CACFP MEAL GUIDELINES Meal Pattern Requirements Children 1 year and older

MEAT & MEAT ALTERNATES

• Cheese foods I spreads, cottage cheese and ricotta cheeses may be used as meat alternates but twice as much is needed.

• Cooked dry beans or dry peas may be used as meat alternates or vegetables, but not both in the same meal.

• Processed meats SL!Ch as luncheon meat or hot dogs must be 100% meat with no fillers added.

• It is recommended peanut butter be served with another meat alternate at lunch and supper.

• Combination foods such as casseroles and soups credit for up to 3 meal components.

BREAD & BREAD ALTERNATES

• A whole grain or-an enriched flour or meal must be the primary ingredient by weight in bread I alternates.

• Cereals must be whole grain, enriched or fortified. The grain product must be the primary ingredient by weight.

• Breakfast cereals, coffee cakes, doughnuts and pastries credit at breakfast and snack only.

• Cookies; including granola bars, animal crackers, vanilla wafers and animal shaped graham snacks; may be served only at snack. They may be served no more than twice a week.

• Combination foods such as casseroles and soups credit for up to 3 meal components .

FRUITS & VEGETABLES

• To count toward the fruit 1 vegetable requirement, a minimum of 118 cup fruit I vegetable must be served; otherwise, it is considered a garnish.

• Two servings of foods from the fruit I vegetable group need to be served at lunch and.supper. You may serve two fruits, two vegetables, or one of each.

• Home canned products are not creditable for health and safety reasons.

• Cooked dry beans and peas may credit as a vegetable or a meat alternate, but not as both at the same meal.

• Vegetables and I or fruit items served as a combination item such as fruit salad or mixed vegetables credit as 1 fruit/vegetable serving.

• Combination foods such as casseroles and soups credit for up to 3 meal components.

MILK

• Milk means pasteurized, fluid milk. Reconstituted nonfat dry milk is not creditable.

INFANT FOODS

• Until the day of a child's first birthday, the infant meal patterns must be followed.

• Meals or snacks containing only breast milk or iron fortified infant formula (regardless of who supplies it) served to infants participating in the Food Program are reimbursable, until the infant is developmentally ready for additional foods.

• Regardless of who supplies the iron fortified infant formula or breast milk, the Provider must supply all developmentally appropriate and required solids to be reimbursed for an infant's meals or snacks.

• A Special Diet Statement is required when an infant's meals do not meet the infant guidelines and reimbursement is desired. The Special Diet Statement must be signed by a physician, physician's assistant, certified nurse practitioner, registered dietician, licensed nutritionist, or chiropractor.

• Peanut butter and yogurt are not acceptable meat/alternates for infants.

• Commercial combination infant foods and infant desserts are not creditable.

Age: 1-2 years 3-5 years

BREAKFAST Fluid Milk 112 cup 3/4 cup

Juice or fruit or vegetable 1/4cup 112 cup

Bread or bread alternate 1/2 slice 112 slice (or 1/2 oz.) (or 1/2 oz.)

or cold dry cereal 1/4cup (or 1/3 oz.)

113 cup (or 112 oz.)

or cooked cereal 1/4 cup 114 cup SNACK

Fluid Milk 1/2 cup 112 cup ~ulce or fruit or vegetabla 1/2 cup 112 cup

Meat or meat alternate 112 oz. 1/2 oz. or yogurt 2 oz. (or 1/4 cup) 2 oz. (or 1/4cup)

Bread, bread alternate, 1/2 slice 1/2 slice or cereal 1/4 cup 1/3 cup

LUNCH I SUPPER (DINNER)

Fluid Milk 1/2 cup I 3/4 cup Meat or poultry or fish or 1 oz. I 11/2 oz. cheese or meat alternate

Vegetables and/or fruit 1/4 cup (Total) 112 cup (Total) (2ormore)

Bread or bread alternate! 1/2 slice i 1/2 slice

Meal Pattern Requirement for Infants

Age: BREAKFAST LUNCH/SUPPER (OINNER)

Birth through

1

4.{) fluid ounces , 4-6 fluid ounces 3 months breast milk or I breast milk or

formula formula 4 months througH 4-6 fluid ounces 4-6 fluid ounces 7 months breast milk or breast milk or

formula formula 0-3 tablespoons 0-3 tablespoons infant cereal*",@ infant cereal ... ,@

0-3 tablespoons fruit and/or vegetable @

6 months up to 6-6 fluid ounces 6-6 fluid ounces first birthday breast milk or breast milk or formula

formula 2-4 tablespoons infant 2-4 tablespoons cereal'" and/or 1-4 infant cereal'" tablespoons meat, fish,

1 poultry. egg yolk, or 1-4tablespoons cooked dry beans or fruit and/or peas, or 112 -2 ounces vegetable cheese, or 1-4 ounces

cheese food or cheese spread. 1-4tablespoons fruit and/or vegetable

• • • Iron-fortified dry infant cereal. • • • • Full-strength fruit juice.

• • • • • Made from whole-grain or enriched meal or flour.

6-12 years ' I

I 1 cup I

1/2 cup J 1 slice

I (or 1 oz.) 3/4 cup (or 1 oz.) 1/2 cup !

I 1 cup I

3/4cup I

1 oz. ,, 4 oz. (or 1/2 cup)

1 slice I 3/4 cup

I 1 cup I

2 oz. I '

3/4 cup (Total) : i

! 1 slice

SNACK I j 4.{) fluid ounces I breast milk or

formula I

1 4-6 fluid ounces breast milk or

I formula

I

2-4 fluid ounces breast milk or formula,

I or fruit juice••••

0-112 slice bread I : or

0~2 crackers ...... @;

I

! I

I

• Commercial infant foods containing fillers such as tapioca and modified food starch are not creditable . @ Required when the Infant Is developmentally ready to accept it.

FOR ADDITIONAL CREDITING INFORMATION, CONSULT YOUR FOOD PROGRAM MANUAL.

MEAT& MEATAL TERNATES BEEF

Beef Franks Beef Ground Beef JGrky Beef Kidneys BMf Liver ~of LunchmMIIProcessed Boof Meatballs HM or CN Beof Ribs BaM Steak BMf sux· BMf Trlpo Braunschwolger• Brlskot Chuck Roast Corn Dog• CN Corned Beef

· MeAt Spmad Pot Roast Roost Beef Round Steak Salisbury Steak Snus!lg~·

Stew Meat Tongue Veal Vienna Sausage

CHICKEN Chicken BrMded CN Chlckl!n Br!!llsts Chlckl!n Croquottes HM Chicken Franks Chlckl!n Gizzards Chicken Ground Chicken Lllgs Chlckl!n LIVM

Chicken LunchmMt/Processed' Chlckon Nuggl'lts CN Chlckon Stlx CN Chlckon Thighs Chicken Wings Stew Meat -Chicken \11/hole Chicken

PORK Cnnndl~n B:~con

Hom Pork Chops Cutlets Pork Franks Pork Ground Pork Klolbasa Pork Lunchme~~t/Processed Pork Meatballs HM or CN Pork Roast Sausage• Spam Sp!lrt! Ribs Stew Moat-Pork

SEAFOOD Cntflsh Clams

Cmb' Cod Fish Breaded CN Fi<;h Fillets Fk.h ::::ticks CN Haddock Halibut L!!b ~. tnr

Pollock Salmon• Scallof->S Scrod Shrimp• Swordfish Tuna

TURKEY Turi«'Y El11con Turkey Bren:~t T111kf'ly Frnnl<s Turkey Glzznrds TurkAy Ground Tu1 koy I t:un Turkt'!y l<lelbnsa TurkO)' Lo!l Turkey Lunchrneat Processod Turkoy Meatballs HM or CN Turkoy Nuggl!ts CN Turkey Roast \11/hole Tu1koy

OTHER MEATS Duck Goat Goose Lnmb

CHEESE American Cheese Cheddar Cheeso Choes" Food/SIIcos/Sprend Colby Cheese Colby-Jock Cheene ProcosMd' Cottrtge Cheese Fnrmor Cheese Fried Ch;ese Sticks Lowfat ChO<!so Montoroy Jack Cheese Mozzarella Cheese Pimiento Cheese Provolone Cheoso Ricotta Cheese String Chaese Swiss Chee!le

DRIED BEANS, LEGUMES, OR PEAS Bnked BaAns Boon Curd Bonn Soup BlAck BMnS Blackeyed Peas Chill Beans Dried C~raon!Yellow Poas Dry Wax Gourd

EGG

Fav'l Beans Garbanzo Beans/Chick Peas Groat Northern Beans Lentils Lhna/Outtor Beans Munp Bo::u1s N'WY Ao:>ns Pinto Beans Port 'n' Boons R edtl<ldnoy 8011 ns Rofrlod lk nns Soybenns Soy Buller ~;pllt Pon !Joup

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PEANUT BUTTER Pn:lltlll Flullor S N PM11Ut l'lultm & Cller.>!lO Poonut Buller & Epg Pmu1111 llutlor & Mnnl/1\llermtte

SEEDS I NUTS "1111 ile1 rn; SN or Y.. 111£'"1 :Jilo1 m tive fo1 meal "':) Ye'llf. " ' KJ Up Cl11ly

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CnshnW"-' Nuts (llss01tccJ)

Po a nuts Pecans• Pumpkin Soed10' Sesame Seeds' Sunnowm Seeds' Walnuts•

YOGURT* Yogurt • Yogurt & Moat Alternate

BREADS Bagel Biscuits Bran Muffin Bread Sticks Chow Meln Noodles Corn Dog Wrap Cornbread I Corn Muffin Crepes Croissants Croutons (1/lo Rlice of bread) Dumplings En!)lish Muffins Fifo Pastry Flat Bread French Bread French Toast Friendship Bread Fritters, 1\pple Fritters, Banana

BREAD & BREAD ALTERNATES Fritters. Com Fry Bread Hamburger Buns Hawaiian Bread Hot Dog Buns Hush Puppies Italian Bread Lefse Multi-grain Bread Oatmeal Bread Pancake /Waffles Plarogies Bread Pilot Bread Pita Bread Popovers Potato Bread Pretzel (Hard) Pretzel (Soft) Pumpernickel Bmad Rolls Rye Bread Scones Sourdough Bread Spoon Bread Stuffing I Dressing HM \11/heat Broad \11/hite Broad Won Ton Wrapper I Egg Roll

CEREAUCOOKIESICRACKERS ""Must be marked WhOle grain, enriched or fortif!Cd grain or be on the WIC approved list

Cereal, Cold' Coroal , Hot• Cookies SN Crackers

CRUSTS Pie Crust (Meat Pie Only) Pizza Crust Puff pastry Shells

DESSERT ITEMS •se!Ve no more than two dessert items per week • All items BR/SN unless otherwise noted

Brownies HM Cake (No Frosting) Cake Donuts (No Frosting) Cinnamon or Sweet Rolls Coffee Cake Cookies SN Gingerbread Granola, Corea! Bars Or Toaster Pastries Poptarts Raised Donuts Rice Krispies Treats HM

GRAINS Barley Buckwheat Bulgar Cornmeal Couscous

Farina Grits Kashi Millet Oats Qulnoa Wheat

PASiA I NOODLES Egg Noodles Fideo Lasagna Noodles Macaroni Noodles Noodles Pierogies Ramen Noodles Ravioli Spaghetti Noodles Tortelllni Vermicelli (Rice) Noodles

PUDDING •All ~ems BR/SN

RICE

Bread Pudding HM Rice Pudding HM

Brown Rice Fried Rice Pilaf Rice Rice A Ronl Rice Cako BR/SN Spanish Rice \11/hltc Rice Wild Rice

TORTILLA .. Tortillas/shells must be marked whole

corn or whole-grain I enriched flour Corn Tortilla Flour Taco Chips Taco Shell \11/hole Grain Chips

VEGETABLE I FRUIT BREAD Apple Bread

BR BRISN CN

DBL HM SN

Apricot Bread Banana Bread Blueberry Muffins Carrot Broad Date Nut Bread Homemade Muffins Pumpkin Bread Raisin Bread Zucchini Bread

LEGEND Breakfast Only Breakfast or Snack Only Pre-packaged foods must

have a CN label Double Portion Required Homemade Snack Only Not Reimbursable for Infants Under 1 Year

FRUITS **Fresh, Frozen, or Canned

Apple Applesauce Apricot Bananas Blackberries Blueberries Boysenberries Breadfruit Cactus Fruit Cantaloupe Cherries Cranberries Cranberry Sauce Dates Figs Fruit Cocktail Fruit Plate Fruit Salad Grapefruit Grapes Guava Honeydew Melon Jello with Fruit Kiwi Kumquat Mandarin Oranges Mangoes Marion Berries Nectarines Oranges Papaya Peaches Pears Persimmons Pineapple Plantain Plums Prunes Raisins Raspberries Rhubarb Star Fruit Strawberries Tangerines Ugli Fruit Waldorf Salad Watermelon

JUICE 100% Fruit Juice Only -a Months or Older .. Fresh, Frozen, Canned, or Dried

Apple Cider Apple Juice Apple-Cherry Juice Apple-Cranberry Juice Apple-Grape Juice Apple-Pear Juice Apple-Raspberry Juice Berry Juicy Juice

FRUITS Caribbean Juice Splash Carrot Juice • Cherry Juice Cranberry I Combo Juice Fruit juice Grape Juice Grapefruit Juice Hawaiian Sunrise Juice Mandarin I Tangorinc Juice Mixed Juice Orange Juice Orange-Banana Juice Orange-Pineapple Juice Peach Juice Pear Juice P<:>ar-Apple .Juice Pear-Grape Juice Pineapplo Juice Pineapple Passion Fruit Juice Plantain Popsicles (100% juice) SN Prune Juice Punch Juicy Juice Raspberry Juice Strawberry Juice Tangerine Juice Tomato I V-8 Juice Tropical Fruit Juice Tropical Juicy Juice V\lhite Grape Juice

VEGETABLES ••Fresh, Frozen, C'A,nnecl, or Dried

Acorn Squash Alfalfa Squash Artichokes Asparagus Avocado Bamboo Shoots Bean Sprouts Beets Beet Greens Bok Choy Broccoflower Broccoli Brussels Sprouts Butternut Squash Carrots Cauliflower Celery Cole Slaw Corn Cucumbers Egg Plant Green Peppers Hummus Jicama Kohlrabi Leeks Lentils Lettuce

Lettuce & Tomato Mixed Vegetables Mushrooms Napa Cabbage Nopalos (Cactus) Okra Olives Onions Peas & Cnrrots Pickles Pumpkin Radishes Ra\'1 Veggie Plate Red Peppers Rutabagas Salsn HM Sauerkraut SMp Peas Snow Peas Spaghetti Sauce HM Spaghetti Squash Succotash Taro Root Tomato Tomatillo Water Chestnuts W~tercress

White Squash Yellow Squash Yucca Zucchini

BEANS

VEGETABLES

PEAS

Tossed Salad Turnip Greens

Blackeyed Peas Dried Green I Yellow Peas English Peas Green Peas

POTATOES French Fries Hash Browns Instant Potatoes Oven Fries Potato Skins Potatoes Sweet Potato I Yams Scalloped Potatoes Tatar Tots

TOMATOES Tomato Paste Tomato Puree Tomato Sauce Tomatoes, Fresh Tomatoes, Stewed

SOUPS Bean Soup Chicken Vegetable Soup HM Chunky Vegetable Soup

. Minestrone Soup Potato Soup

· Split Pea Soup Tomato Soup Turkey Vegetable Soup HM Vegetable Soup

MILK •• Pasteurized Fluid Milk ONLY, no powdered

mixes I non-fat dry milk Buttermilk Eggnog (commerciaQ Flavored Milk (choc/strawb) High Protein Milk Lactose-Reduced I free Milk Low-fat Milk Skim Milk Special Provision (Doctor's Statement required) Whole Milk

BR BRISN CN

DBL HM SN

LEGEND

Breakfast Only Breakfast or Snack Only Pre-packaged foods must have a CN label Double Portion Required Homemade Snack Only Not Reimbursable for Infants Under 1 Year

Baked Beans Black Beans Chili Beans INFANT FOODS Dry Wax Gourd Fava Beans Garbanzo Beans/Chick Peas Grcnt Northern Beans Green Beans Lima Beans Mung Beans Navy Beans Pinto Beans Pork "N" Beans Red I Kidney Beans Refried Beans Soybeans Wax I Yellow Beans

GREEN I LEAFY VEGETABLES Cabbage, Red I White Collard Greens Green Salad Kale Lettuce Mustard Greens Napa Cabbage Parsnip Spinach Swiss Chard

EGGS I MEATS Infant Egg Yolks Infant Beef Infant Chicken Infant Ham Infant Lamb Infant Turkey Infant Veal

FORMULA Breast Milk or Iron Fortified Infant Formula

Non-Iron Fortified Infant Formula (Doctor's Statement required)

Parent Provided Iron Fortified Formula (parent waiver required)

FOR INFANT FRUITS AND VEGETABLES MAKE SELECTIONS

FROM THE REGULAR FOOD CHART

NO COMBINATION MEALS

JUICE IS ONLY ALLONED AT SNACK AND ONLY FOR INFANTS 8 TO 12 MONTHS.

CEREAL (Iron Fortified lrtant Cerea~ Infant Barley Infant Bulga r Infant High-Protein Infant Mixed Infant Oatmeal Infant Rice

INFANT BREAD I CRACKER 8 READ (Snacks ONLY,

Bagel Infants B to 12 months) Biscuits English Muffin Flat Bread Pilot Bread Wheat Bread White Bread Tortilla, Flour

CRACKER Baby Biscuit Melba Toast Saltine Cracker Snack Cracker \Nheat Cracker Zwieback