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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: 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?
Meal Pattern Minute: Enriched Grains as First Ingredient
If a grain product list enriched grains as the first ingredient, is the product creditable in the CACFP?
Meal Pattern Minute: Serving Milk to Mixed Ages
Can a mixed age group of 1- and 2-year-olds all be served unflavored 1% milk in the CACFP?
Meal Pattern Minute: Vegetable Spirals
Are vegetable spirals creditable in the CACFP?
Meal Pattern Minute: Freezing Yogurt
Can a provider serve yogurt that they have frozen?
Meal Pattern Minute: Pureed Vegetables
Can a pureed vegetable that is mixed into a dish credit towards the meal pattern?
Meal Pattern Minute: Dehydrated Vegetables
Are dehydrated vegetables creditable in the CACFP?
Meal Pattern Minute: Açai
Are açai creditable in the CACFP?
Meal Pattern Minute: Fruit Leather
Are 100% fruit strip leather snacks creditable in the CACFP?