Meat/Meat Alternate
- Webcast: The Meat/Meat Alternate Component
- Webcast: La Carne (en Español)
- Sample Product Formulation Statement (Product Analysis) for Meat/Meat Alternate (M/MA) Products
- Crediting Tofu and Soy Yogurt Products, 2/22/12, SP 53-2016, USDA
- Shelf-stable, Dried Snacks Made from Meat, Poultry, or Seafood, 6/15/11, USDA
- Information and Guidance on the Domestic Beef Market, 9/22/14, SP 66-2014, USDA
- Questions and Answers on Alternate Protein Products
Grain
- Webcast: The Grain Component
- Webcast: El Grano (en Español)
- Exhibit A: Whole Grain-Rich Ounce Equivalency Requirements for School Meal Programs
- USDA Whole Grain Resource for the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs
- Whole Grain-Rich Best Practices Webinar, Recorded 5/19/15
- School Meal Flexibilities for School Year (SY) 2018-19
- Request for Information (RFI) - Whole Grain-Rich Pasta
- Clarification of the Policy on Food Consumption Outside of Foodservice Area, and the Whole Grain-Rich Requirement, SP-41-2014, 4/21/14, USDA
- Grain Requirements for the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program, 4/26/12, SP 30-2012, USDA
- Worksheets for Crediting Grain Products
- Nutrition Nugget - Whole Grains
- DPI - List of Common Whole Grains - HealthierUS School Challenge Application Kit
- DPI Educational Handouts
- Check the Label - Whole Grains in Bread Products
- Whole Grains Fact Sheet - Includes an exercise on determining if a product is considered whole grain.
- Whole Grains Council - How to identify whole grains, examples and sources for recipes.
- Whole Grains in Child Nutrition Programs - The Institute of Child Nutrition
- Whole Grain-Rich Pasta Cook Times - Texas Department of Agriculture
Vegetable
- Webcast: The Vegetable Component
- Webcast: La Verdura (en Español)
- Vegetable Subgroups Handout - Connecticut State Department of Education
- Half-Cup Crediting of Fruits and Vegetables Handout
- Questions & Answers on the Final Rule, "Nutrition Standards in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs", 8/3/15, SP 10-2012 (v.9), USDA
- See #2 under Meal Patterns for guidance on offering vegetable subgroups within a shorter or longer school week.
Multiple Components
- Child Nutrition Programs: Flexibilities for Milk, Whole Grains, and Sodium Requirements , 12/12/18, Federal Register V. 83, No. 238, USDA
- Smoothies Offered in Child Nutrition Programs, 1/14/15, SP 10-2014 (v. 2), USDA
- Smoothies Offered in Child Nutrition Programs, 7/22/15, SP 10-2014 (v.3), USDA
- Smoothie Crediting Flow Chart - DPI