Meal Pattern Minute Archives - National CACFP Association

Meal Pattern Minute: Added Sugars in Flavored Milk

Is there an added sugar limit when serving flavored milk to ages 6 and older?

Meal Pattern Minute: Corn Pone

Is corn pone creditable in the CACFP?

Meal Pattern Minute: Flavoring Milk

Can you add syrups to unflavored cow’s milk and have it be creditable?

Meal Pattern Minute: Acorns

Are acorns creditable as a meat alternate?

Meal Pattern Minute: Lemonade and Limeade

Can lemonade or limeade credit as the fruits component?

Meal Pattern Minute: Olives

Are olives creditable as a vegetable?

Meal Pattern Minute: Apple Butter

Is apple butter creditable as a fruit component in the CACFP?

Meal Pattern Minute: Reduced-Fat Milk

Is reduced-fat (2%) milk creditable for children ages 1 and up?

Meal Pattern Minute: Whole Milk

Can you serve unflavored whole milk to CACFP participants ages one and up?

Meal Pattern Minute: Homemade Pasta

Is homemade pasta creditable towards the grains component?