Lunch and Supper (Select all five components for a reimbursable meal)
Food Components and Food Items1	Ages 1-2	Ages 3-5	Ages 6-12	Ages 13-182 (at-risk afterschool programs and emergency shelters)
Fluid Milk3	4 fluid ounces	6 fluid ounces	8 fluid ounces	8 fluid ounces
Meat/meat alternates
Lean meat, poultry, or fish	1 ounce	1 ½ ounce	2 ounces	2 ounces
Tofu, soy product, or alternate protein products4	1 ounce	1 ½ ounce	2 ounces	2 ounces
Cheese	1 ounce	1 ½ ounce	2 ounces	2 ounces
Large egg	½	¾	1	1
Cooked dry beans or peas	¼ cup	⅜ cup	½ cup	½ cup
Peanut butter or soy nut butter or other nut or seed butters	2 tbsp	3 tbsp	4 tbsp	4 tbsp
Yogurt, plain or flavored unsweetened or sweetened5	4 ounces or ½ cup	6 ounces or ¾ cup	8 ounces or 1 cup	8 ounces or 1 cup
The following may be used to meet no more than 50% of the requirement: Peanuts, soy nuts, tree nuts, or seeds, as listed in program guidance, or an equivalent quantity of any combination of the above meat/meat alternates (1 ounces of nuts/seeds = 1 ounce of cooked lean meat, poultry, or fish)	½ ounce = 50%	¾ ounce = 50%	1 ounce = 50%	1 ounce = 50%
Vegetables6	⅛ cup	⅛ cup	½ cup	½ cup
Fruits6,7	⅛ cup	¼ cup	¼ cup	¼ cup
Grains (oz eq)8,9
Whole grain-rich or enriched bread	½ slice	½ slice	1 slice	1 slice
Whole grain-rich or enriched bread product, such as biscuit, roll, or muffin	½ serving	½ serving	1 serving	1 serving

Whole grain-rich, enriched or fortified cooked breakfast cereal10, cereal grain, or pasta	¼ cup	¼ cup	½ cup	½ cup

¹ Must serve all five (5) components for a reimbursable meal. Offer versus serve is an option for at-risk afterschool participants.

² Larger portion sizes than specified may need to be served to children thirteen (13) through eighteen (18) years old to meet their nutritional needs.

³ Must be unflavored whole milk for children age one (1). Must be unflavored low-fat (one (1) percent) or unflavored fat-free (skim) milk for children two (2) through five (5) years old. Must be unflavored low-fat one percent (1%), unflavored fat-free (skim), or flavored fat-free (skim) milk for children six (6) years old and older.

⁴ Alternate protein products must meet the requirements in Appendix A to Part 226.

⁵ Yogurt must contain no more than twenty-three (23) grams of total sugars per six (6) ounces.

⁶ Pasteurized full-strength juice may only be used to meet the vegetable or fruit requirement at one (1) meal, including snack, per day.

⁷ A vegetable may be used to meet the entire fruit requirement. When two (2) vegetables are served at lunch or supper, two (2) different kinds of vegetables must be served.

⁸ At least one (1) serving per day, across all eating occasions, must be whole grain rich. Grain-based desserts do not count towards the grain’s requirement.

⁹ Beginning October 1, 2019, ounce equivalents are used to determine the quantity of the creditable grain.

¹⁰ Breakfast cereals must contain no more than six (6) grams of sugar per dry ounce (no more than twenty-one and two-tenths (21.2) grams sucrose and other sugars per one hundred (100) grams of dry cereal).

CHILD CARE MEAL PATTERN

Snack (Select two of the five components for a reimbursable snack)
Food Components and Food Items1	Ages 1-2	Ages 3-5	Ages 6-12	Ages 13-182 (at-risk afterschool programs and emergency shelters)
Fluid Milk3	4 fluid ounces	4 fluid ounces	8 fluid ounces	8 fluid ounces
Meat/meat alternates
Lean meat, poultry, or fish	½ ounce	½ ounce	1 ounce	1 ounce
Tofu, soy product, or alternate protein products4	½ ounce	½ ounce	1 ounce	1 ounce
Cheese	½ ounce	½ ounce	1 ounce	1 ounce
Large egg	½	½	½	½
Cooked dry beans or peas	⅛ cup	⅛ cup	¼ cup	¼ cup
Peanut butter or soy nut butter or other nut or seed butters	1 tbsp	1 tbsp	2 tbsp	2 tbsp
Yogurt, plain or flavored unsweetened or sweetened5	2 ounces or ¼ cup	2 ounces or ¼ cup	4 ounces or ½ cup	4 ounces or ½ cup
Peanuts, soy nuts, tree nuts, or seeds	½ ounce	½ ounce	1 ounce	1 ounce
Vegetables6	½ cup	½ cup	¾ cup	¾ cup
Fruits6	½ cup	½ cup	¾ cup	¾ cup
Grains (oz eq)7,8
Whole grain-rich or enriched bread	½ slice	½ slice	1 slice	1 slice
Whole grain-rich or enriched bread product, such as biscuit, roll, or muffin	½ serving	½ serving	1 serving	1 serving
Whole grain-rich, enriched or fortified cooked breakfast cereal9, cereal grain, or pasta	¼ cup	¼ cup	½ cup	½ cup
Whole grain-rich, enriched or fortified ready-to-eat breakfast cereal (dry, cold)9,10
Flakes or rounds	½ cup	½ cup	1 cup	1 cup
Puffed cereal	¾ cup	¾ cup	1 ¼ cup	1 ¼ cup
Granola	⅛ cup	⅛ cup	¼ cup	¼ cup