Updated School Meal Standards: working towards a common goal of healthy children and helping them reach their full potential.
School meals will continue to include fruits and vegetables, emphasize whole grains, and give kids the right balance of nutrients for healthy, tasty meals. For the first time, schools will focus on products with less added sugar, especially in school breakfast.
School nutrition professionals continue to make school meals the healthiest meals children eat in a day! To take school meals to the next level, USDA is updating the school nutrition standards after considering recommendations from the most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans and listening to a diverse range of voices with experience in child nutrition and health.
Este video viene de la lección 1 del kit de Herramientas para el instructor del CACFP. El video describe cómo las comidas y las meriendas/“snacks” del CACFP apoyan el crecimiento y el desarrollo infantil.
This memorandum provides updated guidance on crediting tofu and soy yogurt products in the Child and Adult Care Food Program and extends previous guidance on crediting tofu and soy yogurt products to the Summer Food Service Program, as well as to the infant meal pattern in the Child and Adult Care Food Program.
This is the official list of the only tools authorized to certify schools as eligible for the additional performance-based reimbursement.
El Manual de acreditación para el Programa de Alimentos para el Cuidado de Niños y Adultos (CACFP, por sus siglas en inglés) refleja los requisitos actualizados del patrón de comidas del CACFP.
These worksheets can be used to empower CACFP providers and operators with the knowledge, skills and expertise to implement CACFP meal pattern requirements.
La serie de consejos para la acreditación les ofrece a los operadores del programa referencias con información útil sobre cómo acreditar los cinco componentes alimenticios en los Programas de Nutrición Infantil.
Los consejos para las carnes/sustitutos de carne les ofrecen a los operadores del programa una referencia con información útil y fácil de usar sobre cómo acreditar las carnes/sustitutos de carne e incorporarlas según los requisitos del patrón de comidas.