School Breakfast and Lunch Meal Pattern Updates for School Year Nutrition Standards in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs as Required by the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act

HHFKA 2010: Meal Pattern Changes Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act 2012/2013 – 2013/2014 Examples of changes  Increased whole grain offerings  Increased fruit and vegetable offerings  Increased variety of vegetables  Nutrient standards/dietary specifications  Availability of free, potable water  Age/grade group-specific menu planning

Overview of the Newest Requirements Breakfast  All grains offered must be whole grain-rich  Daily fruit component serving size = 1 cup for all age/grade groups  If practicing offer vs. serve, students must select at a minimum ½ cup fruit  Sodium Target 1 Lunch  All grains offered must be whole grain-rich  Sodium Target 1

Whole grain-rich  All grain offerings must be whole grain-rich  Breakfast  Lunch  USDA’s whole grain-rich resource  nResource.pdf nResource.pdf Foods that qualify as whole grain-rich for the school meal programs are foods that contain 100% whole grain or contain a blend of whole-grain meal and/or flour and enriched meal and/or flour of which at least 50% is whole grain. Whole grain-rich products must contain at least 50% whole-grains and the remaining grain, if any, must be enriched.

School Breakfast Program Meal Pattern  Daily fruit requirement increases to 1 cup  Can offer multiple fruits in smaller portions to meet the 1 cup requirement  Minimum grain requirement is 1 oz. eq.  Must meet minimum weekly requirement

SBP – Fruit Component Allowable  Fresh, frozen, canned, dried  Dried fruit credits as twice the volume served  100% fruit juice  Includes pureed fruit  Up to one half of weekly fruit offerings may be 100% juice  Vegetables are not required at breakfast, but can be substituted for the fruit component Not allowable  Diluted fruit juice  100% fruit strips, fruit drops or other snack-type fruit or vegetable products

Breakfast definitions  Food component  One of three food groups that comprise a reimbursable breakfast (grain, fruit, milk)  Must offer all three food components at breakfast  Food items  A specific food offered within the three food components  OVS: a school must offer at least 4 food items and students must select at least 3 food items  Under OVS, students must select at least ½ cup of fruits (or substituted vegetable) to have a reimbursable meal.

Components vs. Items Cold Cereal Variety (1 oz eq) Toast (1 oz. eq.) Grains Blueberries (1/2 cup) 100% Fruit Juice (1/2 cup) Fruit Variety (Fat Free Choc & 1% white) Milk Components Items Reimbursable meals under OVS must have 3 items; one item must be at least ½ cup fruit Must offer at least 1 c fruit at breakfast.

School Breakfast Dietary Specifications  Sodium Target 1  K – 5 = ≤ 540 mg  6 – 8 = ≤ 600 mg  9 – 12 = ≤ 640 mg  Calories (average calories per week)  K – 5 menus: 350 – 500  6 – 8 menus:  9 – 12 menus:  ≤10% calories from Saturated fat  0 grams of trans fat per serving The NFSMI has tips for reducing sodium in menus; see

School Lunch Dietary Specifications  Sodium Target 1  K – 5 = ≤1230 mg  6 – 8 = ≤ 1360  9 – 12 = ≤ 1420 mg  Calories (average calories per week)  K – 5 menus:  6 – 8 menus:  9 – 12 menus:  ≤10% calories from Saturated fat  0 grams of trans fat per serving

Newest Guidance  SP Questions and Answers on the School Breakfast Program Meal Pattern in School Year SP Questions and Answers on the School Breakfast Program Meal Pattern in School Year  Reviews each component and required quantities  OVS  Dietary specifications  SP Smoothies Offered in Child Nutrition Programs SP Smoothies Offered in Child Nutrition Programs  Yogurt may credit in smoothies at breakfast as a meat/meat alternate for the breakfast meal pattern  SP Frozen Fruit Products... SP Frozen Fruit Products...  Extends the provision to serve frozen fruit with added sugar  Applies to USDA Foods as well as commercially purchased products  Nutrition Standards for School Meals: meals meals