Breakfast Meal Pattern Training
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Offer Versus Serve (OVS) Breakfast
• Optional for all age/grade groups • At least four food items must be offered• Serving sizes for each component must be
offered• Food items must be served in at least the
minimum daily portion size
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OVS Optional Breakfast• Juice/Fruit/Vegetable must be selected to
claim a reimbursable breakfast meal• Must be offered at least four food items and
must select at least three credited food items in applicable serving sizes
• Food items selected may be from any of the required components
OVS Breakfast Fruit Requirement
• Required to offer at least 1 cup• Must select
– ½ cup fruit– ½ cup vegetable offered in place of fruit– ½ cup total fruit and vegetable (when offered in
place of fruit)– ½ cup of an item when both fruit and vegetable
(i.e., salsa in place of fruit)
OVS Breakfast Meal Example
Breakfast Burrito 1 oz eq Grain and 1 oz eq M/MA
Banana, Mixed Fruit 1 cup
Fluid Milk (Variety) 1 cup
1 GrainItem 1 Grain
Item
I Fruit Item
1Fluid MilkItem
OVS Breakfast Different Grains
• OVS menu example-– 1 cup milk and 1 cup fruit, plus two grains:
cereal (1 oz eq) and toast (1 oz eq)• The menu planner has discretion whether or
not to allow students to select duplicate items
OVS Breakfast Different Grains Example
Whole Grain Toast 1 oz eq Grain Whole Grain Cereal1 oz eq GrainFresh Fruit, Fruit Salsa 1 cup
Fluid Milk (Variety) 1 cup
1 GrainItem
1 GrainItem
1Fluid MilkItem
I Fruit Item
OVS Breakfast Pre-Bagged Meals• Should attempt to the extent possible to offer
choices (such as a fruit basket) aside from the pre-bagged items
• There is no requirement that all possible combinations of choices be made available to the student
Please refer to USDA memos for the most up-to-date information.
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Offer Versus Serve (OVS) Breakfast
Offer Versus Serve Activity - http://nfsmi.org/documentlibraryfiles/PDF/20150420105425.pdf (page 15-26)
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