Nutrition Standards and Meal Requirements for National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs: Phase I. Proposed Approach for Recommending Revisions (2008)

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Appendix L MyPyramid Food Intake Pattern Compared with Meal Requirements for the NSLP This appendix presents a table comparing the amounts of food specified by the MyPyramid food intake pattern with the current school meal requirements for a school lunch. The committee divided the total daily MyPyramid amounts for selected calorie levels by 3 since, by law, school lunch must provide one-third of a day’s intake of calories and nutrients. 175 

176 NUTRITION STANDARDS AND MEAL REQUIREMENTS TABLE L-1 Lunch Pattern Based on 2,400-Calorie MyPyramid Food Intake Pattern Compared with Meal Requirements for the National School Lunch Program NSLP Traditional Food- NSLP Enhanced Food- Based Menu Plan Based Menu Plan Minimum Minimum Requirement Requirement as a % of as a % of MyPyramid One-Third of One-Third of Pattern the the Divided by Minimum MyPyramid Minimum MyPyramid MyPyramid Food Group 3a Requirement Pattern Requirement Pattern Total fruit (c/meal) ⅔c N/S NA N/S NA Total veg (c/meal) 1c N/S NA N/S NA Total fruit/veg (c/meal) 1⅔c ¾c 45% 1c 60% Dark green veg (c/wk) 1c N/S NA N/S NA Orange veg (c/wk) ⅔c N/S NA N/S NA Legumes (c/wk) 1c N/S NA N/S NA Starchy veg (c/wk) 2c N/S NA N/S NA Other veg (c/wk) 2⅓c N/S NA N/S NA Total grain (oz eq/meal) 2⅔c 1.6 60% 3 112% Whole grains (oz eq/meal) 1.3 oz N/S NA N/S NA Total milk group (c/meal) 1c 1c 100% 1c 100% Total meat and bean (oz eq/meal) 2.17 oz 3 oz 138% 2 oz 92% Oils (tsp/meal) 2 ⅓ tsp N/S NA N/S NA Discretionary calorieb allowance (calories/meal) 121 calories N/S NA N/S NA NOTE: c = c; eq = equivalent; NA = not applicable; N/S = not specified; NSLP = National School Lunch Program; oz = ounce; tsp = teaspoon; veg = vegetable. a Daily recommendations have been divided by 3 for comparison of the values with the current NSLP guidelines for a school lunch (which should provide one-third of a day’s intake of calories and nutrients). b Discretionary calories are the calories remaining after the consumption of the calories needed to meet recommended nutrient intakes. These can be used to select foods with higher fat or sugar contents. SOURCE: Derived from USDA, 2000b, 2005.