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Meal Pattern Minute: Breastfeeding
How and when can breastmilk be used in the CACFP?
Meal Pattern Minute: Product Formulation Statements
What is a PFS and when do you need one in the CACFP?
Meal Pattern Minute: Whole Grain-Rich and CN Labels
Identifying whole-grain rich items can be done through looking at the CN Label. Here’s how!
Meal Pattern Minute: CN Labels
What is a CN Label and how can you use it in the CACFP?
Meal Pattern Minute: Identifying Whole Grain-Rich Method 6
There are six methods to determine if a food product is whole grain-rich. Here is more on the sixth method!
Meal Pattern Minute: Identifying Whole Grain-Rich Method 5
There are six methods to determine if a food product is whole grain-rich. Here is more on the fifth method!
Meal Pattern Minute: Identifying Whole Grain-Rich Method 4, Part 2
There are six methods to determine if a food product is whole grain-rich. Here is more on the fourth method!
Meal Pattern Minute: Identifying Whole Grain-Rich Method 4, Part 1
There are six methods to determine if a food product is whole grain-rich. Here is the fourth method!
Meal Pattern Minute: Identifying Whole Grain-Rich Method 3
There are six methods to determine if a food product is whole grain-rich. Here is the third method!
Meal Pattern Minute: Identifying Whole Grain-Rich Method 2
There are six methods to determine if a food product is whole grain-rich. Here is the second method!
Meal Pattern Minute: Identifying Whole Grain-Rich Method 1
There are six methods to determine if a food product is whole grain-rich. Here is the first method!
Meal Pattern Minute: Whole Grain-Rich
Whole Grain-Rich (WGR)! What does it mean?
Meal Pattern Minute: Beef Jerky Sticks
Beef jerky sticks can be a quick and tasty snack, but are they creditable in the CACFP?
Meal Pattern Minute: Medical Statements with Soy Milk
When do you need a medical statement in order to serve soy milk to your #CACFP participants?
Meal Pattern Minute: Crediting Pickles
Cucumbers credit as a vegetable in the CACFP, so what about pickles?
Meal Pattern Minute: Potato Chips
We know that potatoes credit as a vegetable in the CACFP, but what about potato chips?
Meal Pattern Minute: Flavored Milk
Flavored milk – children and adults alike love it, but is it #CACFPCreditable?
Meal Pattern Minute: Serving Juice More Than Once Per Day
100% full-strength juice is reimbursable for the fruit component in the CACFP. But how many times per day are you allowed to serve it?