Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs[1]

for Child Nutrition Programs Food Buying Guide 1 for Child Nutrition Programs Food Buying Guide http://schoolmeals.nal.usda.gov/FBG/buyingguide.html 2 for Child Nutrition Programs Food Buying Guide YIELD DATA    Yields may be used immediately Yields must be used for the 20022003 school year Updated yield data 3 for Child Nutrition Programs Food Buying Guide HISTORY    In 1947 - Quantities of Food for Serving School Lunches 1955-1979 - The Food Buying Guide for Type A School Lunches In 1984 – Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs    Food and Nutrition Service National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Human Nutrition Information Service (HNIS) 4 for Child Nutrition Programs Food Buying Guide Updating the Food Buying Guide 5 for Child Nutrition Programs Food Buying Guide Develop a list of products to be evaluated  Regional Office and State Agency input  Some yields obtained were lower than expected  6 for Child Nutrition Programs Food Buying Guide New Features    Many new and revised food items Many new and revised portions Seven sections plus the index        Introduction Meat/Meat Alternates Vegetables/Fruits Grains/Breads Milk Other Foods Appendices 7 for Child Nutrition Programs Food Buying Guide Introduction 8 for Child Nutrition Programs Food Buying Guide Introduction 9 for Child Nutrition Programs Meat/Meat Alternates  Food Buying Guide New Yield Data    Ground Buffalo Ostrich Medallions Ham – water added  Institutional Meat Purchase Specification Retains meat/poultry yield data  10 for Child Nutrition Programs Food Buying Guide 11 for Child Nutrition Programs Food Buying Guide Vegetables/Fruits  New Items and Yield Data       Baby Carrots Celery Sticks Kiwi Star Fruit Taro Yucca 12 for Child Nutrition Programs Food Buying Guide Grains/Breads    Worksheet to calculate grams of creditable grains Current grains/breads instruction has been incorporated Contains product classifications based on the grains/breads instruction (Exhibit A) 13 for Child Nutrition Programs Food Buying Guide Grains/Breads  Contains information and a flow chart to assist in determining if a product is creditable 14 for Child Nutrition Programs Food Buying Guide Milk  Contains a more complete list of fluid milk available and their updated product names 15 for Child Nutrition Programs Food Buying Guide Other Foods  Contains additional food items 16 for Child Nutrition Programs Food Buying Guide Appendix A: Recipe Analysis 17 for Child Nutrition Programs Food Buying Guide 18 for Child Nutrition Programs Food Buying Guide Appendix B: Using Column 6 for Recipe Analysis 19 for Child Nutrition Programs Food Buying Guide Appendix C: Child Nutrition (CN) Labeling Program 20 for Child Nutrition Programs Food Buying Guide Appendix D: Food Purchasing 21 for Child Nutrition Programs Food Buying Guide Appendix E: Resources 22