Lunch or Supper Meal Pattern

Select All Four Components for a Reimbursable Meal

1 milk

1 cup

fluid milk

2 fruits/vegetables

3/4 cup

juice,¹ fruit and/or vegetable

1 grains/bread²

1 slice

bread or

1 serving

cornbread or biscuit or roll or muffin or

1/2 cup

hot cooked cereal or

1/2 cup

pasta or noodles or grains

1 meat/meat alternate

2 oz.

lean meat or poultry or fish³ or

2 oz.

alternate protein product or

2 oz.

cheese or

1 large

egg or

1/2 cup

cooked dry beans or peas or

4 Tbsp.

peanut or other nut or seed butter or

1 oz.

nuts and/or seeds⁴ or

8 oz.

yogurt⁵

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¹ Fruit or vegetable juice must be full-strength.
² Breads and grains must be made from whole-grain or enriched meal or flour. Cereal must be whole-grain or enriched or fortified.
³ A serving consists of the edible portion of cooked lean meat or poultry or fish.
⁴ Nuts and seeds may meet only one-half of the total meat/meat alternate serving and must be combined with another meat/meat alternate to fulfill the lunch or supper requirement.
⁵ Yogurt may be plain or flavored, unsweetened or sweetened.

 
Snack (Supplement) Meal Pattern

Select Two of the Four Components for a Reimbursable Snack

1 milk

1 cup

fluid milk

1 fruit/vegetable

3/4 cup

juice,¹ fruit and/or vegetable

1 grains/bread²

1 slice

bread or

1 serving

cornbread or biscuit or roll or muffin or

3/4 cup

cold dry cereal or

1/2 cup

hot cooked cereal or

1/2 cup

pasta or noodles or grains

1 meat/meat alternate

1 oz.

lean meat or poultry or fish³ or

1 oz.

alternate protein product or

1 oz.

cheese or

1/2 large

egg or

1/4 cup

cooked dry beans or peas or

2 Tbsp.

peanut or other nut or seed butter or

1 oz.

nuts and/or seeds or

4 oz.

yogurt⁴

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¹ Fruit or vegetable juice must be full-strength. Juice cannot be served when milk is the only other snack component.
² Breads and grains must be made from whole-grain or enriched meal or flour. Cereal must be whole-grain or enriched or fortified.
³ A serving consists of the edible portion of cooked lean meat or poultry or fish.
⁴ Yogurt may be plain or flavored, unsweetened or sweetened.