Breakfast Nutrition Requirements
To meet the requirements of the National School Breakfast Program, a school must offer a specified serving size of each of the following three food components:
- Grains/Bread - 2 servings
- Fruit - 2 servings (a fruit and a juice)
- Milk
A student must take at least three items for the breakfast to be counted under the National School Breakfast Program. One item must be a serving of fruit or a juice.
Students (whether paid, reduced, or free) taking fewer than three items must be charged a la carte prices, as those items would not meet the requirements under the program.
Lunch Nutrition Requirements
To meet the requirements of the National School Lunch Program, a school must offer a specified serving size of each of the following five food components:
- Meat/Meat Alternative
- Grains/Bread
- Vegetable
- Fruit
- Milk
A student must take at least three of the five required food components and one of them must be a fruit or a vegetable for the lunch to be counted under the National School Lunch Program.
Students (whether paid, reduced, or free) taking fewer than three components must be charged a la carte prices, as those items would not meet the requirements under the program.