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Crediting Foods in Preschool Menus
The crediting guidance below applies to the meal patterns for preschoolers (ages 1-4) in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), School Breakfast Program (SBP), Seamless Summer Option (SSO) of the NSLP, and Afterschool Snack Program (ASP) of the NSLP.
General Crediting Guidance |
Crediting Commercial Processed Products
Crediting Foods Made from Scratch |
Crediting Guidance for the Meal Pattern Components
General Crediting Guidance for Preschool Menus
- CACFP Training Tools (USDA)
- Crediting Handbook for the Child and Adult Care Food Program (USDA)
- Crediting Summary Charts for the Preschool Meal Patterns of the School Nutrition Programs (CSDE)
- Crediting Updates for Child Nutrition Programs: Be in the Know! Webinar Series (USDA)
- Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs (FBG)
- Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs (USDA )
- Grab and Go Lesson: Food Buying Guide Calculator (ICN)
- FBG Training Resources
- Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs: Training Resources (USDA webpage)
- FBG Training Modules (Institute of Child Nutrition)
- FBG Webinars (USDA)
- Meal Patterns for Preschoolers (Overview section)
- Menu Planning for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE)
- Noncreditable Foods for Preschoolers in the NSLP and SBP (CSDE)
- Nutrition Standards for CACFP Meals and Snacks (USDA)
- Resources for the Preschool Meal Patterns (CSDE): Resources and websites to assist sponsors with meeting the preschool meal pattern and crediting requirements
- USDA Memo CACFP 08-2017: Questions and Answers on the Updated Meal Pattern Requirements for the Child and Adult Care Food Program
- USDA Memo SP 08-2019, CACFP 02-2019, and SFSP 02-2019: Update of Food Crediting in the Child Nutrition Programs
Crediting Commercial Processed Products in Preschool Menus
School food authorities (SFAs) must obtain appropriate documentation to indicate that commercial products credit toward the preschool meal patterns. For example, to credit a commercial breaded chicken patty as the meat/meat alternates component for ages 3-4 at lunch, the manufacturer’s documentation must indicate that one serving of the product contains 1½ ounces of cooked chicken. Allowable documentation includes:
- the original Child Nutrition (CN) label from the product carton or a photocopy or photograph of the CN label shown attached to the original product carton; or
- a product formulation statement (PFS) signed by an official of the manufacturer stating the amount of each meal pattern component contained in one serving of the product.
These are the only acceptable records for documenting a commercial product’s meal pattern contribution. Without this documentation, commercial products cannot credit toward the CACFP meal patterns.
- Child Nutrition (CN) Labels
- CN Authorized Manufacturers and Labels (USDA website)
- CN Labeling (USDA website)
- CN Labeling Program (CSDE)
- USDA Memo SP 11-2015v2, CACFP 10-2015, and SFSP 13-2015: CN Labels Copied with a Watermark Acceptable Documentation
- USDA Memo SP 27-2015, CACFP 09-2015, and SFSP 12-2015: Administrative Review Process Regarding the Child Nutrition (CN) Label, Watermarked CN Label and Manufacturer's Product Formulation Statement
- Training on CN labels
- FBG Module 3: Product Formulation Statements (PFS) (ICN): Addresses CN labels and PFS
- Manufacturer's Product Formulation Statement: Is it Acceptable? (ICN and USDA)
- Product Formulation Statements
- Product Formulation Statements (CSDE)
- Tips for Evaluating a Manufacturer's PFS (USDA)
- Training on PFS
- FBG Module 3: Product Formulation Statements (PFS) (ICN): Addresses CN labels and PFS
- Manufacturer's Product Formulation Statement: Is it Acceptable? (ICN and USDA)
- USDA PFS for Preschool Meal Patterns (available on USDA’s Food Manufacturers/Industry webpage)
- Grains: Product Formulation Statement for Documenting Grains in the Child Nutrition Programs (USDA)
- Completed Sample: Product Formulation Statement for Documenting Grains in the Child Nutrition Programs (USDA)
- Meat/Meat Alternates: Product Formulation Statement (Product Analysis) for Meat/Meat Alternate (M/MA) Products in Child Nutrition Programs (USDA)
- Vegetables/Fruits: Product Formulation Statement for Documenting Vegetables and Fruits in the Child and Adult Care Food Program, Summer Food Service Program, and NSLP Afterschool Snacks (USDA
- Completed Sample: Vegetables
- Completed Sample: Fruits
- Grains: Product Formulation Statement for Documenting Grains in the Child Nutrition Programs (USDA)
- Required Documentation for Processed Foods
- Accepting Processed Product Documentation in the NSLP and SBP (CSDE)
- CSDE Operational Memo No. 10-15: Guidance for Accepting Processed Product Documentation for Meal Pattern Requirements
- Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs (USDA)
- USDA Memo TA-2010 (v.3): Guidance for Accepting Processed Product Documentation for Meal Pattern Requirements
- Yield Study Form for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE)
Crediting Foods Made from Scratch in Preschool Menus
To credit foods made from scratch toward the preschool meal patterns, SFAs must maintain standardized recipes that document the crediting information per serving. For example, to credit macaroni and cheese as 1½ ounces of the meat/meat alternates component and ½ ounce equivalent of the grains component for ages 3-4 at lunch, the SFA's standardized recipe must indicate that each serving contains 1½ ounces of cheese and ¼ cup of whole-grain or enriched pasta.
- Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs
- Portion Control
- Basics at a Glance: recipe abbreviations, measurement conversions, portioning tools, and steamtable pan capacity (ICN)
- No Time to Train: How Foods Are Portioned (ICN)
- No Time to Train: Portioning Matters (ICN)
- On the Road to Professional Food Preparation eLearning: Portion Control (ICN)
- Standardized Recipes
- Basic Culinary Math for School Nutrition Professionals (ICN)
- Basics at a Glance: recipe abbreviations, measurement conversions, portioning tools, and steamtable pan capacity (ICN)
- Manager’s Corner: Standardized Recipes (ICN)
- Measuring Success with Standardized Recipes (ICN)
- No Time to Train: Identifying the Parts of a USDA Quantity Recipe (ICN)
- On the Road to Professional Food Preparation eLearning: Recipe Adjustments (ICN)
- Recipe Analysis Workbook (USDA's Food Buying Guide): Develops standardized recipes with meal pattern contribution per serving (users must create a free account)
- Recipes for Child Nutrition Programs (CSDE's Menu Planning for Child Nutrition Programs webpage)
- Standardized Recipe Form for School Nutrition Programs (CSDE)
- What’s Standard about Standardized Recipes? (SNA)
- Why Use Standardized Recipes? Fact Sheet (ICN)
- Weights and Measures
Crediting Guidance for the Meal Pattern Components for Preschoolers
Milk | Meat/Meat Alternates | Vegetables | Fruits | Grains
Milk Component for Preschoolers
Milk must be pasteurized, meet all state and local requirements, and contain vitamins A and D at levels specified by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The preschool meal patterns require unflavored whole milk for age 1; and unflavored low-fat milk or unflavored fat-free milk for ages 2-4. Flavored milk does not credit in the preschool meal patterns.
SFAs have the option to offer one or more allowable fluid milk substitutes for children without a disability. The two allowable types of milk substitutes include 1) lactose-reduced or lactose-free milk with the appropriate fat content for each age group (unflavored milk for age 1; and unflavored low-fat or fat-free milk for ages 2-4); and 2) nondairy milk substitutes that meet the USDA’s nutrition standards for fluid milk substitutes, such as certain brands of soy milk. This substitution requires a written request from the parent or guardian indicating the medical or other special dietary need that restricts the child’s diet and requires the milk substitute. For more information, refer to the CSDE's resource, Allowable Milk Substitutes for Children without Disabilities in School Nutrition Programs.
Public schools must also meet the state beverage requirements for milk and nondairy milk substitutes under Section 10-221q of the Connecticut General Statutes. The state beverage statute applies to all beverages sold on school premises as part of and separately from reimbursable meals and ASP snacks. For a list of products that comply with the federal and state requirements, refer to list 16 (milk) and list 17 (nondairy milk substitutes) on the CSDE's List of Acceptable Foods and Beverages webpage.
- General Crediting Guidance for Milk
- Comparison of Meal Pattern Requirements for the Milk Component in School Nutrition Programs (CSDE)
- CSDE Operational Memorandum No. 06-19: Summary of Federal and State Milk Requirements for the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), School Breakfast Program (SBP), Seamless Summer Option (SSO) of the NSLP, Afterschool Snack Program (ASP) of the NSLP, and Special Milk Program (SMP)
- Serving Milk in the CACFP: Handouts, training slides, and webinars in English and Spanish (USDA)
- USDA Memo SP 18-2018 and CACFP 13-2018: Child Nutrition Programs Flexibilities for School Year 2018-2019
- Food Buying Guide (Section 5: Milk)
- Milk in Smoothies
- Crediting Smoothies for Preschoolers in the NSLP and SBP (CSDE)
- USDA Memo SP 40-2019, CACFP 17-2019 and SFSP 17-2019: Smoothies Offered in the Child Nutrition Programs
- Milk Substitutes
- Allowable Milk Substitutes for Children without Disabilities in School Nutrition Programs (CSDE)
- USDA Memo SP 07-2010, CACFP 04-2010, and SFSP 05-2010: Questions and Answers: Fluid Milk Substitutions
- USDA Memo CACFP 17-2016: Nutrition Requirements for Fluid Milk and Fluid Milk Substitutions in the CACFP, Q&As
Meat/Meat Alternates Component for Preschoolers
The meat/meat alternates component includes fresh and frozen meats (such as lean beef, pork, poultry, fish, and shellfish), processed meats (such as chicken nuggets, deli meats, and fish sticks), canned meats (such as chicken, tuna, and salmon), and meat alternates (such as eggs, cheese, yogurt, nuts and seeds and their butters, beans and peas (legumes), tofu, and tempeh). The USDA’s CACFP Best Practices recommends limiting processed meats to no more than one serving per week; and serving only lean meats, nuts, and legumes.
The required servings for the meat/meat alternates component refer to the edible portion of cooked lean meat, poultry, or fish, e.g., lean meat without bone, breading, binders, fillers, or other ingredients. Different types of meats and meat alternates require different amounts to credit as 1 ounce of the meat/meat alternates component. A 1-ounce serving of the meat/meat alternates component equals 1 ounce of cooked lean meat, poultry, or fish (without binders, fillers, extenders, and liquids); 1 ounce of cheese (low-fat recommended); 2 ounces of cottage or ricotta cheese, cheese food/spread, or cheese substitute (low-fat recommended); ¼ cup of cooked beans and peas (legumes); ½ large egg; 2 tablespoons of nut or seed butters; 1 ounce of nuts or seeds; 1 ounce of commercial tofu (containing at least 5 grams of protein in 2.2 ounces); 1 ounce of tempeh; 3 ounces of surimi; ½ cup of yogurt or soy yogurt (containing no more than 3.83 grams of sugar per ounce); and 1 ounce of alternate protein products (APPs). Commercial processed products require a CN label or PFS to credit.
The minimum creditable amount is ¼ ounce. If a food item provides less than the full-required meal pattern serving, the preschool menu must include the additional amount from other meat/meat alternates The meat/meat alternates component at lunch and supper must be served in a main dish, or in a main dish and only one other food item.
- Alternate Protein Products (APPs)
- Breakfast
- Serving Meat and Meat Alternates at Breakfast: Handouts, training slides, and webinars in English and Spanish (USDA)
- Commercial Products
- Crediting Commercial Meat/Meat Alternate Products in the NSLP and SBP (CSDE)
- Crediting Deli Meats in the NSLP and SBP (CSDE)
- USDA Memo SP 01-2016, SFSP 01-2016, and CACFP 01-2016: Procuring Local Meat, Poultry, Game, and Eggs for Child Nutrition Programs
- Dried Meats
- USDA Memo SP 21-2019, CACFP 08-2019, and SFSP 07-2019: Crediting Shelf-Stable, Dried and Semi-Dried Meat, Poultry, and Seafood Products in the Child Nutrition Programs
- USDA Webinar: Moving Forward: Update on Food Crediting in Child Nutrition Programs with Guidance for Dried Meat Products (April 24, 2019)
- Food Buying Guide (Section 1: Meat/Meat Alternates)
- General Crediting Guidance for Meat/Meat Alternates
- Serving Meats and Meat Alternates at Lunch and Supper in the USDA CACFP: Handouts in English and Spanish (USDA)
- Legumes
- Crediting Legumes in the NSLP and SBP (CSDE)
- USDA Memo SP 26-2019, CACFP 13-2019, and SFSP 12-2019: Crediting Pasta Products Made of Vegetable Flour in the Child Nutrition Programs
- More resources: see "Legumes (Beans/Peas)" in the CSDE'S Resource List for Menu Planning and Food Production in Child Nutrition Programs
- Nuts and Seeds
- Tempeh and Surimi
- USDA Memo SP 25-2019, CACFP 12-2019, and SFSP 11-2019: Crediting Tempeh in the Child Nutrition Programs
- USDA Memo SP 24-2019, CACFP 11-2019, and SFSP10-2019: Crediting Surimi Seafood in the Child Nutrition Programs
- USDA Webinar: Additional Meat/Meat Alternates Options for CNPs: Crediting Tempeh and Surimi (May 8, 2019)
- Tofu and Tofu Products
- Crediting Tofu and Tofu Products in the NSLP and SBP (CSDE)
- USDA Memo SP 02-2024, CACFP 02-2024, and SFSP 02-2024: Revised: Crediting Tofu and Soy Yogurt Products in the School Meal Programs, CACFP, and SFSP
- Yogurt
- Calculating Sugar Limits for Yogurt in the CACFP (English and Spanish) (USDA)
- Choose Yogurts that are Lower in Sugar: Handouts, training slides, and webinars in English and Spanish (USDA)
- Crediting Yogurt for Preschoolers in the NSLP and SBP (CSDE)
Vegetables Component for Preschoolers
The vegetables component includes fresh vegetables, frozen vegetables, canned vegetables, rehydrated dried vegetables (PFS required), and pasteurized 100 percent full-strength vegetable juice. Legumes (cooked dry beans and peas) credit as either vegetables or meat/meat alternates, but not both in the same meal.
All vegetables credit based on volume except raw leafy greens such as lettuce and spinach, which credit as half the volume served, e.g., 1 cup of leafy greens credits as ½ cup of the vegetables component.
The minimum creditable amount is ⅛ cup. If a food item provides less than the full-required meal pattern serving, the preschool menu must include the additional amount from other vegetables.
Pasteurized full-strength juice credits as either the vegetables component or fruits component at only one meal or snack per day. Juice includes fruit and vegetable juice, frozen pops made from 100 percent juice, pureed fruits and vegetables in smoothies, and juice from canned fruit in 100 percent juice.
The USDA’s CACFP Best Practices recommends serving whole fruits (fresh, frozen, canned, and dried) more often than juice; making at least one of the two required snack components a vegetable or fruit; and providing at least one serving per week of dark green vegetables, red and orange vegetables, beans and peas (legumes), starchy vegetables, and other vegetables (refer to Vegetable Subgroups in the CACFP).
- Food Buying Guide (Section 2: Vegetables)
- General Crediting Guidance for Vegetables
- Serving Vegetables in the CACFP (USDA)
- Start with Half a Cup: Fresh Vegetable Portioning Guide for Schools
- USDA Memo CACFP 09-2017: Vegetable and Fruit Requirements in the Child and Adult Care Food Program; Questions and Answers
- Juice
- Legumes
- Crediting Legumes in the NSLP and SBP (CSDE)
- USDA Memo SP 26-2019, CACFP 13-2019, and SFSP 12-2019: Crediting Pasta Products Made of Vegetable Flour in the Child Nutrition Programs
- Soup
- Vegetable Subgroups
- All about the Vegetable Group (USDA's Choose MyPlate)
- Vegetable Subgroups in the CACFP (CSDE)
- Vegetables in Smoothies
- Crediting Smoothies for Preschoolers in the NSLP and SBP (CSDE)
- USDA Memo SP 40-2019, CACFP 17-2019, and SFSP 17-2019: Smoothies Offered in the Child Nutrition Programs
Fruits Component for Preschoolers
The fruits component includes fresh fruit, frozen fruit, canned fruit (packed in water, full-strength juice, or light syrup), dried fruit, and pasteurized 100 percent full-strength fruit juice. The creditable serving of canned fruit in 100 percent juice may include the juice, but cannot include water or syrup. Fruits credit based on volume (cups), except dried fruits credit as twice the volume served, e.g., ¼ cup of raisins credits as ½ cup of the fruits component.
The minimum creditable amount is ⅛ cup. If a food item provides less than the full-required meal pattern serving, the preschool menu must include the additional amount from other vegetables/fruits.
Pasteurized full-strength juice credits as either the vegetables component or fruits component at only one meal or ASP snack per day. Juice includes fruit and vegetable juice, frozen pops made from 100 percent juice, pureed fruits and vegetables in smoothies, and juice from canned fruit in 100 percent juice. The USDA’s CACFP Best Practices recommends serving whole fruits (fresh, canned, dried, and frozen) more often than juice; and making at least one of the two required snack components a vegetable or fruit.
Vegetables may substitute for the fruits components at any lunch, but the two servings must be different vegetables.
- Coconut
- USDA Memo SP 22-2019, CACFP 15-2019, and SFSP 15-2019: Crediting Coconut, Hominy, Corn Masa, and Corn Flour in the Child Nutrition Programs
- Food Buying Guide (Section 3: Fruits)
- Fruit in Smoothies
- Crediting Smoothies for Preschoolers in the NSLP and SBP (CSDE)
- USDA Memo SP 40-2019, CACFP 17-2019, and SFSP 17-2019: Smoothies Offered in the Child Nutrition Programs
- General Crediting Guidance for Fruits
- Start with Half a Cup: Fresh Fruit Portioning Guide for Schools
- USDA Memo CACFP 09-2017: Vegetable and Fruit Requirements in the Child and Adult Care Food Program; Questions and Answers
- Juice
Grains Component for Preschoolers
The grains component includes breads and bread products (such as biscuits, bagels, rolls, tortillas, and muffins), snack products (such as crackers, animal crackers, graham crackers, hard pretzels, tortilla chips, and popcorn), cereal grains (such as buckwheat, brown rice, bulgur, and quinoa), pasta, ready-to-eat (RTE) breakfast cereals, cooked breakfast cereals (such as oatmeal), bread products used as an ingredient in another menu item such as combination foods (e.g., breading on fish or poultry and pizza crust in pizza). Grain-based desserts cannot credit. Examples include cookies, piecrusts in sweet pies, doughnuts, cereal bars, granola bars, sweet rolls, pastries, toaster pastries, cake, and brownies. Sweet crackers such as graham crackers and animal crackers are not grain-based desserts. However, the CSDE recommends not serving sweet crackers more than twice per week between all meals and snacks.
Grain products and recipes must be made with creditable grains. Creditable grains for the CACFP meal patterns include whole grains, enriched grains, bran, and germ. Cooked and ready-to-eat (RTE) breakfast cereals must be whole grain, enriched, or fortified; and cannot contain more than 6 grams of sugar per dry ounce.
The minimum creditable amount is ¼ ounce equivalent. If a food item provides less than the full-required meal pattern serving, the CACFP menu must include the additional amount from other grains.
CACFP menus must include at least one whole grain-rich (WGR) serving per day, between all meals and snacks served to participants. The USDA’s CACFP Best Practices recommends at least two WGR servings per day. WGR foods for the CACFP contain at least 50 percent whole grains and the remaining grain ingredients are enriched, bran, or germ. A grain food meets the WGR criteria if a whole grain is the first ingredient (or second after water), and the next two grain ingredients (if any) are creditable grains. A combination food meets the WGR criteria if the first grain ingredient (or second after water) is a whole grain, and the next two grain ingredients (if any) are creditable grains.
- Creditable Grains
- Crediting Enriched Grains in the NSLP and SBP (CSDE)
- Crediting Whole Grains in the NSLP and SBP (CSDE)
- Crediting Worksheet for Commercial Grain Products: Child Care Worksheet 1: Crediting Commercial Grains in the CACFP (CSDE): Evaluates breakfast cereals for compliance with the CACFP crediting requirements and WGR criteria, and the CSDE's recommended nutrition standards for child care, and determine the ounce equivalents per serving
- How to Identify Creditable Grains for Preschoolers in the NSLP and SBP (CSDE)
- USDA Memo CACFP 09-2018: Grain Requirements in the CACFP: Q&As
- USDA Memo SP 34-2019, CACFP 15-2019, and SFSP 15-2019: Crediting Coconut, Hominy, Corn Masa, and Masa Harina in the Child Nutrition Programs
- Using the WIC Food Lists to Identify Grains for the CACFP: Handouts in English and Spanish (USDA)
- Crediting Grain Recipes
- Crediting Worksheets for Grain Recipes: Evaluate grain recipes for compliance with the CACFP crediting requirements and WGR criteria, and the CSDE's recommended nutrition standards for child care, and determine the ounce equivalents per serving
- Determining Ounce Equivalents of Grains in CACFP Recipes: Handouts in English and Spanish (USDA )
- How to Identify Creditable Grains for Preschoolers in the NSLP and SBP (CSDE)
- Recipe Analysis Workbook (USDA's Food Buying Guide): Develops standardized recipes with meal pattern contribution per serving (users must create a free account)
- Cereals
- Calculating Sugar Limits for Breakfast Cereals in the CACFP: Handouts in English and Spanish (USDA)
- Choose Breakfast Cereals that are Lower in Sugar: Handouts, training slides, and webinars in English and Spanish (USDA)
- Crediting Breakfast Cereals for Preschoolers in the NSLP and SBP (CSDE)
- Crediting Worksheets for Cereals: Evaluate breakfast cereals for compliance with the CACFP crediting requirements and WGR criteria, and the CSDE's recommended nutrition standards for child care, and determine the ounce equivalents per serving
- Grain-based Desserts
- Grain-Based Desserts in the CACFP: Handouts, training slides, and webinars in English and Spanish (USDA)
- USDA Memo CACFP 16-2017: Grain-Based Desserts in the Child and Adult Care Food Program
- Ounce Equivalents
- Chart: Grain Ounce Equivalents for the NSLP and SBP Preschool Meal Patterns (CSDE) Contains the Exhibit A requirements for ounce equivalents
- CACFP Grains Ounce Equivalents Resources (USDA webpage)
- Calculation Methods for Grain Ounce Equivalents for Preschoolers in the NSLP and SBP (CSDE)
- Crediting Single-Serving Packages of Grains in the CACFP: Handouts in English and Spanish (USDA)
- Crediting Worksheets 1-5: See CSDE Crediting Worksheets for CACFP Child Care Programs below
- Determining Ounce Equivalents of Grains in CACFP Recipes: Handouts in English and Spanish (USDA)
- Exhibit A: Refers to the USDA’s document, Exhibit A: Grain Requirements for Child Nutrition Programs, which includes grain servings and grain ounce equivalents.
- Exhibit A Grains Tool (USDA's Food Buying Guide): Determines ounce equivalents of commercial products and the required amount to obtain a specific meal pattern contribution
- Webinar: Exhibit A Grains Tool to the Rescue (USDA)
- Webinar: How to Maximize the Exhibit A Grains Tool (USDA)
- How to Use the Ounce Equivalents Chart for the NSLP and SBP (CSDE)
- USDA Final Rule (84 FR 50287): Delayed Implementation of Grain Ounce Equivalents in the Child and Adult Care Food Program
- Using Ounce Equivalents for Grains in the CACFP: Handouts in English and Spanish (USDA webpage)
- When Commercial Grain Products Require a Product Formulation Statement to Credit in the School Nutrition Programs (CSDE)
- Popcorn
- USDA Memo SP 23-2019, CACFP 10-2019, and SFSP 09-2019: Crediting Popcorn in the Child Nutrition Programs
- Whole Grain-rich Requirement
- How to Spot Whole Grain-Rich Foods for the CACFP: Handouts in English and Spanish (USDA webpage)
- Identifying Whole Grain-rich Foods for the CACFP: Handouts, training slides, and webinars in English and Spanish (USDA webpage)
- Is My Recipe Whole Grain-Rich in the CACFP?: Handouts in English and Spanish (USDA webpage)
- Meeting the Whole Grain-rich Requirement for the CACFP (CSDE)
- Tools for Schools: Serving Whole Grain-rich (USDA webpage)
- Whole Grains
- Adding Whole Grains to Your CACFP Menu: Handouts, training slides, and webinars in English and Spanish (USDA webpage)
- Crediting Whole Grains in the NSLP and SBP (CSDE)