What’s for Breakfast!!

1. What’s for Breakfast!!

2. Overview Of Breakfast Meal Pattern in SY 2013-14

3. General Requirements • Food based menu planning approach • Implement three age grade groups • K-5 • 6-8 • 9-12 • Must plan breakfast to meet calorie ranges over week • Foods offered must contain ZERO trans fat per portion • Half of weekly grains must be whole grain rich

4. General Requirements (Cont.) • Calorie Ranges • K-5: 350-500 • 6-8: 400-550 • 9-12: 450-600 • Saturated Fat • < 10% For all age grade groups

5. Definitions • Food Component – one of three food groups that comprise reimbursable breakfast. • Grains (with optional M/MA allowed) • Fruit/Vegetable • Milk • Food Item – is a specific food within the three components. For the purpose of OVS, a school must offer at least four food items and students may decline only one food item even if more than four food items are offered.

6. Food Components

7. Milk • Must offer only fat free (unflavored or flavored) or low-fat (unflavored) milk. • All age-grade groups, must offer at least 1 cup of milk daily. • A variety of milk, at least two options, must be offered.

8. Juice/Fruit/Vegetable • SY 2013-14 – NO CHANGE to existing Juice/Fruit/Vegetable component. • Offer ½ cup of fruit and/or vegetables to all age-grade groups. • Vegetables and fruits maybe offered interchangeably – there are no substitution requirements and no vegetable subgroup requirements • No limitations on Juice in SY 2013-14 • No requirement to take fruit under OVS in SY 2013-14

9. Fruit • Frozen fruit with added sugar allowed during SY 2013-2014 • Schools may offer: • Single fruit type • Single vegetable • Combination of fruits • Combination of vegetables • Combination of fruits and vegetables

10. Grains • Minimum of at least 1 ozeq of grains offered to all grade groups daily (max not assessed) • K-5: • 7 ozeq (min weekly) • 6-8: • 8 ozeq (min weekly) • 9-12: • 9 ozeq (min weekly • Half of grains offered must be whole grain-rich in SY 2013-14

11. Fortification • Ready-to-eat cereal must be fortified • 100% whole grain cereals do not need to be fortified • Check cereal label for ingredient statement • Ingredients: Wheat bran, sugar, psyllium seed husk, oat fiber, contains 2% or less of salt, baking soda, caramel color, annatto color, BHT for freshness. • Vitamins and Minerals: Vitamin C (sodium ascorbate, ascorbic acid), niacinamide, vitamin B6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), reduced iron, zinc oxide, folic acid, vitamin B2 (riboflavin), vitamin B1 (thiamin hydrocholoride)…etc

12. Grain-based Desserts • No Grain-based dessert limit at breakfast • Sugar in grain items is allowed • No-grain based dessert restriction at breakfast (lunch only) • Some grain products can only be served as desserts in lunch/not allowable in breakfast (cookies, brownies) - See Exhibit A, SP 30-2012

13. Optional Meat/Meat Alternate • No separate requirement to offer M/MA • May offer M/MA in place of grains component AFTER minimum requirement is offered in menu or planned breakfast. 1 serving 1 ozeq M/MA may credit as 1 ozeq of grains. • May offer M/MA as an extra food and NOT credit it toward any component.

14. Meat/Meat Alternate Options: • Option 1: Offer M/MA in place of grains, provided you have offered at least 1 ozeq of grains daily. • The M/MA would count toward the weekly grains requirement and the dietary specifications. • You receive credit for the M/MA under a required food component (grains)

15. Meat/Meat Alternate Options: • Option 2: Serve M/MA as an EXTRA food and not count toward weekly grains requirement. • Must still offer at least 1 oz of grains daily • The extra M/MA must fit within the weekly specifications (calories, saturated and trans fat, and eventually sodium), and you must continue to offer a sufficient amounts of grains daily to meet the minimum weekly requirement. • M/MA does not count for OVS purposes

16. Whole Grain-Rich Criteria • Applies ONLY to grain-based foods, and NOT Meats/Meat Alternate crediting toward the grain component. • Example: menu planner offers 6 ozeq grains and 3 ozeq meat/meat alternates to meet the weekly requirement of 9 ozeq grains in grades 9-12. Only 50% of 6 ozeq of grains must be whole grain-rich (3 ozeq).

17. Offer vs Serve (OVS) • Always offer all three components in at least the required amounts • Must be offered at least four food items and may decline one food items. • SY 2013-14, students are NOT required to take a minimum ½ cup of fruit or vegetables for OVS.

18. OVS-Grains (Part 1) • Large grain counts as more than one food item for purposes of OVS in breakfast • Example: 2oz muffin = 2 food items • Unchanged from prior OVS • In addition to 2oz grain offered, at least 2 other food items must be offered to have OVS • Note: Student cannot decline 2oz grain item • Examples: • 2oz eq muffin, ½ cup apples, and milk (decline milk or apples) • 2oz eq muffin, ½ cup apples, ½ cup juice, and milk (decline milk or a fruit choice

19. OVS – Grains (part 2) • Grains – meat/meat alternate combination item • When counting M/MA as grains, the combo may counts as two food items • Example: egg sandwich w/ 1oz eq of grains and 1 ozeq of M/MA counting as grains = 2 food items • If NOT counting the M/MA toward the grains component, the combo is one food item • Three additional items must be offered to have OVS • Student may decline the combination • Example: egg sandwich w/ 1oz eq of grains and 1 ozeq of M/MA NOT counting as grains (extra) = 1 food item

20. OVS – Grains (part 3) • Allowing students to take two of the same grain item • If a menu planner offers two different 1oz grain items at breakfast, a student may be allowed to take two of the same grain and count as two items • Example: milk and fruit, plus two grains: • Student could select fruit and two toasts • 2nd toast selected in place of other grain offer (cereal) • Only one item (milk) declined

21. Pre-plating • Remember – OVS is not required at breakfast • Pre-plating and or Grab-n-Go is allowed (variety of milk is required)