Get Milk Sub Form Feb 2012.doc

Certain brands of soy milk and oat milk are the only currently available nondairy milk products that meet these requirements.

Almond milk, cashew milk, rice milk, some brands of soy milk, most brands of oat milk, and other nondairy milk products do not meet these requirements and cannot substitute for milk in the CACFP meal patterns.

Milk served to children two years old and older and adults must be low-fat(1 percent fat) or fat-free(skim). Whole milk and reduced-fat(2 percent fat) milk may not be served to participants two years of age and older or to adults.

Creditable Fluid Milk Substitutes. List of Creditable Fluid Milk Substitutes. Unflavored. 8th Continent. Original Soymilk. Kikkoman. Pearl Organic Soymilk. Smart Original. Ripple. On-the-Go Original. (non-soy) Silk. Original. Soymilk. Sunrich Naturals. Organic Original. ... Flavored. 8th Continent. Vanilla Soymilk. Kikkoman. Pearl Organic.

Lactose-free or lactose-reduced milk (low-fat (1%) or less) and nondairy beverages are the only two options that are allowed for milk substitutions in the USDA school nutrition programs.

Allowable types of fluid milk for children 2 years old and older and adults include: fat-free or low-fat (1%) milk, fat-free or low-fat lactose-free milk, fat-free or low-fat lactose-reduced milk, fat-free or low-fat cultured milk, such as cultured buttermilk, cultured kefir milk, and cultured acidophilus milk, and fat ...

Milk substitutes must be nutritionally equivalent to milk and provide specific levels of calcium, protein, vitamins A and D, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, riboflavin, and vitamin B-12 and must be consistent with State and local standards.

Per USDA guidelines, the only non-dairy milk permitted for use in the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs is Soy Milk.

Overview of the Final Rule Requires that nondairy beverages offered as fluid milk substitutes be nutritionally equivalent to fluid milk and provide specific levels of calcium, protein, vitamins A and D, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, riboflavin, and vitamin B-12.