- Meal Pattern Requirements for Adults
- Meal Pattern Requirements for Children
- Meal Pattern Requirements for Infants
- Meat and Meat Alternates
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Meal Pattern Requirements for Adults
Points to Remember
- Keep menu production records
- The required amount of each food must be served
- Use full-strength (100%) juice
- Two servings of grains/breads are required for breakfast
| Breakfast | |
|---|---|
| Fluid Milk | 1 cup |
| Juice or fruit or vegetable | 1/2 cup |
Grains/Breads |
2 slices* (or 2 servings) |
| or cold dry cereal | 1 1/2 cup (or 2 oz.) |
| or cooked cereal | 1 cup |
| Snack (select two of the following four components **) | |
| Fluid Milk | 1 cup |
| Juice or fruit or vegetable | 1/2 cup |
| Meat or meat alternate | 1 ounce |
| or yogurt | 4 oz (or 1/2 cup) |
| Grains/Breads | 1 slice* (or 1 serving) |
| Lunch and Supper | |
| Fluid milk (not required at supper) | 1 cup |
| Meat or poultry or fish | 2 ounces |
| or cheese | 2 ounces |
| or cottage cheese, cheese food, or cheese spread | 4 ounces (1/2 cup) |
| or egg | 1 |
| or cooked dry beans or peas | 1/2 cup |
| or peanut butter, soynut butter or nut or seed butters | 4 Tablespoons |
| or peanuts, soynuts, tree nuts or seeds | 1 oz. = 50% |
| or yogurt | 8 oz. (or 1 cup) |
| or an equivalent quantity of any combination of the above meat/meat alternative | |
| Vegetables and/or Fruits (2 or More) | 1 cup (total) |
| Grains/Breads | 2 slices* (or 2 servings) |
* Or an equivalent serving of an acceptable grains/breads such as
cornbread, biscuits, rolls, muffins, etc., made of whole grain or enriched meal or flour,
or a serving of cooked enriched or whole grain rice or macaroni or other pasta
products. ** For snack, juice or yogurt may not be served when milk is served as the only other component. |
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