At-Risk Afterschool Program Food Chart for Ages 6-18

Meal Components & Food Items1Snack2Supper10
Fluid Milk
Unflavored/flavored low-fat (1%) or fat-free (skim)1 cup (8 oz.)1 cup (8 oz.)
Meat/Meat Alternate71 oz. eq.2 oz. eq.
Lean meat , poultry, fish; or1 oz. eq.2 oz.
Cheese; or1 oz.2 oz.
Eggs; or½ large egg1 large egg
Tofu, soy products, alternate protein product; or1 oz.2 oz.
Cooked dry beans, peas, or lentils9; or¼ cup½ cup
Yogurt4; or½ cup (4 oz.)1 cup (8 oz.)
Peanut, soy nut, other nut or seed butters; or2 tablespoons4 tablespoons
Peanuts, soy nuts, tree nuts, seeds;1 oz.2 oz.
Vegetable3, 9
Vegetable¾ cup½ cup
Fruit3, 5
Fruit¾ cup¼ cup
Grains6, 10
Whole grain-rich or enriched bread; or1 oz. eq. (28 gm.)1 oz. eq. (28 gm.)
Whole grain-rich or enriched bread product, such as biscuit, roll, muffin; or1 oz. eq.1 oz. eq.
Whole grain-rich, enriched or fortified cooked breakfast cereal8, cereal grain, pasta; or1 oz. eq. (½ cup-cooked, 28 gm.-dry)1 oz. eq. (½ cup-cooked, 28 gm.-dry)

Whole grain-rich, enriched or fortified ready-to-eat cereal8

Flakes or Rounds
Granola Puffed
Cereal

1 oz. eq. (1 cup, 28 gm.)
1 oz. eq. (¼ cup, 28 gm.)
1 oz. eq. (1 ¼ cup, 28 gm.)		Ready-to-eat cereal is not reimbursable at supper.
  1. To meet their nutritional needs, children 13 through 18 may need to be served larger portion sizes than specified.
  2. Select 2 of the 5 components for a reimbursable snack. Only one of the two components may be a beverage.
  3. Pasteurized full-strength juice may only be used to meet the vegetable or fruit requirement at one meal, including snack, per day.
  4. Yogurt may be plain or flavored, unsweetened or sweetened, but must contain no more than 12 grams of added sugars per 6 ounces.
  5. A vegetable may be used to meet the entire fruit requirement. When two vegetables are served at lunch or supper, two different kinds of vegetables must be served. Fruit cannot be used to meet the vegetable requirement.
  6. All grains must be made with whole grain or enriched meal or flour. At least one serving per day, across all eating occasions, must be whole grain-rich. Grain-based desserts do not count towards the grains requirement with the exception of sweet crackers (e.g., graham crackers of any shape and animal crackers).
  7. Alternate protein products must meet the requirements in Appendix A to Part 226.
  8. Breakfast cereals must contain no more than 6 grams of added sugar per dry ounce.
  9. Cooked beans, peas, and lentils may credit as either a vegetable or a meat alternate, but not as both in the same meal. Immature beans and peas, such as green beans, wax beans, and green peas credit as a vegetable only; they do not credit as a meat alternate.
  10. Adult participants (over 18 years of age) must be served a minimum of 2 oz. eq. of grains at breakfast, lunch, and supper meals.

Offer versus serve is an option for At-Risk Afterschool participants.

For breakfast or lunch served on weekends or holidays, please refer to the corresponding food chart [NEEDS LINK].