Smart Snacks in Schools YCJUSD Child Nutrition Services

General Information Smart Snacks in Schools went into effect July 1, 2014 Competitive food: all foods and beverages sold on school campus outside of the reimbursable meal program to students Standards apply from midnight to 30 minutes after the end of the school day

Nutrient Requirements for Elementary School Calorie Limits Snack items: ≤200 Fat Limits Snack total fat: ≤35% of kcal Saturated fat: ≤10% of kcal Trans fat: 0 grams Sodium Limits Snack items: ≤200 mg Sugar Limit ≤35% of weight from total sugars in food Helpful Tool Smart Snack Calculator

Getting to know the FACTS Elementary School Calories Check here to be sure the calories are within the appropriate limits: ≤ 200 calories per food Item. Calories from Fat No more than 35 % of calories should be from fat. So how do we figure this out? The equation goes like this: calories from fat/total = 0.17 ÷ 150 25 To form a percent, we multiply this number by 100 0.17 × 100 This means that 17% of the calories are from fat. Saturated Fat Less than 10 of total calories should come from saturated fat, but the label lists saturated fat in grams. A simple trick for converting grams to calories is to remember that 1 gram of fat contains 9 calories. Grams saturated fat × calories per gram = calories from saturated fat. 0.5 × 9 = 4.5 calories But now we need to know if that is : % or less of the total calories ( Calories from saturated fat÷ total (calories) × 100 = % calories from saturated fat. × 1 (4.5/150) = 3% calories from 00 Sodium The sodium should be mg. Sugars Item should be no more than sugar by weight. Grams of sugar ÷ grams per serving) × 100 = % sugar by weight. (1 ÷40) × 100 = 2.5% sugar by Trans Fat All food items should have no more than grams of trans fat per serving. What about Whole Grains? Check that meals and snacks are whole grain by scanning the ingredient list. The first item should be some type of whole grain , such as whole wheat flour,buckwheat, barley.

Beverages Milk (fat free white & chocolate, 1% white) Non dairy must be nutritionally equivalent to milk >/276 mg calcium, >/8g protein 1% low fat (unflavored) , nonfat (flavored/unflavored) Contains Vitamins A & D </28 g of total sugar and 25% of the calcium daily value Water (no added sweeteners) >/50% Fruit or Vegetable Juice (no added sweeteners) All beverages sold must be </8 oz

Snacks Must meet Nutrient Requirements (listed on previous slide) Be a Fruit Vegetable(non-fried) Dairy product Protein food (nuts, seeds, legumes, eggs, cheese) Whole Grain product (WG must be the first ingredient and comprise at least 51% of total grain weight.) Combination food that contains at least ¼ cup fruit or vegetable and at least 2 of the 5 food groups (fruit, vegetable, dairy, protein, grain) Any food with fruit, vegetable, dairy, protein, or whole grain listed as the first ingredient.

Fundraisers Nutrition Standards apply to all fundraisers. Non-compliant foods may be sold a ½ hour after the end of the school day PTA: unlimited fundraising opportunities per each school year.

Student Organizations Elementary 4 sales per School Year 1 item After the last lunch Cannot prepare items on school campus Cannot be same items sold by Nutrition Services Department that day Item must be pre-approved

Approval Form

Recordkeeping School district is responsible for ensuring that each organization selling competitive foods and/or beverages maintains records that document compliance At minimum Receipts Nutrition labels and/or product specifications

Monitoring & Compliance Compliance is monitored as part of the State agency administrative review If violations have occurred, technical assistance and corrective action plans would be required Schools may incur fines or funding may be withheld for schools out of compliance

Examples of Compliant Snacks & Beverages Pepperidge Farm Goldfish (Whole Grain) Chex Mix Hot & Spicy Cheddar Strawberry Yogurt Pop Chips Original Sour Cream and Onion Blue Bunny Sweet Freedom Fudge Bars Milk (1% & nonfat) 100% Juice Izze & Switch Sparkling Juices Plain Water *Complete list of compliant snack ideas available at childnutrition-ycjusd.com

Contacts & References We’re here to help! References Ann Aguilar, MS,RD Director, Child Nutrition Services ann_aguilar@ycjusd.us (909)797-0174 ext.5857 Lilyanna Montenegro, BS Nutritionist, Child Nutrition Services lilyanna_montenegro@ycjusd.us (909)797-0174 ext. 5863 School Smart Snack Calculator Tool http://www.californiaprojectlean.org/doc.asp?id=180&parentid=95 USDA Smart Snacks In Schools http://www.fns.usda.gov/school-meals/smart-snacks-school