School Meals

USDA Nutrition Standards for School Meals

USDA Certification of Compliance

Food Distribution

Recipes

What's Cooking USDA Mixing Bowl: USDA Recipe Database

Tools

USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference

USDA Ground Beef Calculator

Child Nutrition (CN) Label Verification Reporting System

Food Buying Guides

There are many Food Buying Guide sites but the following link gives the updates to the Food Buying Guide for School Meal Programs direct from USDA/FNS. It is different from the link to the Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs because it identifies the Vegetables by Subgroup and more specifics on the changes to school meals that do not apply to other Child Nutrition Programs such as the Child and Adult Care Food Program.

ICN Food Buying Guide: Calculator for Child Nutrition Programs

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USDA Choose MyPlate Louisiana Web Page

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