What is a Reimbursable Breakfast?

Fall 2014

Why is it important to serve a reimbursable breakfast?

• The USDA guidelines requires that each student is offered different foods (or components) per meal.

• The Oregon Department of Education will only reimburse the district for meals that meet this criteria.

• These meals are called reimbursable meals.

What needs to be offered for a reimbursable breakfast?

These are the foods you must have on your service line or breakfast cart every day:

• Milk – ½ pint or 8 fluid oz.– Only 1% or non-fat plain milk is served at breakfast

• Fruit –1 cup of fruit– ½ cup of 100% fruit juice AND ½ cup fruit (either dried fruit or cupped fruit)

• 1-2 servings of Grain– Example, banana bread (2 servings), cereal (1 servings),

graham cracker (1 servings)

-OR-• 1 serving Grain & 1 serving Meat/Meat Alternative

– Example, chicken sausage on a biscuit or egg and tortilla wrap

Offer vs. Serve (3 out of 4 rule)• Students must choose 3 out of the 4 items

offered at breakfast• One of those items MUST be ½ cup fruit

– Juice OR applesauce OR raisins – students do not have to take both

• Students may decline food items• If the student doesn’t want all 3 items

they’ve chosen, they can place the unwanted item on the “no thank you/sharing” table

Fruit Options for Students• Juice = ½ cup• Cupped fruit (Applesauce) = ½ cup fruit• Dried fruit = ¼ cup fruit (counts as ½

cup serving)• Whole fruit = ½ cup fruit (if you have

extras from lunch service)– Examples:

• ½ fresh apple • ½ fresh pear • ½ cup grapes

Reimbursable Breakfast examples…• Milk + Juice + Cereal

• Milk + Fruit + Graham Cracker

• Milk + Waffle + Fruit (2 servings of grain)

• Juice + Bagel Bar (2 servings of grain)

• Fruit + Chicken Sausage Biscuit

Update to menu

• Yogurt and graham cracker meal replaced with a different flavor of Zac O’Mega Bar

– Oats and Raisins: starting in November– Orange Cranberry

• The Yogurt and graham cracker meal was too difficult to serve with all other components for majority of schools– May still be offered if you need to make a

substitution to the menu

This is an example of a reimbursable breakfast…

Fruit

Milk

This breakfast contains all food group servings. It is a reimbursable breakfast.

Fruit

GrainNote: This item contains 1 serving grain + 1 serving meat/meat alternative.

Is this a reimbursable breakfast?

Yes! It meets 3 out of 4

Fruit

GrainNote: This item counts as 2 servings of grain.

This breakfast contains 3 food group servings and contains at least a ½ cup fruit serving. Therefore, it is a reimbursable breakfast.

Is this a reimbursable breakfast?

Yes! It meets 3 out of 4

GrainNote: This item contains 2 servings of grain.

Fruit

This breakfast contains 3 food group servings and contains a ½ cup fruit serving. Therefore, it is a reimbursable breakfast.

Is this a reimbursable breakfast?

Yes! It meets 3 out of 4

Fruit

GrainNote: This item contains 2 servings of grain.

This breakfast contains 3 food group servings and contains a ½ cup fruit serving. Therefore, it is a reimbursable breakfast.

Breakfast Counts are required!

• Acceptable methods for counting breakfast outside the cafeteria:– 1. Tally sheet– 2. Clicker

*You cannot count back entrees as a method of claiming meals in place of a clicker or tally sheet. Counting entrees should only be done for recording on the production record.

Claiming Breakfast

You must record the following:1. Students who take a reimbursable

breakfast2. Siblings who purchase a breakfast3. Parents who purchase a breakfast4. Staff/Adults who purchase a breakfast5. Earned student breakfasts6. Earned adult breakfasts

• If you have any questions, contact your Nutrition Program Manager.