Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs
The
Food Buying Guide is being
updated in phases to include
resources for the new Nutrition
Standards for School Meals. The
following changes have been
issued or are in progress:
- Separation of Vegetables and
Fruits Section
- Meat/Meat Alternates Section
(under construction)
- Milk Section (under
construction)
- Grains Section (under
construction)
- Appendix A Recipe Analysis
(under construction)
For up-to-date information,
please refer to the Nutrition
Standards for School Meals site. The Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs
has all of the current
information in one manual. You
can print the entire manual,
individual sections, or just
updated pages to insert into
your 2001 print copy. We have
also updated the
Vegetables/Fruits Section for
use with the School Meal
Programs. The full manual
includes an introduction,
appendixes, and information on Meat/Meat Alternates,
Vegetables/Fruits, Grains/Breads,
Milk, and Other Foods.
Printed: November 2001
Revised: January 2008
Revised Vegetables/Fruits Section for School Meal Programs: July 2012
Available: A CD copy of the Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs
is included as a bonus CD in the revised USDA Recipes for Child Care
publication which may be ordered from Team Nutrition.
Also Available: Online Food Buying
Guide Calculator for Child Nutrition Programs
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Last modified:
02/04/2013
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