Licensing Standards for Family DayCare

NUTRITION STANDARDS -SERVING SIZES

Child and adult care food program meal patterns. This chart lists the amounts and type of food to be served to children 1 year and older.

Meal components	Ages 1-2	Ages 3-5	Ages 6-12
Breakfast
Milk	1/2 cup	3/4 cup	1 cup
Juice or Fruit or vegetable	1/4 cup	1/2 cup	1/2 cup
Bread or bread alternate	1/2 slice	1/2 slice	1 slice
Including cereal, cold dry	1/4 cup or 1/3 ounce	1/3 cup or 1/2 ounce	3/4 cup or 1 ounce
Or cereal, hot cooked	1/4 cup	1/4 cup	1/2 cup
Snack (supplement) select 2 out of 4 components
Milk	1/2 cup	1/2 cup	1 cup
Juice or Fruit or vegetable	1/2 cup	1/2 cup	3/4 cup
Meat or meat alternate	1/2 ounce	1/2 ounce	1 ounce
Bread or bread alternate	1/2 slice	1/2 slice	1 slice
Including cereal, cold dry	1/4 cup or 1/3 ounce	1/3 cup or 1/2 ounce	3/4 cup or 1 ounce
Or cereal, hot cooked	1/4 cup	1/4 cup	1/2 cup
Lunch or supper
Milk	1/2 cup	3/4 cup	1 cup
Meat or poultry or fish	1 ounce	1 1/2 ounce	2 ounce
Or egg	1	1	1
Or cheese	1 ounce	1 1/2 ounce	2 ounce
Or cooked dry beans or peas	1/4 cup	3/8 cup	1/2 cup
Or peanut butter and other "butters"	2 Tbsp	3 Tbsp	4 Tbsp
Nuts and seeds	1/2 ounce*	3/4 ounce*	1 ounce*
Vegetable and/or Fruit (2 or more total)	1/4 cup	1/2 cup	3/4 cup
Bread or bread alternate	1/2 slice	1/2 slice	1 slice

Milk includes whole milk, lowfat milk, skim milk, cultured buttermilk, or flavored milk made from these types of fluid milk which meet State or local standards.

Bread Alternate may also include an equivalent serving of items such as a roll, biscuit, muffin, cooked enriched or whole-grain rice, macaroni, noodles, or other pasta products.

* Nut and seeds may be credited towards meeting only 50% of the meat/meat alternate requirement.

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