Table 4.
Number of Servings per Food Group | Serving Size | Qualifying Foods |
---|---|---|
Breakfast 1 | ||
1 Milk | 1 cup | Fluid milk |
1 Fruit/Vegetable | ½ cup | Juice 2, fruit or vegetable |
1 Grain 3 | 1 slice | Bread |
1 serving | Cornbread, biscuit, roll, or muffin | |
¾ cup | Cold, dry cereal | |
½ cup | Hot, cooked cereal | |
½ cup | Pasta, noodles, or other grains | |
Lunch or Supper 1 | ||
1 Milk | 1 cup | Fluid milk |
2 Fruit/Vegetable | ¾ cup | Juice 2, fruit or vegetable |
1 Grain 3 | 1 slice | Bread |
1 serving | Cornbread, biscuit, roll, or muffin | |
½ cup | Hot, cooked cereal | |
½ cup | Pasta, noodles, or other grains | |
1 Meat/Meat Alternate | 2 oz. | Lean meat, poultry, or fish 4 |
2 oz. | Alternate protein product | |
2 oz. | Cheese | |
1 Large | Egg | |
½ cup | Cooked, dry beans or peas | |
4 Tbsp | Peanut or other nut/seed butter | |
1 oz. | Nuts or seeds 5 | |
8 oz. | Yogurt 6 | |
Snacks 1 | ||
1 Milk | ¾ cup | Fluid milk |
2 Fruit/Vegetable | ¾ cup | Juice 7, fruit or vegetable |
1 Grain 3 | 1 slice | Bread |
1 serving | Cornbread, biscuit, roll, or muffin | |
¾ cup | Cold, dry cereal | |
½ cup | Hot, cooked cereal | |
½ cup | Pasta, noodles, or other grains | |
1 Meat/Meat Alternate | 1 oz. | Lean meat, poultry, or fish 4 |
1 oz. | Alternate protein product | |
1 oz. | Cheese | |
½ Large | Egg | |
¼ cup | Cooked, dry beans or peas | |
2 Tbsp | Peanut or other nut/seed butter | |
1 oz. | Nuts or seeds | |
4 oz. | Yogurt 6 | |
Source (replicated from): USDA Food and Nutrition Service [24] |
1 USDA SFSP sites can only be reimbursed for 2 types of meals, i.e., Breakfast and Lunch or Breakfast and 1 Snack; 2 Full strength fruit or vegetable juice; 3 Whole grain or enriched meal/flour; Cereal must be whole grain, enriched, or fortified; 4 Edible portion of cooked lean meat, poultry, or fish; 5 Nuts and seeds may meet only one-half of the total meat/meat alternate serving and must be combined with another meat/meat alternate to fulfill the lunch or supper requirement; 6 Plan or flavored; Unsweetened or sweetened; 7 Full strength fruit or vegetable juice; Cannot be served when milk is the only other snack component.