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Meal Pattern Minute: Taking Food Offsite
July 19, 2024 View this post on Instagram A post shared by National CACFP Sponsors Assoc. (@nationalcacfp) Serving Child and Adult Care Food Program meals helps children and adults gain access to nutritious foods on a consistent basis. Some centers or family child care home may provide breakfast, lunch/supper, and/or snack to those in their…
Meal Pattern Minute: Serving Nuts and Seeds
Can peanuts, tree nuts, seeds or soy nuts be served to meet the full meat/meat alternate component for a meal?
Meal Pattern Minute: Writing Medical Statements
Who is able to write a medical statement?
Meal Pattern Minute: Medical Statements
What is a medical statement, and why might one be needed in the CACFP?
Meal Pattern Minute: Frozen Fruit Juice Bars
Can frozen fruit juice bars be credited for reimbursement in the CACFP?
Meal Pattern Minute: Amaranth
What is amaranth and how is it used in the CACFP?
Meal Pattern Minute: Exhibit A Grains Chart
Are all foods listed on the Exhibit A Grains Chart creditable in the CACFP?
Meal Pattern Minute: May Contain Statement on Nut-Free Products
Is a manufacturer required to report if a nut-free product was made in a facility that processes nuts?
Meal Pattern Minute: Identifying Allergens on Food Packaging
Where can you find allergens listed on a food’s packaging?
Meal Pattern Minute: Top 9 Food Allergens
What are the top nine most common food allergens?
Meal Pattern Minute: Meal Counts During Family Style Dining
When serving a meal family style in the CACFP, when are meal counts taken?
Meal Pattern Minute: Reimbursement for Family Style Dining
Can a family style meal be reimbursed if a child does not serve themself all of the food components offered?
Meal Pattern Minute: Preparing Children for Family Style Dining
What can you do outside of meal service to prepare children for family style dining?
Meal Pattern Minute: Family Style Dining
What is family style dining in the CACFP?
Meal Pattern Minute: Shelf-Stable Yogurt
Is shelf-stable yogurt reimbursable in the CACFP?
Meal Pattern Minute: Quiche
What is needed to serve quiche as part of a reimbursable meal?
Meal Pattern Minute: Soy Milk Beverages
Are all soy beverages creditable in the CACFP?
Meal Pattern Minute: Cheese Products
What is a cheese product, and is it creditable?