Offer Versus Serve:
Breakfast
August 28, 2014
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Outline of the Webinar
1
Background on OVS
2
Definitions
3
General rules
4
Rules and regulations for OVS breakfast
5
Recognizing reimbursable OVS breakfast
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Offer versus Serve Background
Established for
Lunch in 1975
Section 9(a)(3)
of the Richard
B. Russell
National School
Lunch Act
Established for
Breakfast in 1985
Regulations in 7
CFR 210.10(e)
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Section 4(e)(2)
of the Child
Nutrition Act of
1966
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Regulations in
7 CFR 220.8(e)
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Definitions
1
Offer versus Service (OVS)
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Food component
3
Food item
4
Grade groups
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Reimbursable breakfast
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Offer versus Serve
May reduce
food waste
Allows
students to
decline
some of
the food
offered
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Permits
students to
choose
foods to
eat
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Food Component
One of five food groups that comprise reimbursable lunches
Meat/Meat
Alternate
Vegetables
Grains (G)
(M/MA)
Milk
Fruits (F)
(V).
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Food Component
One of three food groups that comprise reimbursable
breakfasts
Milk
Grains (G)
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Fruits (F)
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Food Item
The term Food Item is used for breakfast only
• A specific food offered within the three food
components
• For OVS, meets the required minimum serving
size
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Food Item Examples
Grains
2 oz. Muffin
or
½ slice Toast + 1
oz. Mini Muffin
= 1 oz eq Grain
= 1 Food Item
Fruits
Orange ( ½ cup)
or
¼ cup apple
wedges + ¼ cup
grapes
= ½ cup Fruit
= 1 Food Item
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Milk
8 oz fluid Milk
Or
4 fl oz beverage +
4 fl oz in cereal
= 1 cup
=1 Food Item
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Grade Groups
1
K-5: OVS optional for lunch
and breakfast
2
6-8: OVS optional at lunch
and breakfast
3
9-12: OVS optional at
breakfast, required at lunch
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Reimbursable OVS Breakfast
Weekly menu
must meet the
weekly
minimum
quantities for
the grade group
Menu planner
must meet the
daily minimum
requirements
for the three
food
components
-Minimum of 4
food items
-All food items
available to all
students
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Students must
take at least
three of the
food items
offered
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Reimbursable OVS Breakfast
Students must
take ½ cup of F
or V or
combination of
F and V
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Students may
select or decline
any of the other
food components
-Milk not
required
-Grains not
required
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General Rules for OVS
1
Offering choices ≠ OVS
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Unit pricing
3
Signage, menus, and training
4
Meal service system exceptions
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Choices ≠ OVS
If there are
choices of
entrée but the
student must
select one, is it
OVS?
If there are
choices of fruit
but the
student must
take the full
meal pattern
quantity, is it
OVS?
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If the student
has choices but
must take from
every food
component, is
it OVS?.
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Unit Pricing
School meals
must be priced
as a unit for
paid, reduced
price, and free
students
Different
combinations
may have
different prices
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Price remains
the same
despite
number of food
components
taken or
smaller
portions
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Signage, Menus and Training
Students,
servers, and
cashiers must
be able to
identify a
reimbursable
breakfast
Schools must
identify near or
at the beginning
of serving lines,
what food items
constitute unitpriced meals
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Recommended:
Consistency in
food items for
entrée and side
dishes , and
planned serving
sizes for food bar
items
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Signage, Menus and Training
Signage is not
required for
-Field trips
-Breakfast in
the classroom
Schools must
provide
information on
OVS to parents
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Schools should
provide training
for staff
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Meal Service Systems
• Pre-Plated
– Used by schools and RCCIs with logistical limitations
– Encouraged to offer some level of choice and the
opportunity to decline one or more components
• Family Style
– Offered meals must meet daily and weekly
requirements (See Breakfast Meal Pattern Handout)
– Adult supervising should initially offer full serving
– Students must take ½ cup F/V for reimbursable
breakfast
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Meal Service Systems
• Food Bars
– Clearly identify food items
– Clearly identify the minimum serving size for each
food item
– Identify which combinations of food items to
select for a reimbursable meal
– Train cashiers on what a reimbursable meal is
each day
– Locate before POS or use dedicated monitor
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Meal Service Systems
• Pre-Packaged
– Similar to pre-plated
– Allowed at all levels
– Encouraged to have some menu items with
choices or option to decline
– OVS not required for breakfast in the classroom,
field trips or for students leaving to go to work
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Meal Service Systems
• Pre-Ordered
– All food components in the minimum daily and
weekly quantities must be offered
– The student must be able to preselect a full
reimbursable meal
– The student must be able to decline food items
unless the meal is pre-packaged
– The student must be able to select a
reimbursable breakfast
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Menu Planning and OVS
1
Reflect student preferences
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Provide choices
3
Offer foods that enhance the flexibility of
what the student must take for a
reimbursable breakfast
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Indicate which choices make a meal
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Rules & Regulations: Breakfast OVS
• OVS is optional at all grade levels
• OVS operates the same at breakfast as it does for
lunch in these ways
– Select at least three food items at breakfast
– Select at least three food components at lunch
– All required food components in the required daily and
weekly amounts for each grade group must be offered
– ½ cup of Fruit, Vegetable, or a combination must be taken
• OVS operates differently at breakfast than it does for
lunch in one important way
– Food items are selected, not food components
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Breakfast OVS
• Grains
– K-5 and grades 6-8 and 9-12 daily minimum is 1 oz eq
– The weekly minimum varies by grade group
– May be credited as a food item for OVS if at least
daily minimum quantity of 1 oz eq grain is selected
– ¼ oz. is the minimum amount that can credit toward
the grain
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Breakfast OVS
• Grains
– May be offered in one or more menu items to meet
the minimum daily requirement
– The menu planner may choose to allow students to
take two or more servings of the same grain to meet
the three food item requirement for OVS (optional)
– Desserts are allowed except those allowed only at
lunch
• See footnotes on Exhibit A: Grain Group Chart
• Cookies, cake, and brownies not allowed at breakfast
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Breakfast OVS
• Meat/Meat Alternates
– No requirement for meat/meat alternate component
– May substitute for a grain after 1 oz eq of grain is
offered
– May be offered as an additional food
• Does not count as a food item for OVS
• Counts toward the dietary specifications
– The minimum that can be credited is ¼ oz.
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Breakfast OVS
• Fruit
– K-5, 6-8, and 9-12 minimum offered is 1 cup daily
– Fruit may be offered in one or more menu items to
meet the daily minimum
– The minimum that can be credited in a food item
is 1/8 cup
– Students must select a minimum of ½ cup fruit
• ½ cup of fruit or juice or vegetable
• A mix of different fruits, or of different vegetables
• A mix of both fruits and vegetables
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Breakfast OVS
• Fruit
– Fruit may be credited as a food item if a minimum of ½ cup
is selected
– A 1 cup serving of fruit may be counted as one or two food
items at the discretion of the menu planner
– Students may be offered two or more servings of the same
or different fruits to meet the 1 cup daily quantity
requirement and it may credit as two food items
– The menu planner has the option to allow students to take
multiple servings of the same fruit to meet the minimum
three food item requirement for OVS
– Students may select more than the daily minimum or 1
cup if the dietary specifications weekly average does not
exceed the range
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Breakfast OVS
• Vegetables
– No requirement for vegetable component
– May substitute for a fruit
• More about this on the next slide
– May be served as an additional food
• Does not count as a food item or for OVS
• Counts toward the dietary specifications
• Do not need to follow substitution rules
– The minimum that can be credited is 1/8 cup
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Breakfast:
Substituting Vegetables for Fruits
• Four of the subgroups of vegetables may be
substituted for fruit at any time
– Dark green
– Red/orange
– Dry beans/peas
– Other
• A starchy vegetable may be substituted for
fruit only IF two cups of the four subgroups
above are also planned for the week
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Breakfast OVS
• Milk
– Grades K-12 minimum offered is 8 fluid oz.
– Daily requirement to offer at least two varieties
within the required type
• This requirement is unrelated to OVS
– Must select at least one cup of fluid milk of any
type offered to be credited as a component
– Duplicate servings of milk are not allowed
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Offer vs Serve
Counting Food Items
The Menu Planner decides how to count
the items!
Consider making all planned entrees
and side dishes contain the same
number of food items!
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Offer vs Serve
Counting Food Items
1 Food
Item
1 oz Bread = 1 oz eq grain = 1 food item
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Offer vs Serve
Counting Food Items
Food Item
Double portions can count as
multiple food items or as 1 food item:
For example:
2–1 oz slices of bread x 1 oz eq grain = 2 food items
Or 1 food item
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Offer vs Serve
Counting Food Items
2 Food
Items or
1 Food
Item
1 oz eq grain
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1 oz eq grain
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Offer vs Serve
Counting Food Items
Food Item
A large portion can
be counted as 2 or
more food items
OR
(2 oz grain eq = 2 food items)
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A large portion can
be counted as 1
food item
(2 oz grain eq = 1 food item)
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Offer vs Serve
Counting Food Items
4 oz
Muffin
2 Food
Items
OR
2 oz eq grain
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Item
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2 oz eq grain
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Offer vs Serve
Counting Food Items
Combination Food Items
A combination
food of Grains
and M/MA can
count as 2 or
more items
OR
1 oz eq grain + 1 oz eq
M/MA = 2 food items
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You can count the
M/MA as
“Additional” OR
Grain and count it
as 1 food item
1 oz eq grain + 1 oz eq
additional M/MA = 1
food item
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Offer vs Serve
Counting Food Items
2 Food
Items
1 oz grain eq +
1 oz M/MA =
2 oz grain eq
1 Food
Item
OR
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1 oz grain eq +
1 oz eq additional
M/MA =
1 oz eq G
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Offer vs Serve
Counting Food Items
4 Food
Items
2 Food
Items
1 Food
Item
2 oz eq grain +
2 oz eq M/MA
= 4 oz eq
= 4 Food Items
2 oz eq grain +
2 oz eq M/MA
(Add’l) = 2 oz eq
= 2 Food Items
2 oz eq grain +
2 oz eq M/MA
= 4 oz eq
= 1 Food Item
2 oz eq M/MA: ½ Egg=1 oz eq; Cheese=1/2 oz eq; Sausage= ½ oz eq41
Offer vs Serve
Counting Food Items
A combination food of
Grains and Fruit
OR
Milk and Fruit
may count as 1, 2, or more items:
1 oz eq grain + ½ cup fruit = 1 or 2 food items
1 cup milk + ½ cup fruit = 1 or 2 food items
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Offer vs Serve
Counting Food Items
1 or 2
Food
Items
1 cup milk + ½ cup fruit
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Breakfast OVS: How it Works
Components
Food Items to =
minimum for
food component
Example
Selections
Offer three food items
OVS is not allowed
Grain
Any number of ¼
oz eq or more
Min: 1 oz eq
Bagel, 2 oz eq
Cream Cheese
Fruit
Any number of
1/8 cup or more
Min: 1 cup
1 cup Apple, size 138
Milk
1 Food Item
8 fl. oz.
2 Varieties
Low-fat
NF Chocolate
With this menu, the apple is being counted by the menu planner as one food item and
the bagel is being counted as one food item. Therefore, there are only three food items,
so there can be no offer versus serve. The cream cheese is an extra, not a food item.
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Breakfast OVS: How it Works
Components
Food Items to =
minimum for
food component
Example
Grain
Any number of ¼
oz eq or more
Min: 1 oz eq
Cereal, 1 oz eq
Toast, 1 oz eq
X
X
Fruit
Any number of
1/8 cup or more
Min: 1 cup
½ cup Juice +
½ cup Grapes
X
1 Food Item
8 fl. oz.
2 Varieties
Low-fat
NF Chocolate
Milk
Selections
Offer five food items
Select a minimum of three
X
X
X
X or
X
X or
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
For this menu, there are five separate food items. Any three food items may be selected.
It is the option of the menu planner as to whether a student may select duplicates. In this
case the student may not select duplicates. The student must select at least ½ cup of
fruit. Again, no duplicates are allowed.
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Is this meal reimbursable for
K-8? 9-12?
1 Food Item
1 oz eq G
1 oz eq G
½ cup
1 Food Item
1 Food Item
1 Food Item
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Is this meal reimbursable for
K-8? 9-12?
1 Food Item
1 oz eq G
1 oz eq G
½ cup
1 Food Item
1 Food Item
1 Food Item
Yes, 3 items, ½ cup Fruit
No, 3 items, no Fruit
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No, 2 items, no Fruit
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Is this meal reimbursable for
K-8? 9-12?
1 Food Item
1 Food Item
1 oz eq G
1 oz eq G
½ cup
1 Food Item
1 Food Item
½ cup
1 Food Item
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Is this meal reimbursable for
K-8? 9-12?
1 Food Item
1 Food Item
1 oz eq G
1 oz eq G
½ cup
1 Food Item
1 Food Item
½ cup
1 Food Item
Yes, 3 items, 1/2 cup F
Yes, 3 items 1/2 cup F
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No, no duplicates
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Breakfast OVS: How it Works
Components
Food Items to =
minimum for
food component
Example
Grain
Any number of ¼
oz eq or more
Min: 1 oz eq
Cereal, 1 oz eq
Toast, 1 oz eq
X
X
Fruit
Any number of
1/8 cup or more
Min: 1 cup
½ cup Juice +
½ cup Grapes
X
1 Food Item
8 fl. oz.
2 Varieties
Low-fat
NF Chocolate
Milk
Selections
Offer five food items
Select a minimum of three
X
X
X
X or
X
X or
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
In this case the student may select duplicates. The cereal and toast are not bundled and
served together.
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Is this meal reimbursable for
K-8? 9-12?
½ cup
1 Food Item
1 Food Item
1 oz eq G
1 Food Item
1 Food Item
½ cup
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Is this meal reimbursable for
K-8? 9-12?
½ cup
1 Food Item
1 Food Item
1 oz eq G
1 Food Item
1 Food Item
½ cup
Yes, 3 items, 1/2 cup F
Yes, 3 items 1/2 cup F
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No, duplicates of milk
are not allowed
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Is this meal reimbursable for
K-8? 9-12?
1 Food Item
1 Food Item
1 oz eq G
1 Food Item
½ cup
½ cup
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Is this meal reimbursable for
K-8? 9-12?
1 Food Item
1 oz eq G
1 Food Item
1 Food Item
½ cup
½ cup
No, 3 items, no Fruit
Yes, 3 items 1/2 cup F
Yes, 3 items, 1/2 cup
F
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Breakfast OVS: How it Works
Components
Food Items to =
minimum for
food component
Example
Grain
Any number of ¼
oz eq or more
Min: 1 oz eq
Biscuit 1 oz eq
with Sausage 1 oz eq
Fruit
Any number of
1/8 cup or more
Min: 1 cup
½ cup Juice +
½ cup Grapes
1 Food Item
8 fl. oz.
2 Varieties
Low-fat
NF Chocolate
Milk
Selections
Select minimum of three
Four Food Items
Five Food Items
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
For this menu, first the menu planner is counting the menu as four food items. The student must
select three food items. See first four columns
Now count the biscuit and sausage as two food items and there will be five total food items.
See last four columns.
The two fruit food items plus the milk also counts as three food items for a reimbursable breakfast
for both the four item and the three item meal.
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Is this meal reimbursable for
K-8? 9-12?
1 Food Item
2 oz eq G
½ cup
1 Food Item
1 Food Item
½ cup
1 Food Item
Sausage/Biscuit counts as 1 Food Item
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Is this meal reimbursable for
K-8? 9-12?
1 Food Item
2 oz eq G
½ cup
½ cup
1 Food Item
1 Food Item
No, only 2 Items
Yes, 3 items, 1/2 cup F
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Yes, 3 items, 1/2 cup F
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Is this meal reimbursable for
K-8? 9-12?
2 oz eq G
2 Food Items
½ cup
½ cup
1 Food Item
1 Food Item
1 Food Item
Sausage/Biscuit counts as 2 Food Items
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Is this meal reimbursable for
K-8? 9-12?
2 Food Items
2 oz eq G
½ cup
½ cup
1 Food Item
1 Food Item
1 Food Item
Yes, 3 items, 1/2 cup F
No, no Fruit
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Yes, 3 items, 1/2 cup F
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Breakfast OVS: How it Works
Components
Food Items to =
minimum for food
component
Example
Grain
Any number of ¼
oz eq or more
Min: 1 oz eq
Bagel, 2 oz eq
Cream Cheese
Fruit
Any number of 1/8
cup or more
Min: 1 cup
½ cup Juice +
½ cup Grapes
1 Food Item
8 fl. oz.
2 Varieties
Low-fat
NF Chocolate
Milk
Selections
Offer five food items
Select minimum of
three
XX
XX
X
X
X
X
X
For this menu, the menu planner has a choice again and may count four or five food
items because the bagel is 2 oz eq grains. The cream cheese is an extra and counts
toward the dietary specifications, but not the food items. In this case the menu
planner has chosen to count the bagel as 2 food items with the menu as 5 food items.
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Is this meal reimbursable for
K-8? 9-12?
2 oz eq G
½ cup
2 Food Items
Extra
1 Food Item
½ cup
1 Food Item
1 Food Item
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Is this meal reimbursable for
K-8? 9-12?
2 oz eq G
1 Food Item
2 Food Items
½ cup
Extra
½ cup
1 Food Item
1 Food Item
Yes, 3 items, 1/2 cup F
Yes, 3 items, 1/2 cup F
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No, Cream Cheese is an
extra, not a food item
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Breakfast Menu: Students may select 5 Food Items.
Must select at least 3 Food Items, including 1 Fruit or
Vegetable Food Item
• May take 1: 2 Food Items Each
–
–
–
–
–
1 Muffin + 1 Cereal = 2 oz eq G
2 Muffins = 2 oz eq G
2 Cereals = 2 oz eq G
Cheese Zombie: 1 oz eq G + 1 oz eq M/MA = 2 oz eq G
WW Tortillas = 2 oz eq G
• OR May take 1: 1 Food Item Each
– 1 Cereal = 1 oz eq G
– 1 Muffin = 1 oz eq G
• Must take at least 1 (2 maximum): 1 Food Item Each
–
–
–
–
Refried Beans = ½ cup V
Hash Browns: = ½ cup V
Orange Juice = ½ cup F
Grapes = ½ cup F
• May take only 1 Milk: 1 Food Item
– Low Fat
– Non Fat
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Is this meal reimbursable for
K-8? 9-12?
½ cup
1 oz eq G
1 Food Item
1 Food Item
1 oz eq G
½ cup
1 Food Item
½ cup
1 Food Item
1 Food Item
1 Food Item
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Is this meal reimbursable for
K-8? 9-12?
½ cup
1 Food Item
1 oz eq G
1 Food Item
1 oz eq G
1 Food Item
½ cup
½ cup
1 Food Item
1 Food Item
1 Food Item
Yes, 3 items, 1/2 cup F
Yes, 3 items, 1/2 cup F
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Yes, 3 items, 1/2 cup F
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Is this meal reimbursable for
K-8? 9-12?
1 Food Item
1 oz eq G
2 Food Items
1 Food Item
2 oz eq G
1 oz eq G
2 oz eq G
2 Food Items
½ cup
1 Food Item
½ cup
1 Food Item
1 Food Item
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Is this meal reimbursable for
K-8? 9-12?
1 Food Item
1 oz eq G
1 Food Item
2 oz eq G
2 Food Items
2 oz eq G
2 Food Items
½ cup
1 oz eq G
1 Food Item
½ cup
1 Food Item
Yes, 3 items, 1/2 cup F
Yes, 3 items, 1/2 cup F
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No, no fruit
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Breakfast OVS: Grab & Go or Pre-Plated
Components
Food Items to =
minimum for
food component
Examples
All entrees (Grain)
bundled for 2 oz eq
Selections
Minimum for OVS with three selected
food items
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
Grain
2 Food Items
2 oz eq Grains
Entrée, 2 oz eq
If choices are offered, mark
with name or number
X
X
X
X
Fruit
2 Food Items
½ cup servings
Min: 1 cup
½ cup Juice
½ cup Fruit
½ cup Vegetable
If including only 1, mark
with name or number
2
X
X
Any 1
X
Any 1
X
2
X
X
2
X
X
Milk
1 Food Item
8 fl. oz.
2 Varieties
Low-fat
NF Chocolate
Non-fat
X
X
X
In this case the student may select from bags with an entrée plus 1 fruit or vegetable or 2 fruits or
vegetables and with or without milk. They may also select a bag with only two fruits or vegetables and
milk. If this pattern were followed daily, the bags could be numbered 1 to 5 with the menu for the
entrees and fruits/vegetables noted. If only ½ cup of fruit in the bag, a bowl with additional fruit could
be offered. Or the grains and fruits could be bagged with the milk as a choice and the option to decline
the milk.
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Idea Concept – Helping the Cashier
• Keep the number of food items in the entrée
consistent (1* or 2)
*Could be 1 or 2 oz eq counted as 1 food item
• Keep the number of food items in the fruit and
vegetable side dishes consistent (1 or 2* or salad
bar)
*Usually two ½ cup servings = 2 food items
• Provide a generic chart for the cashier showing
the possible combinations
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Breakfast OVS: Sample Cashier Chart
Components
Food Items to =
minimum for
food component
Examples
All entrees (Grain)
bundled for 2 oz eq
Grain
2 Food Items
2 oz eq Grains
Bread, Roll, etc., 2 oz eq
Toast & Cereal, 2 oz eq
Breakfast Sandwich, 2 oz eq
X
Fruit
2 Food Items
½ cup servings
Min: 1 cup
½ cup Juice
½ cup Fruit
½ cup Vegetable
X
1 Food Item
8 fl. oz.
2 Varieties
Low-fat
NF Chocolate
Non-fat
Milk
Selections
Minimum for OVS with three
selected food items
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X
X
X
Any 2
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X
X
This sample chart is for a five food item menu plan. In addition, the menu planner
must decide if the students may take duplicate servings of the same item when the
menu makes it possible. For instance, may they take two toasts? May they take two
cereals or juice or fruit or vegetable? The signage must be clear to the student as to
what selections they may make for a reimbursable breakfast.
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Summary
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any questions?
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