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SuperKids Nutrition
Guide to educating the serving line and cashiers on Offer Verses Serve under Food-Base Menu Planning for K-8
Help your students become Super Crew Stars! What makes a reimbursable meal: 1. Student MUST take a fruit or a vegetable (red or green star) 2. Student MUST choose 3 different components (3 different color stars) Must offer 5 components (stars): 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Milk (8 oz.) –Blue Star Fruit (1/2 cup) – Red Star Vegetables (3/4 cup) – Green Star Grains (1 oz.) –Brown Star Meat (1 oz.) –Purple Star
Examples of Reimbursable Lunch: • • • •
1 1 1 1
milk , 1 fruit , and 1 vegetable meat , 1 grain , and 1 vegetable yogurt , 1 milk , 1 fruit fruit , 1 meat and 1 grain
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www.superkidsnutrition.com/5StarOrderForm.pdf Or call (866) 560-1201 ext.1 for sales
Fruits 1. 2. 3. 4.
Must offer ½ cup daily No maximum amount ¼ cup dried = ½ cup fruit serving 4 oz.100% fruit juice = 1 serving (taken only two times a week)
Students must take at least ½ cup fruit or ½ cup vegetable
Vegetables
1. Must offer ¾ cup daily 2. No maximum amount 3. Beans can count as a vegetable Students must take at least ½ cup fruit or ½ cup vegetable 1 cup of raw leafy greens = ½ cup vegetable serving
Grains
1. Schools must offer the daily minimum of 1oz. 2. Maximum of 9 oz. per week for grades K-5 3. Maximum of 10 oz. per week for grades 6-8 Eg. 1 8’’ whole-grain tortilla =1 grain component
Meat / Meat Alternates
1. Must offer minimum of 1 oz. per day 2. Maximum of 10 oz. per week 3. Cheese, egg, beans, tofu, nut butters, yogurt and soy yogurt in the right amounts can count as a meat alternate
Milk
1. Offer 8 oz. of milk 2. Must offer at least two choices: • Fat-free (unflavored or flavored) • Low-fat (unflavored only) • Fat-free or low-fat (lactose-reduced or lactose-free)
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www.superkidsnutrition.com/5StarOrderForm.pdf Or call (866) 560-1201 ext.1 for sales
Be a Super Star and promote School Nutrition with the
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Super Crew 5 Star Nutrition marketing package Download our order form at www.superkidsnutrition.com/5StarOrderForm.pdf
$45 per school – includes:
You can be a Super Crew star!
One 18” x 24” “You can be a Super Crew star” poster for the front of the serving line to comply with the new meal pattern notification and regulations of ‘What makes a Meal.’ Order an extra set for point of purchase at the cafeteria register.
Learn how to choose super star meals.
Fruits
Vegetables
Grains
Protein
Dairy
For a complete meal:
Five 18” x 24” “Super Crew Star Component Posters” (one for each food group) to beautify the cafeteria, educate kids on the principles of MyPlate and reinforce the new nutritional guidelines with the Super Star Meal concept.
Aim for at least 3 different color stars.
Make sure at least one star is red or green. ( fruit
or vegetable)
Try all 5 color stars to look, feel and live your best!
Healthy Foods = healthy body
Order separately Five 3” x 3” star clings to mark the items in the serving line to comply with the new meal pattern notifications and regulations.
We also offer a 5 Star Meal USDA student education poster set to compliment the Super Crew Posters that can be utilized for high schools. See our order form for other poster visuals: www.superkidsnutrition.com/5StarOrderForm.pdf SUPER CREW 5 STAR POSTERS