Table 4.

USDA Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) Breakfast and Lunch Requirements per Day.

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.