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.
USDA Foods from Farm to Plate e-letters feature resources, news, and best practices, rotating our monthly focus between a trio of program-specific e-letters.
This poster is used educate middle and high school students in selecting a reimbursable breakfast under Offer versus Serve.
This poster is used to educate elementary students in selecting a reimbursable breakfast under Offer versus Serve.
This page includes links to all the household USDA Foods Product Information Sheets for the fruits food group.
This page contains links to the household Programs USDA Foods Product Information Sheets in the grains food group.
This collection of information is necessary for the application of the Healthy Meals Incentives Recognition Awards by school food authorities.
Update your breakfast menus with these easy-to-prepare USDA standardized breakfast recipes.