Transcript CACFP Guidelines - The Clifton School

CACFP Guidelines
Meal requirments for
1-4 year olds
Required Meal
Components for Breakfast
• Fluid Milk
• Grain or Bread
• Fruit / Vegetable
Required Meal Components for Lunch or
Supper
(Lunch must contain all of the below
components.
• Fluid Milk
• Meat or Meat Alternate
• Grain or Bread
• Fruit / Vegetable
(2 servings)
Required Components for Snack
( must use two of the four components)
Fluid Milk
Meat or Meat Alternate
Grain or Bread
Fruit / Vegetable
**Cannot count milk and juice as two separate
components!!
** Cannot use two components from the same group!!
Milk
• We provide Whole Milk to our 1-2 year olds.
• We provide 1 % Milk to our 2-4 year olds.
Infant Meal Patterns
Required Meal Pattern for
Infants who are 0- 3 months
Components
Quantity
Breakfast
Infant formula (iron-fortified)
or Breast milk*
4-6 fluid ounces
Supplement
(Snack)
Infant formula (iron-fortified)
or Breast milk*
4-6 fluid ounces
Lunch or Supper
Infant formula (iron-fortified)
or Breast milk*
4-6 fluid ounces
*Reimbursable if bottles of breast milk are provided to the center by
the parent/guardian.
Required Meal Pattern for
Infants who are 4- 7 months
Breakfast
Supplement
(Snack)
Lunch or Supper
Infant formula (iron-fortified)**
or Breast milk*
4-6 fluid ounces
Infant cereal
dry) (optional)
0-3 tablespoons
(iron-fortified,
Infant formula (iron-fortified)
or Breast milk*
4-6 fluid ounces
Infant formula (iron-fortified)**
or Breast milk*
4-6 fluid ounces
Infant cereal
dry) (optional)
0-3 tablespoons
Fruit
and/or
(optional)
(iron-fortified,
vegetable
0-3 tablespoons
*Reimbursable if bottles of breast milk are provided to the center by the
parent.
**Reimbursable if parent provides formula when optional component(s) is
served.
Required Meal Pattern for
Infants who are 8- 11 months
Breakfast
Supplement (Snack)
Lunch
or Supper
Components
Quantity
Infant formula (iron-fortified) or
Breast milk°°
6-8 fluid ounces
Infant cereal (iron-fortified, dry)
2-4 tablespoons
Fruit and/or vegetable
1-4 tablespoons
Infant formula (iron-fortified)°
Or Breast milk°°
Or Full-strength fruit juice
2-4 fluid ounces
Bread or
Crackers (optional)
0-½ slice
0-2 crackers
Infant formula (iron-fortified)
Or Breast milk°°
6-8 fluid ounces
Infant cereal (iron-fortified, dry)
and/or Meat, fish, poultry, egg yolk
Or Cooked dry beans or peas
Or Cheese
Or Cottage cheese, cheese food, cheese
spread
2-4 tablespoons; 1-4 tablespoons
Fruit and/or vegetable
1-4 tablespoons
1-4 tablespoons
½-2 ounces
1-4 ounces
*Reimbursable if bottles of breast milk are provided to the center by the
parent.
**Reimbursable if parent provides formula when optional component(s) is
served.