1. Reimbursable Meals Shelley Montgomery – Dexter Schools
Tracey Wells – Roswell Independent Schools

2. Reimbursable Meal- hopefully what we will learn today
Reimbursable Meal- hopefully what we will learn today. Terms: Food component Food Item
Offer vs serve

3. Food Components –
Food component means one of the food groups that comprises a reimbursable lunch or breakfast. There are five required food components at lunch and three required food components at breakfast. Food components must be offered in at least the daily minimum required amounts and weekly minimum amounts, if applicable.
Food Items –
A food item is a specific food offered in a reimbursable breakfast or lunch.

4. Food Component—
Breakfast - A food component is one of the three food groups that comprise a reimbursable breakfast. The three food components to be offered to all students at breakfast are fruits (or vegetables as substitute), grains (with optional meat/meat alternate items allowed), and fluid milk. For the purposes of OVS, a school must offer at least four food items from the three required food components (grains, fruits, fluid milk) in at least the daily minimum amounts. Under OVS, the student must select three food items, including at least ½ cup of fruits, to have a reimbursable breakfast.
Food Component—
Lunch - A food component is one of the five food groups that comprise a reimbursable lunch. For OVS, a reimbursable lunch includes the selection of three or more of the components (meat/meat alternate, grains, vegetables, fruits, and fluid milk) and one of the components must be a minimum ½ cup of fruits and/or vegetables. For other components to be credited for OVS, the student must have the minimum required daily serving for each component.

5. Food Item—
Breakfast - A food item is a specific food offered in a reimbursable breakfast from the three food components. For the purposes of OVS, a school must offer at least four food items from the three required food components (fruits, grains, milk). Under OVS, the student must select three food items, including at least ½ cup of fruits or vegetables, to have a reimbursable breakfast. The food items selected may be from any of the required components and must be in the required minimum amounts. Depending on the planned menu, the student may need to select more than one food item to have the minimum quantity needed for a component to be credited.
Lunch - A food item is a specific food offered in a reimbursable lunch from the five food components. For example, a hamburger patty on a bun is one food item with two of the five food components (meat/meat alternate and grains). Separate ½ cup servings of peaches, applesauce, and pears are three food items that, when selected, comprise one component (fruit).

6. Breakfast
For some students it’s the first meal they have had since they left your cafeteria the day before.

8. Grains Requirements - Breakfast The grains component is a required component for a reimbursable breakfast meal. Review the grade groups, the daily minimum grains requirements, and the weekly minimum grains requirements for breakfast.
Grades
Daily Minimum Requirements Offered
Weekly Minimum Requirements Offered
K-5
1 oz equivalent
7-10 ounce equivalents
6-8
8-10 ounce equivalents
9-12
9-10 ounce equivalents
Schools are only required to meet the daily and weekly minimum requirements for this food component. This policy is found at 7 CFR (d)(1) for eligibility to receive additional reimbursement and at 7 CFR (g)(2)(vi) for the purposes of administrative reviews. State agencies would consider SFAs compliant with the weekly ranges for this component if the FNS-developed or FNS approved Certification tool and required supporting documentation indicate the menu is compliant with the daily and weekly minimums as well as the weekly dietary specifications. Check with the State Agency to verify what we do.

9. Reimbursable Breakfast
Fruit Component Requirements for a Reimbursable Breakfast Grade groups, the daily minimum fruit requirements, and the weekly minimum fruit requirements for breakfast.
Reimbursable Breakfast
Fruit Component
Grades
Daily Minimum
Requirements Offered
Weekly Minimum Requirements Offered
K-5
1 cup
5 cups
6-8
9-12
½ of the fruit offered weekly can be in the form of juice

10. Meat/Meat Alternate at Breakfast
A school may offer meat/meat alternate options in place of grains after the minimum daily grains requirement (1 oz eq for all grade groups) is offered. The student does not have to select the grains item in order for the meat/meat alternate to credit as a food item on the student’s tray.
Fluid Milk - The fluid milk requirement is the same for both lunch and breakfast. The weekly minimum amount of 5 cups of milk may be met by offering the daily minimum of one cup. Fat-free or 1% white or chocolate may be offered as part of the reimbursable meal for children in grades K to 12.

11. Breakfast Components
Grain – meat/meat alternate
Fruit
Milk

13. Offered on the Serving Line
Breakfast Menu
Offered on the Serving Line
&
Breakfast Pizza 1 g and 1 M/ma Muffin 1 grain String Cheese 1oz meat/ma Juice 4 oz
Apple Slices 4 oz % white milk ½ pint % chocolate Milk ½ pint

14. Reimbursable? Yes or No? Why or why not?
This tray was chosen by a High School Student
Apple Slices 4 oz
1% chocolate Milk ½ pint
Breakfast Pizza 1 g and 1 M/ma

15. This tray was chosen by an elementary student
Reimbursable?
Yes or No?
Why or why not?
This tray was chosen by an elementary student
Juice 4 oz
1% chocolate Milk ½ pint
Apples 4oz

16. This tray was chosen by a High School Student
Reimbursable?
Yes or No?
Why or why not?
This tray was chosen by a High School Student
Muffin 1 grain
Apple Slices 4 oz
Juice 4 oz

17. This tray was chosen by an elementary student
Reimbursable?
Yes or No?
Why or why not?
This tray was chosen by an elementary student
Muffin 1 grain
1% chocolate Milk ½ pint
String Cheese 1oz meat/ma

18. For some students it will be their last meal for the day.
Lunch
For some students it will be their last meal for the day.

20. Offer vs. Serve:
Optional grades K - 8
Required grades 9 – 12
Schools must offer the five meal components: fruit, vegetable, grains, M/MA, and fluid milk
Students may decline two of the five meal components
Students must choose at least ½ cup of fruit and/or vegetable as part of the meal
If a students selects a fruit and vegetable as two of their three components, one of them must be the full required amount (based on the age/grade group)
For grades 9-12, for example, the full required amount would be 1 cup

21. Lunch Fruit Component
Allowable Forms:
Fresh
Frozen fruit with sugar now allowed permanently
Canned in light syrup, water, or fruit juice
Dried
100 percent fruit and/or vegetable juice:
No more than ½ of the volume of total fruit that students are allowed to select each week may be in the form of juice.
Note: 100% fruit strips, fruit drops, and other snack fruits are not creditable

22. Amount of Food Per Week (Minimum Per Day)
Lunch Fruit Component
Lunch Meal Pattern
Grades
K-5
6-8
9-12
K-8
Meal Pattern
Amount of Food Per Week (Minimum Per Day)
Fruits
(cups)
2 ½ ( ½ )
2 ½ ( ½ )
5 (1)
2 ½ (½)
½ of the fruit offered weekly can be in the form of juice

23. Lunch: Vegetable Requirements
Fresh, frozen, and canned products available
Vegetables credit at volume served
Exception: Uncooked leafy greens will credit as half of volume as served.
Foods from the beans/peas (legumes) subgroup may be credited as a vegetable OR a meat alternate (but not as both in the same meal)
Use FBG Separation of Vegetables/Fruits January 2013 Updated version:
Minimum creditable amount = 1/8 cup

24. Amount of Food Per Week (Minimum Per Day)
Lunch Meal Pattern
Grades
K-5
6-8
9-12
K-8
Meal Pattern
Amount of Food Per Week (Minimum Per Day)
Vegetables (cups)
3 ¾ (¾)
5 (1)
Dark Green
Red/Orange
1 ¼
Beans/Peas (Legumes)
Starchy
Other
Additional Vegetable to Reach Total 1
1 ½
Lunch: Vegetable Component
Daily minimum vegetable requirement
Weekly vegetable subgroup requirements for:
Dark Green (e.g., broccoli, collard greens, spinach)
Red/Orange (e.g., carrots, sweet potatoes)
Beans/Peas (Legumes) (e.g., kidney beans, lentils)
Starchy (e.g., corn, green peas, white potatoes)
Other (e.g., onions, green beans, cucumbers)
Additional vegetables to meet weekly requirement

25. Lunch: Grains Component
At least half of the grains offered weekly must meet the whole grain-rich criteria specified in FNS guidance, and the remaining grain items offered must be enriched.
Lunch Meal Pattern
Grades
K-5
6-8
9-12
K-8
Meal Pattern
Minimum Per Week (Minimum Per Day)
Grains (oz eq)
8 (1)
10 (2)
Desserts. Schools may count up to two grain-based desserts per week towards meeting the grains requirement as specified in FNS guidance.

26. Meats/Meat Alternates
Lunch:
Meats/Meat Alternates
Tofu and soy yogurt are creditable as meat alternate
See memo SP , Crediting Tofu and Soy Yogurt Products located on PEARS  Download Forms  Nutrition Standards in School Meals section  PDE 707
Soy and regular yogurt
½ cup (4 fluid oz) is creditable as 1 oz eq meat alternate
Lunch Meal Pattern
Grades
K-5
6-8
9-12
K-8
Meal Pattern
Minimum Per Week
(Minimum Per Day)
Meats/Meat Alternates (oz eq)
8 (1)
9 (1)
10 (2)

27. 1 cup (8 fluid ounces) for all grades
Lunch: Fluid Milk Component
1 cup (8 fluid ounces) for all grades
Must offer daily variety (at least two)
of the following:
Fat-free or 1% unflavored or flavored
2 Varieties = 1 unflavored and 1 flavored
No fat/flavor restriction on milk substitutes

28. Lunch Components
Meat/meat alternate
Vegetable
Fruit
Grain
Fluid milk

29. Reimbursable Lunch - Yes or No
Lunch Menu for High School grade 9-12
Line 1
Chicken nuggets with WG roll
Mashed potatoes 4oz
Fresh Broccoli 4oz
Cantaloupe 4oz
Watermelon 4oz
Milk White and Chocolate 1c
Line 2
Pizza
Fresh Broccoli 4oz
Mashed Potatoes 4oz
Cantaloupe 4oz
Water Melon 4oz
Milk White and chocolate 1c
Cashier or person at the end of the line

31. Reimbursable Yes – No
HS student chooses
Mashed potato
Roll
Milk

32. HS student chooses Pizza Milk Reimbursable Yes – No
How do you handle when student doesn’t choose enough components

33. HS student chooses Mashed Potato Broccoli Roll Milk
Reimbursable Yes – No
HS student chooses
Mashed Potato
Broccoli
Roll
Milk

34. Reimbursable Yes – No
HS student chooses
Chicken Nuggets
Roll
Milk

35. Reimbursable Yes – No
HS student chooses
Mashed Potatoes
Broccoli
Cantaloupe
Roll
Milk

36. Reimbursable Yes – No HS student chooses Pizza Broccoli Mashed potato
Cantaloupe x2
Milk x2
Talk about making it clear what the rules are about taking more than one

37. Reimbursable Yes – No
HS student chooses
Chicken nuggets
Broccoli
Watermelon

38. Elementary Lunch

39. Elementary Lunch Menu K-5
Full serve or Traditional Serve
Chicken Nuggets 2oz equivalent
Mashed Potatoes 6oz
Gravy 1oz
Roll (2 oz equivalent)1ea
Peaches 4oz
Milk 1c

40. Roll Milk Mashed Potatoes Chicken Nuggets Peaches
If you serve traditional you must serve all components in the correct serving size for the age group

42. Offer vs Serve at Elementary School
Offer vs Serve – The student is able to refuse 2 out of the 5 components offered.
Salad Bar?

43. Comments Questions