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School Meals: Building Blocks for Healthy Children (2010)
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. "Appendix E: Standards for the Current Food- and Nutrient-Based Menu Planning Approaches." School Meals: Building Blocks for Healthy Children. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2010.

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School Meals: Building Blocks for Healthy Children

TABLE E-3 Reimbursable Breakfast and Lunch Under Nutrient-Based Menu Planning: Standards for Menu Item as Offered and as Served

	As Offered	As Served
Breakfast^a	Schools must offer at least three menu items: Fluid milk (served as a beverage) Two additional menu items	Student may decline only one item, regardless of the number of items offered
Lunch^b	Schools must offer at least three menu items: Fluid milk Entrée Side dish	If three items are offered, students may decline one If four or more items are offered, students may decline two Students must select an entrée
^aOffer versus serve (OVS) for breakfast is optional at all grade levels. ^bOVS is optional in grades below senior high level. SOURCE: Derived from USDA/FNS, 2007b.

TABLE E-4 Reimbursable Breakfast and Lunch: Standards for 5-Day Average Amounts of Key Nutrients for Age-Grade Groups

	Breakfast		Lunch
	Minimum Requirements	Optional	Minimum Requirements		Optional
	K–12	Grades 7–12	K–6	Grades 7–12	K–3
Calories	554	618	644	825	633
Fat	≤ 30%	≤ 30%	≤ 30%	≤ 30%	≤ 30%
Saturated fat (% of calories)	< 10%	< 10%	< 10%	< 10%	< 10%
Protein (g)	10	12	10	16	9
Calcium (mg)	257	300	286	400	267
Iron (mg)	3.0	3.4	3.5	4.5	3.3
Vitamin A (RAE)	197	225	224	300	200
Vitamin C (mg)	13	14	15	18	15
NOTES: g = gram; K = kindergarten; mg = milligram; RAE = retinol activity equivalent. SOURCES: Derived from USDA/FNS, 2000a, 2008e.