron-fortified formula you must serve at breakfast to infants 0 through 5 months of age?
Answer: 4 to 6 fluid ounces.
The minimum amount of breastmilk or iron-fortified infant formula you must serve to an infant 0 through 5 months of age is 4 to 6 fluid ounces.
Children ages: __________ may receive iron-fortified infant formula as part of a reimbursable meal or snack.
Answer: 0 to 13 months.
You may serve breastmilk or iron-fortified infant formula as part of a reimbursable meal to children 0 through 11 months of age. You may also serve iron-fortified infant formula to children from 12 to 13 months of age as they transition to whole milk.
To serve a milk substitute that is not nutritionally equivalent to cow’s milk as part of a reimbursable meal or snack, you need: ________________.
Answer: Medical statement.
A medical statement is required in order to serve a milk substitute that is not nutritionally equivalent to cow’s milk as part of a reimbursable meal or snack.
Low-fat (1%) milk has less ____________ and calories than whole milk.
Answer: Total fat.
Low-fat (1%) milk has less total fat and calories than whole milk. Eight fluid ounces of low-fat (1%) milk provides 2.5 grams of total fat and 100 calories. Whole milk provides 8 grams of total fat and 150 calories.
True or false: Flavored milk can count toward the reimbursable meal for a 4-year-old if you prepare the flavored milk onsite.
Answer: False
You may not serve homemade flavored milk as part of a reimbursable meal or snack for children 5 years of age and younger.
The amount of fluid ounces of milk must a provider serve to a 1½-year-old child at lunch?
Answer: 4 fluid ounces.
Children 1 through 2 years of age must receive at least 4 fluid ounces (½ cup) of milk as part of a reimbursable breakfast, lunch, or supper.
You may serve flavored milk as part of a reimbursable meal or snack to children ages: ________________.
Answer: 6 years and older.
You can serve flavored milk as part of a reimbursable meal or snack to children 6 years of age and older.
Two other terms can you use to describe fat-free milk.
Answer: Skim milk and non-fat milk.
Other terms or words to describe fat-free milk are non-fat milk and skim milk.
These two nutrients in milk help participants have strong bones and teeth
Answer: Calcium & Vitamin D.
Milk is a good source of calcium and vitamin D. Both of these nutrients help keep bones and teeth strong.
Yes or no: May CACFP participants 6 years old and older have flavored whole milk as part of a reimbursable meal?
Answer: No
Without a medical statement, flavored whole milk cannot count as part of a reimbursable meal or snack for any CACFP participant.
The amount in fluid ounces of milk you must serve to a child 3 through 5 years of age as part of a reimbursable breakfast, lunch, or supper?
Answer: 6 fluid ounces.
Children ages 3 through 5 years of age must receive at least 6 fluid ounces (¾ cup) of unflavored low-fat (1%) or unflavored fat-free (skim) milk as part of a reimbursable breakfast, lunch, and supper.
For children 1 through 18 years of age, milk is an optional component at: ________________.
Answer: Snack
Reimbursable snacks in the CACFP must have items from two out of the five meal components. Therefore, milk is optional (not required) at snack in the CACFP.
As an optional CACFP best practice, if serving flavored milk, choose flavored milks that contain less than _______ grams of total sugars per 8 fluid ounces of milk.
Answer: 22 grams
As a CACFP best practice, if you serve flavored milk to children 6 years of age and older or adults, serve flavored milk that contains no more than 22 grams of sugar/total sugars per 8 fluid ounces.
Infant formula must be ________________ unless you have a signed medical statement:
Answer: Iron-fortified.
To determine if an infant formula is iron-fortified, look for a statement on the product’s label that says “Infant Formula with Iron” or other similar wording.
True or false: You may serve unflavored whole milk and unflavored reduced-fat (2%) milk to children between the ages of 24 and 25 months to help them transition to low-fat (1%) or fat-free (skim) milk.
Answer: True
You may serve unflavored whole milk and unflavored reduced-fat (2%) milk as part of a reimbursable meal or snack to children when they are between 24 and 25 months of age to help them transition to low-fat (1%) or fat-free (skim) milk.
The amount of fluid ounces of milk must you serve to a child 13 years of age as part of a reimbursable lunch?
Answer: 8 fluid ounces.
Children 6 through 18 years of age must receive at least 8 fluid ounces (1 cup) of milk as part of a reimbursable breakfast, lunch, or supper.
Unflavored whole milk is required as part of a reimbursable meal for this age group:______.
Answer: Children ages 12 through 23 months.
You must serve children 12 through 23 months unflavored whole milk as part of a reimbursable meal. Note that breastmilk is an acceptable substitute for all or part of the whole milk requirement.
This type of milk that usually comes in a can is creditable only when the availability of fluid milk is limited.
Answer: Evaporated milk.
Evaporated milk is creditable in the CACFP only when the availability of fluid milk in certain situations is limited.
A nutrient that starts with the letter “P” is found in milk and may help the body maintain a healthy blood pressure.
Answer: Potassium.
Diets rich in potassium may help the body maintain a healthy blood pressure. Milk provides potassium.
Correct or incorrect: Milk used to make cream soups can credit toward a reimbursable meal or snack.
Answer: Incorrect
Milk used in cream soups or other foods may not credit toward a reimbursable meal or snack. The only exception to this rule is when milk is used to make smoothies.
A smoothie must contain at least ________________ fluid ounces of milk to credit toward a reimbursable meal.
Answer: 2 fluid ounces.
A smoothie must contain at least 2 fluid ounces of milk in order to credit toward the milk component of a reimbursable meal or snack. If the smoothie contains less than the minimum amount of milk required at the meal or snack, you must provide the remaining required amount of milk at the same meal or snack.
This type of milk may not count toward a reimbursable meal or snack for children 0 through 5 years of age.
Answer: Flavored milk
Flavored milk may only count toward a reimbursable meal or snack for children ages 6 years and older, and adult participants.
This process removes any harmful bacteria that may be present in milk. Any milk you serve as part of a reimbursable meal in the CACFP must be ________________.
Answer: Pasteurized.
CACFP regulations require that you may only serve pasteurized milk as part of a reimbursable meal.