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2012-13 WHAT GOES ON THE TRAY?
Students will be offered 5 components to their meal at the price set for school lunch for this fall.
Milk, Fruit, Vegetable, Grain, Protein.
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Each student will be able to choose 3, 4 or 5 of those components – however, one must be a fruit or vegetable
- Milk choices offered
- 1 % unflavored
- Skim, flavored
- Skim, unflavored
- Fruit and vegetable offerings will be increased
- Elementary and middle school students will be offered ½ cup fruit AND ½ cup vegetable minimum
- High School Students will be offered 1 cup of Fruit and 1 cup Vegetable minimum
- Students must take at least 1 choice of fruit or vegetable daily with their meal choice to be charged the meal price
- Students refusing both the fruit and vegetable component must be charged a la carte prices for the items on their tray
- Affects students at all levels K-12
- 5 Vegetable groups now must be offered once each week
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- Dark Green
- Red/Orange
- Legumes (Dried Beans & peas)
- Starchy
- Other as defined in 2010 Dietary guidelines
At least 50% of our Grains served must be whole grain by definition in the 2010 Dietary Guidelines - Whole Grains are defined as having at least 51% of ingredients whole grain such as wheat, barley, oats, rye, etc
- A look at our menu shows we currently are serving over 50% of grain items as whole grain such as:
- Pizza
- Biscuits
- Breakfast rolls
- Cereals
- Sandwich Breads
- Pocket breads
- Snack item
In the 2012-13 school year we will introduce brown rice & whole grain pastas
- Protien – this is the entrée and offers 1.5 to 2 oz protein from a meat, poultry or alternate, such as peanut butter, cheese, yogurt or tofu.
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