| Child Care Meal Pattern | |||
| Lunch or Supper for
Children Select All Four Components for a Reimbursable Meal |
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| Food Components | Ages 1-2 | Ages 3-5 | Ages 6-121 |
| 1 milk fluid milk |
1/2 cup | 3/4 cup | 1 cup |
| 2 fruits/vegetables juice,2 fruit and/or vegetable |
1/4 cup | 1/2 cup | 3/4 cup |
| 1
grains/bread3 bread or cornbread or biscuit or roll or muffin or cold dry cereal or hot cooked cereal or pasta or noodles or grains |
1/2 slice 1/2 serving 1/4 cup 1/4 cup 1/4 cup |
1/2 slice 1/2 serving 1/3 cup 1/4 cup 1/4 cup |
1 slice 1 serving 3/4 cup 1/2 cup 1/2 cup |
| 1
meat/meat alternate meat or poultry or fish4 or alternate protein product or cheese or egg or cooked dry beans or peas or peanut or other nut or seed butters or nuts and/or seeds5 or yogurt6 |
1 oz. 1 oz. 1 oz. 1/2 1/4 cup 2 Tbsp. 1/2 oz. 4 oz. |
1˝oz. 1˝ oz. 1˝ oz. 3/4 3/8 cup 3 Tbsp. 3/4 oz. 6 oz. |
2 oz. 2 oz. 2 oz. 1 1/2 cup 4 Tbsp. 1 oz. 8 oz. |
| 1 Children age 12 and older may be served larger portions based on
their greater food needs. They may not be served less than the minimum quantities listed in this column. 2 Fruit or vegetable juice must be full-strength. 3 Breads and grains must be made from whole-grain or enriched meal or flour. Cereal must be whole-grain or enriched or fortified. 4 A serving consists of the edible portion of cooked lean meat or 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 Yogurt may be plain or flavored, unsweetened or sweetened. |
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