1. School Breakfast and Lunch Meal Pattern Updates for School Year 2014-2015 Nutrition Standards in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs as Required by the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act

2. HHFKA 2010: Meal Pattern Changes Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act 2012/2013 – 2013/2014 Examples of changes  Increased whole grain offerings  Increased fruit and vegetable offerings  Increased variety of vegetables  Nutrient standards/dietary specifications  Availability of free, potable water  Age/grade group-specific menu planning

3. Overview of the Newest Requirements Breakfast  All grains offered must be whole grain-rich  Daily fruit component serving size = 1 cup for all age/grade groups  If practicing offer vs. serve, students must select at a minimum ½ cup fruit  Sodium Target 1 Lunch  All grains offered must be whole grain-rich  Sodium Target 1

4. Whole grain-rich  All grain offerings must be whole grain-rich  Breakfast  Lunch  USDA’s whole grain-rich resource  http://www.fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/WholeGrai nResource.pdf http://www.fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/WholeGrai nResource.pdf Foods that qualify as whole grain-rich for the school meal programs are foods that contain 100% whole grain or contain a blend of whole-grain meal and/or flour and enriched meal and/or flour of which at least 50% is whole grain. Whole grain-rich products must contain at least 50% whole-grains and the remaining grain, if any, must be enriched.

5. School Breakfast Program Meal Pattern  Daily fruit requirement increases to 1 cup  Can offer multiple fruits in smaller portions to meet the 1 cup requirement  Minimum grain requirement is 1 oz. eq.  Must meet minimum weekly requirement

6. SBP – Fruit Component Allowable  Fresh, frozen, canned, dried  Dried fruit credits as twice the volume served  100% fruit juice  Includes pureed fruit  Up to one half of weekly fruit offerings may be 100% juice  Vegetables are not required at breakfast, but can be substituted for the fruit component Not allowable  Diluted fruit juice  100% fruit strips, fruit drops or other snack-type fruit or vegetable products

7. Breakfast definitions  Food component  One of three food groups that comprise a reimbursable breakfast (grain, fruit, milk)  Must offer all three food components at breakfast  Food items  A specific food offered within the three food components  OVS: a school must offer at least 4 food items and students must select at least 3 food items  Under OVS, students must select at least ½ cup of fruits (or substituted vegetable) to have a reimbursable meal.

8. Components vs. Items Cold Cereal Variety (1 oz eq) Toast (1 oz. eq.) Grains Blueberries (1/2 cup) 100% Fruit Juice (1/2 cup) Fruit Variety (Fat Free Choc & 1% white) Milk Components Items Reimbursable meals under OVS must have 3 items; one item must be at least ½ cup fruit Must offer at least 1 c fruit at breakfast.

9. School Breakfast Dietary Specifications  Sodium Target 1  K – 5 = ≤ 540 mg  6 – 8 = ≤ 600 mg  9 – 12 = ≤ 640 mg  Calories (average calories per week)  K – 5 menus: 350 – 500  6 – 8 menus: 400 - 550  9 – 12 menus: 450 - 600  ≤10% calories from Saturated fat  0 grams of trans fat per serving The NFSMI has tips for reducing sodium in menus; see http://www.nfsmi.org/documentlibraryfiles/PDF/20120102035310.pdf http://www.nfsmi.org/documentlibraryfiles/PDF/20120102035310.pdf

10. School Lunch Dietary Specifications  Sodium Target 1  K – 5 = ≤1230 mg  6 – 8 = ≤ 1360  9 – 12 = ≤ 1420 mg  Calories (average calories per week)  K – 5 menus: 550 - 650  6 – 8 menus: 600 - 700  9 – 12 menus: 750 - 850  ≤10% calories from Saturated fat  0 grams of trans fat per serving

11. Newest Guidance  SP 43-2014 Questions and Answers on the School Breakfast Program Meal Pattern in School Year 2014-2015 SP 43-2014 Questions and Answers on the School Breakfast Program Meal Pattern in School Year 2014-2015  Reviews each component and required quantities  OVS  Dietary specifications  SP 10-2014 Smoothies Offered in Child Nutrition Programs SP 10-2014 Smoothies Offered in Child Nutrition Programs  Yogurt may credit in smoothies at breakfast as a meat/meat alternate for the breakfast meal pattern  SP 49-2013 Frozen Fruit Products... SP 49-2013 Frozen Fruit Products...  Extends the provision to serve frozen fruit with added sugar  Applies to USDA Foods as well as commercially purchased products  Nutrition Standards for School Meals: http://www.fns.usda.gov/school-meals/nutrition-standards-school- meals http://www.fns.usda.gov/school-meals/nutrition-standards-school- meals