20 CAR pt. 1027, Appendix C
The meals served to adult participants in the Child and Adult Care Food Program shall contain the indicated meal pattern quantities and food components in order to qualify for reimbursement. Adult centers may choose to implement the “offer vs. serve” option (as described on following page).
| Breakfast (Select all three components for a reimbursable meal) | |
|---|---|
| Food Components and Food Items1 | Minimum Quantities |
| Fluid Milk2 | 8 fluid ounces |
| Vegetables, fruits, or portions of both3 | ½ cup |
| Grains (oz eq)4,5,6 | |
| Whole grain-rich or enriched bread | 2 slices |
| Whole grain-rich or enriched bread product, such as biscuit, roll, or muffin | 2 servings |
| Whole grain-rich, enriched or fortified cooked breakfast cereal7, cereal grain, or pasta | 1 cup |
| Whole grain-rich, enriched or fortified ready-to-eat breakfast cereal (dry, cold)7,8 | |
| Flakes or rounds | 2 cups |
| Puffed cereal | 2 ½ cups |
| Granola | ½ cup |
1 Must serve all three components for a reimbursable meal. Offer versus serve is an option for adult participants.
2 Must be unflavored low-fat (one percent (1%), unflavored fat-free (skim), or flavored fat-free (skim) milk.
Six (6) ounces (weight) or three-forth (¾) cup (volume) of yogurt may be used to meet the equivalent of eight (8) ounces of fluid milk once per day when yogurt is not served as a meat alternate in the same meal.
3 Pasteurized full-strength juice may only be used to meet the vegetable or fruit requirement at one (1) meal, including snack, per day.
4 At least one (1) serving per day, across all eating occasions, must be whole grain rich. Grain-based desserts do not count towards meeting the grains requirement.
5 Meat and meat alternates may be used to meet the entire grains requirement a maximum of three (3) times
a week. One (1) ounce of meat and meat alternates is equal to one (1) ounce equivalent of grains.
6 Beginning October 1, 2019, ounce equivalents are used to determine the quantity of creditable grains.
7 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).
8 Beginning October 1, 2019, the minimum serving size specified in this section for ready-to-eat breakfast cereals must be served. Until October 1, 2019, the minimum serving size for any type of ready-to-eat breakfast cereals is one and one-half (1 ½) cups for adults.
(Select all five components for a reimbursable meal)
| Food Components and Food Items1 | Minimum Quantities |
|---|---|
| Fluid Milk2,3 | 8 fluid ounces |
| Meat/meat alternates | |
| Lean meat, poultry, or fish | 2 ounces |
| Tofu, soy product, or alternate protein product4 | 2 ounces |
| Cheese | 2 ounces |
| Large egg | 1 |
| Cooked dry beans or peas | ½ cup |
| Peanut butter or soy nut butter or another nut or seed butter | 4 tbsp |
| Yogurt, plain or flavored, sweetened or unsweetened5 | 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) | 1 ounce = 50% |
| Vegetables6 | ½ cup |
| Fruits6,7 | ½ cup |
| Grains (oz eq)8,9 | |
| Whole grain-rich or enriched bread | 2 slices |
| Whole grain-rich or enriched bread product, such as biscuit, roll, or muffin | 2 servings |
| Whole grain-rich, enriched or fortified cooked breakfast cereal10, cereal grain, or pasta | 1 cup |
1 Must serve all five (5) components for a reimbursable meal. Offer versus serve is an option for adult participants.
2 Must be unflavored low-fat (one percent (1%), unflavored fat-free (skim), or flavored fat-free (skim) milk. Six (6) ounces (weight) or three-forth (¾) cup (volume) of yogurt may be used to meet the equivalent of eight (8) ounces of fluid milk once per day when yogurt is not served as a meat alternate in the same meal.
3 A serving of fluid milk is optional for suppers served to adult participants.
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).
| Snack | |
|---|---|
| (Select two of the five components for a reimbursable meal) | |
| Food Components and Food Items1 | Minimum Quantities |
| Fluid Milk2 | 8 fluid ounces |
| Meat/meat alternates | |
| Lean meat, poultry, or fish | 1 ounce |
| Tofu, soy product, or alternate protein product3 | 1 ounce |
| Cheese | 1 ounce |
| Large egg | ½ |
| Cooked dry beans or peas | ¼ cup |
| Peanut butter or soy nut butter or another nut or seed butter | 2 tbsp |
| Yogurt, plain or flavored, sweetened or unsweetened4 | 4 ounces or ½ cup |
| Peanuts, soy nuts, tree nuts, or seeds | 1 ounce |
| Vegetables5 | ½ cup |
| Fruits5 | ½ cup |
| Grains (oz eq)6,7 | |
| Whole grain-rich or enriched bread | 1 slice |
| Whole grain-rich or enriched bread product, such as biscuit, roll or, muffin | 1 serving |
| Whole grain-rich, enriched or fortified cooked breakfast cereal8, cereal grain, or pasta | ½ cup |
| Whole grain-rich, enriched or fortified ready-to-eat breakfast cereal (dry, cold)8,9 | |
| Flakes or rounds | 1 cup |
| Puffed cereal | 1 ¼ cup |
| Granola | ¼ cup |
1 Select two (2) of the five (5) components for a reimbursable snack. Only one of the two (2) components may be a beverage.
2 Must be unflavored low-fat (one (1) percent), unflavored fat-free (skim), or flavored fat-free (skim) milk. Six (6) ounces (weight) or three-forth (¾) cup (volume) of yogurt may be used to meet the equivalent of eight (8) ounces of fluid milk once per day when yogurt is not served as a meat alternate in the same meal.
3 Alternate protein products must meet the requirements in Appendix A to Part 226.
4 Yogurt must contain no more than twenty-three (23) grams of total sugars per six (6) ounces.
5 Pasteurized full-strength juice may only be used to meet the vegetable or fruit requirement at one (1) meal, including snack, per day.
6 At least one (1) serving per day, across all eating occasions, must be whole grain rich. Grain-based desserts
do not count towards meeting the grains requirement.
7 Beginning October 1, 2019, ounce equivalents are used to determine the quantity of creditable grains.
8 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).
9 Beginning October 1, 2019, the minimum serving sizes specified in this section for ready-to-eat breakfast cereals must be served. Until October 1, 2019, the minimum serving size for any type of ready-to-eat breakfast cereals is one and one-half (1 ½) cups for adults.