Ill. Admin. Code tit. 89, § 407.APPENDIX E – Meal Patterns and Serving Sizes for Child Care Programs

MEAL PATTERNS AND SERVING SIZES

FOR CHILD CARE PROGRAMS

MEAL	FOOD ITEMS	AGE (1-2 years)	AGE (3-5 years)	AGE (6-12 years)
Breakfast	Fluid Milk	½ cup	¾ cup	1 cup
	Juice/fruit or vegetable¹	¼ cup	½ cup	½ cup
	Grains/Breads	½ serving	½ serving	1 serving
	Bread	½ slice or 0.5 oz.	½ slice or 0.5 oz.	1 slice
	Or cereal cold/dry	¼ cup	⅓ cup or 0.5 oz.	¾ cup or 1 oz.
	Or cereal hot/cooked	¼ cup	¼ cup	½ cup
	Or cooked pasta/noodles	¼ cup	¼ cup	½ cup
Lunch/Dinner	Lean meat, fish or poultry	1 oz.	1½ oz.	2 oz.
	Or cheese	1 oz.	1½ oz.	2 oz.
	Or egg	1	1	1
	Or cooked dry beans and peas	¼ cup	³/₈ cup	½ cup
	Or peanut butter*	2 Tbsp.*	3 Tbsp.	4 Tbsp.
	Or yogurt	½ cup	¾ cup	1 cup
	Fruits and/or Vegetables (2 or more total)	¼ cup total	½ cup total	¾ cup total
	Grains/Bread	½ serving	½ serving	1 serving
	Bread	½ slice or 0.5 oz.	½ slice or 0.5 oz.	1 slice or 1 oz.
	Or cooked pasta/noodles	¼ cup	¼ cup	½ cup
	Fluid milk	½ cup	¾ cup	1 cup
Snacks**	Fluid milk	½ cup	½ cup	1 cup
	Grains/Breads	½ serving	½ serving	1 serving
	Bread	½ slice or 0.5 oz.	½ slice or 0.5 oz.	1 slice
	Or cereal cold/dry	¼ cup	⅓ cup	¾ cup
	Or cereal hot/cooked	¼ cup	¼ cup	½ cup
	Lean meat, poultry or fish	½ oz.	½ oz.	1 oz.
	Or cheese	½ oz.	½ oz.	1 oz.
	Or cooked dry beans	⅛ cup	¹/₈ cup	¼ cup
	Or peanuts, peanut butter, nuts or seeds	1 Tbsp.*	1 Tbsp.	2 Tbsp.
	Juice/fruit or vegetable (full-strength juice)¹	½ cup	½ cup	¾ cup

* Shall not be served to children under 2 years of age. Spread thinly for children ages 2-3 years or mix with other foods.

** Mid-morning or mid-afternoon supplement; select 2 of the 4 components.

¹No more that 4 ounces (½ cup) of 100% juice daily. Fruit juice shall be given only as part of a meal or snack.

(Source: Amended at 38 Ill. Reg. 17293, effective August 1, 2014)