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Meal Pattern Minute: Cereals and Grain-Based Desserts
Can breakfast cereals ever be considered a grain-based dessert?
Meal Pattern Minute: Soy Yogurt
How does soy yogurt fit into the CACFP meal pattern?
Meal Pattern Minute: Purchasing Milk Directly from a Farm
Can cow’s milk be purchased direcly from a farm and be creditablein the CACFP?
Meal Pattern Minute: Peanut Butter Spreads
Are peanut butter spreads creditable in the CACFP?
Meal Pattern Minute: Dietary Supplements in Smoothies
Can a dietary supplement be added to a smoothie in the CACFP?
Meal Pattern Minute: Offer Versus Serve
What is Offer Versus Serve?
Meal Pattern Minute: Ounce Equivalents
What does the term “ounce equivalents” mean?
Meal Pattern Minute: FDA Exempt Infant Formulas
Are FDA Exempt Infant Formulas creditable in the CACFP?
Meal Pattern Minute Reminder
These regulations will go into effect in the CACFP, starting October 1, 2025.
Meal Pattern Minute: Juice from Farm Stands
Can juice from a farm stand be served in the CACFP?
Meal Pattern Minute: Serving Eggs to Infants
At what age can infants eat eggs?
Meal Pattern Minute: Sweet Toppings
If sweet toppings are served on pancakes or waffles, is it then considered a grain-based dessert?
Meal Pattern Minute: Meal Times
Are there any restrictions on when meals and snacks must be served in the CACFP?
Meal Pattern Minute: Cottage Cheese
Is cottage cheese creditable in the CACFP?
Meal Pattern Minute: Jicama
Is jicama creditable in the CACFP?
Meal Pattern Minute: Bean Flour Pasta
Can pasta that is made from 100% bean flour credit towards the grains component?
Meal Pattern Minute: Crediting Corn
Does corn credit as a vegetable or a grain in the CACFP?
Meal Pattern Minute: Toddler Formula
Is formula made for toddlers creditable in the CACFP?