1. Smart Snacks in Schools
YCJUSD Child Nutrition Services

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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.

5. 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

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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

9. Approval Form

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. Contacts & References We’re here to help! References
Ann Aguilar, MS,RD
Director, Child Nutrition Services
(909) ext.5857
Lilyanna Montenegro, BS
Nutritionist, Child Nutrition Services
(909) ext. 5863
School Smart Snack Calculator Tool
USDA Smart Snacks In Schools