Offer vs Serve - Sheffield

Know Your Menus

100

This is your elem lunch menu: 

Can a student just take the chicken tenders and a slushie? 

YES    

Tenders - 1 MMA, 1 WG, 

Slushie - 1/2 C Fruit

200

This is BIS Lunch Menu:

Identify a vegetable served for each of the vegetable subgroups?

Dark Green = Broccoli

Red Orange = Marinara, Assorted Veggies/Carrots

Beans/Legumes = Baked Beans

Starchy = Corn, Tater Tots

Other = Side Salad, Assorted Veggies/Cucumber/Celery

300

This is the MS/HS Menu:

Can a MS student take Wings and Juice for a reimbursable meal?  Can a HS student? 

MS - Yes

HS - NO    They would need to have 2 WG as a minimum. 

400

This is your HS Breakfast:

Can a student take a string cheese, yogurt and fruit for a reimbursable meal? 

YES

500

Do you know what menu items you serve that are NOT Whole Grain? 

HS - Garlic Texas Toast

Lunch Logic

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

200

A High School Student took this on their tray.  Is this a reimbursable meal?  Why or Why not?

Uncrustable with Cheese Stick and Goldfish Crackers and a Milk

NO.  Must have a Fruit or Vegetable.

300

A middle school student selected the following items: ½ cup green beans, 1 whole fresh apple, and a 2 oz corn bread (1 grain). 

Does this count as a reimbursable meal? If not, what additional item(s) would be needed to make it reimbursable?

Yes, it is reimbursable.

400

Is a student able to be claimed for a reimbursable meal if they do not take an entree?

Yes!  As long as they have 3 meal components with 1/2 C fruit or vegetable.

Example:

They could take rice, salsa, milk only.

Elem/MS would need 1/2 C rice and HS would need 1 C.

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

Offer Vs. Serve

100

Name a benefit of OVS.

Allows choice.

Students more likely to eat what they choose.

Reduces waste.

200

Minimum Number of food items and components that must be selected for a reimbursable meal under OVS for Breakfast and Lunch.

Breakfast - 3 Food Items
Lunch - 3 Food Components

300

True or False:

You must remind a student to take a milk.

False

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

500

Can you explain the difference between a food item and a food component in Offer vs Serve?

A food item is an individual food that counts toward a food component and is used in breakfast menus, (Ex: 1/2 cup of apples is 1 food item).

A food component is a required food groups used in lunch menus, (Ex: Fruit)

Meal Pattern

100

What are the 5 meal components of a reimbursable meal?

Meat/Meat Alternate

Grain

Fruit

Vegetable

Milk

200

What is a combination food? Give an example.

A food item that consists of more than one food component group. Examples: Pizza, Hamburger, etc.

Rule of thumb: Can't be a separated food item.

300

What is the daily amount of fruit offered for grades 9-12 is measured in cups.

What is 1 cup?

400

Pizza belongs to which Food Component group?

Meat / Meat Alternate & Grain

500

*Daily Double* 

Can you explain the difference between daily minimum and weekly minimum meal components?

These refer to the minimum amount of each component that must be offered each school day/week on the menu.

Offer, Serve, and CREDIT

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

The milk cooler is located after the point of sale.

Is this reimbursable?

No 

All components must be available BEFORE the point of sale.

300

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).

400

Name the 5 vegetable subgroups and one example of a vegetable in each.

500

Can an uncrustable bundle with string cheese and teddy grahams be offered to students daily?

NO. Graham crackers, sweet crackers, granola bars, cereal bars, breakfast bars, cookies, desserts, donuts, sweet rolls, toaster pastry are considered a GBD.

NOTE: only allowed 2oz/week of GBD in NSLP for grades K-12