Looking for quick tips on some of the CACFP's hottest topics? Our nutrition education specialist, Isabel Ramos-Lebron, MS, RDN, LD, is here to help! Be sure to follow us on Instagram or on Facebook for more tips, recipes and resources! You can also find our Meal Pattern Minute Playlist on YouTube.
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?
Meal Pattern Minute: Enriched Grains
What are enriched grains?
Meal Pattern Minute: Whole Grains
What are whole grains?
Meal Pattern Minute: Milk at Supper for Adults
Is milk required at supper for adults?
Meal Pattern Minute: Whole Grain-Rich for Infants
Do CACFP operators need to provide one whole grain-rich grain per day when serving infants?
Meal Pattern Minute: Edamame
Are edamame creditable in the CACFP?
Meal Pattern Minute: Tomato Sauce
Does tomato sauce credit by volume served in the CACFP?
Meal Pattern Minute: Tomato Paste and Tomato Puree
Does tomato paste and tomato puree credit based on the volume served?
Meal Pattern Minute: Milk Transition Period
Is there a milk transition period for infants and preschool age children?