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Under the updated child and adult meal patterns, meals served will include a greater variety of vegetables and fruit, more whole grains, and less added sugar and saturated fat.

Snack chips, such as potato chips, are not creditable. These products do not meet the vegetables component requirements. These processed food items are typically high in sodium, fat, and/or sugar and low in nutrients.

Milk must be unflavored whole milk for age 1 and unflavored low-fat (1%) or fat-free milk for ages 2 and older. Flavored low-fat or fat-free milk may be served to ages 6 and older, but the USDA's CACFP Best Practices recommends serving only unflavored milk.

Yogurt and soy yogurt served in CACFP meals and snacks cannot contain more than 23 grams of total sugars per 6 ounces (no more than 3.83 grams per ounce).

Sweet crackers (such as graham crackers and animal crackers) are not grain-based desserts. However, the CSDE recommends limiting sweet crackers to no more than twice per week between all meals and snacks served in the CACFP.

There are five components to the CACFP: Child Care, Adult Day Care, Emergency Shelter, At-risk Afterschool Meals, and Day Care Homes. Organizations may be able to participate in the CACFP under one of these components if they meet eligibility requirements.

The term 'meal patterns' is an overarching construct that is often used to describe individuals' eating patterns at the level of a 'meal', such as a main meal (for example, breakfast, lunch or dinner) or a smaller-sized meal (for example, supper or snack).

The CACFP snack meal pattern for ages 3-5 requires any two of the five components: ½ cup of unflavored low-fat (1%) or unflavored fat-free milk; ½ ounce of meat/meat alternates; ½ cup of vegetables; ½ cup of fruits; and ½ ounce equivalent (oz eq) of grains.

In the Child and Adult Care Food Program, all crackers, including sweet crackers, are creditable for the child and adult meal pattern.

Cream and Neufchatel cheeses contain less protein and more fat per serving compared with creditable cheeses. Cream and Neufchatel cheeses are required to include the words cream cheese or Neufchatel cheese on the product label and are not creditable toward the M/MA component in the CACFP meal patterns.

There are five components to the CACFP: Child Care, Adult Day Care, Emergency Shelter, At-risk Afterschool Meals, and Day Care Homes. Organizations may be able to participate in the CACFP under one of these components if they meet eligibility requirements.

PPC is a product made from one or more cheeses (excluding certain cheeses such as cream cheese and cottage cheese, but including American cheese), mixed with emusifying salts.

Under the updated child and adult meal patterns, meals served will include a greater variety of vegetables and fruit, more whole grains, and less added sugar and saturated fat.

Snack chips, such as potato chips, are not creditable. These products do not meet the vegetables component requirements. These processed food items are typically high in sodium, fat, and/or sugar and low in nutrients.

Milk must be unflavored whole milk for age 1 and unflavored low-fat (1%) or fat-free milk for ages 2 and older. Flavored low-fat or fat-free milk may be served to ages 6 and older, but the USDA's CACFP Best Practices recommends serving only unflavored milk.

Yogurt and soy yogurt served in CACFP meals and snacks cannot contain more than 23 grams of total sugars per 6 ounces (no more than 3.83 grams per ounce).

Sweet crackers (such as graham crackers and animal crackers) are not grain-based desserts. However, the CSDE recommends limiting sweet crackers to no more than twice per week between all meals and snacks served in the CACFP.

There are five components to the CACFP: Child Care, Adult Day Care, Emergency Shelter, At-risk Afterschool Meals, and Day Care Homes. Organizations may be able to participate in the CACFP under one of these components if they meet eligibility requirements.

The term 'meal patterns' is an overarching construct that is often used to describe individuals' eating patterns at the level of a 'meal', such as a main meal (for example, breakfast, lunch or dinner) or a smaller-sized meal (for example, supper or snack).

The CACFP snack meal pattern for ages 3-5 requires any two of the five components: ½ cup of unflavored low-fat (1%) or unflavored fat-free milk; ½ ounce of meat/meat alternates; ½ cup of vegetables; ½ cup of fruits; and ½ ounce equivalent (oz eq) of grains.

In the Child and Adult Care Food Program, all crackers, including sweet crackers, are creditable for the child and adult meal pattern.

Cream and Neufchatel cheeses contain less protein and more fat per serving compared with creditable cheeses. Cream and Neufchatel cheeses are required to include the words cream cheese or Neufchatel cheese on the product label and are not creditable toward the M/MA component in the CACFP meal patterns.

There are five components to the CACFP: Child Care, Adult Day Care, Emergency Shelter, At-risk Afterschool Meals, and Day Care Homes. Organizations may be able to participate in the CACFP under one of these components if they meet eligibility requirements.

PPC is a product made from one or more cheeses (excluding certain cheeses such as cream cheese and cottage cheese, but including American cheese), mixed with emusifying salts.

Under the updated child and adult meal patterns, meals served will include a greater variety of vegetables and fruit, more whole grains, and less added sugar and saturated fat.

Snack chips, such as potato chips, are not creditable. These products do not meet the vegetables component requirements. These processed food items are typically high in sodium, fat, and/or sugar and low in nutrients.

Milk must be unflavored whole milk for age 1 and unflavored low-fat (1%) or fat-free milk for ages 2 and older. Flavored low-fat or fat-free milk may be served to ages 6 and older, but the USDA's CACFP Best Practices recommends serving only unflavored milk.

Yogurt and soy yogurt served in CACFP meals and snacks cannot contain more than 23 grams of total sugars per 6 ounces (no more than 3.83 grams per ounce).

Sweet crackers (such as graham crackers and animal crackers) are not grain-based desserts. However, the CSDE recommends limiting sweet crackers to no more than twice per week between all meals and snacks served in the CACFP.

There are five components to the CACFP: Child Care, Adult Day Care, Emergency Shelter, At-risk Afterschool Meals, and Day Care Homes. Organizations may be able to participate in the CACFP under one of these components if they meet eligibility requirements.

The term 'meal patterns' is an overarching construct that is often used to describe individuals' eating patterns at the level of a 'meal', such as a main meal (for example, breakfast, lunch or dinner) or a smaller-sized meal (for example, supper or snack).

The CACFP snack meal pattern for ages 3-5 requires any two of the five components: ½ cup of unflavored low-fat (1%) or unflavored fat-free milk; ½ ounce of meat/meat alternates; ½ cup of vegetables; ½ cup of fruits; and ½ ounce equivalent (oz eq) of grains.

In the Child and Adult Care Food Program, all crackers, including sweet crackers, are creditable for the child and adult meal pattern.

Cream and Neufchatel cheeses contain less protein and more fat per serving compared with creditable cheeses. Cream and Neufchatel cheeses are required to include the words cream cheese or Neufchatel cheese on the product label and are not creditable toward the M/MA component in the CACFP meal patterns.

There are five components to the CACFP: Child Care, Adult Day Care, Emergency Shelter, At-risk Afterschool Meals, and Day Care Homes. Organizations may be able to participate in the CACFP under one of these components if they meet eligibility requirements.

PPC is a product made from one or more cheeses (excluding certain cheeses such as cream cheese and cottage cheese, but including American cheese), mixed with emusifying salts.