Is There a List of CACFP Approved Crackers?
I recently printed a page of cereals so that we can find them more quickly when shopping. I'm wondering if there's something like that for crackers. We have a food program person coming in a week or two to go through our kitchen and snacks are one of the things that confuse me most.
I believe Triscuits and, likely, Wheat Thins are approved? Graham crackers, too, I think. But I'm not sure beyond that. We have Goldfish, Cheese-Its and Club Crackers often and I saw that "enriched wheat flour" is the first ingredient of each. Are those approved since they are enriched? |
Originally Posted by Unregistered: |
Originally Posted by Unregistered: |
Originally Posted by Rockgirl: |
I’m assuming that you mean for the whole grain requirement? Since nearly all crackers are approved.
Whole Grain Goldfish Wheat Thins Triscuits Any cracker with whole grain as the first non-water ingredient as long as sugar is not the second ingredient. |
Originally Posted by hwichlaz: |
Originally Posted by Rockgirl: Oh ok. She’d specified whole grain goldfish so I was confused. Are the WG version hard to find where you live? |
Originally Posted by hwichlaz: |
I didn't know what I meant, but I think I may be starting to get it a little, ha ha.
So nearly all crackers that I have picked up say "enriched flour" for their first ingredient. These would be creditable, or reimbursable. But they would not count as the one "whole grain rich" food serving for the day. But, for example, a box of raisin bran that states "whole wheat flour" as the first ingredient would be meeting that WGR requirement for the day. As long as all my grains are enriched and I am serving one WGR food per day, I am meeting the requirements for grains, right? |
Originally Posted by Rockgirl: |
Originally Posted by Rockgirl: |
Originally Posted by Unregistered: |
Our whole grain cereals of choice are frosted mini wheats and Cheerios.
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Cereal list is page 10. These all meet the low sugar requirement and the whole grain cereals are indicated.
This will also have whole grain breads and creditable milk substitutes. When in doubt, WIC guidelines are the easiest way to check. |
Page 10 of what? (I do have a printout of cereals from a link on this forum, think from Providers Choice.) Now that I looked more closely, I see you are correct in that the raisin bran's sugar is too high as it's at 20g for the serving size and the limit for that is 13g, as well as the fact that it is not on the list that I'd printed, ha ha. Must need an eye exam.
Editing to add: I tried mini wheats and they weren't a hit. But I will try a frosted one next time. I likely will stick with Cheerios and Chex, primarily, as it needs to be edible for the toddlers, too. (My biggest concern when my own kids were young was choking - I'm pretty mindful of it at all times.) |
Darn. Tried to post a link. Google WIC food guide.
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What about sugar limits for crackers?
My employer keeps buying vanilla wafers, which I know I have read is not allowable. She also keeps buying animal crackers, which I have not read about at all. Today she bought chocolate animal crackers. While the first ingredient says "enriched flour", does the amount of sugar matter and what limit? |
Originally Posted by flossie: http://www.floridahealth.gov/program...e%20Grains.pdf ETA, I found the link for Provider's Choice... http://www.providerschoice.com/pdfs/...%20Handout.pdf |
My rep told me on her last visit that now the whole grain goldfish crackers don’t meet the requirement for whole grain. They’re still allowed, but not to be claimed as whole grain.
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Attached is a list of a few the food program gave me a while ago.
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Thanks for the replies. I think I've been spending far too much of my own (i.e. unpaid) time trying to figure this stuff out. It wouldn't be so hard if I were the one doing the shopping, but I am relying on the owner who wants to do it, ha ha, and have to use what she gets me.
I did go to cold cereal breakfasts only now, so that opened up a couple more snack options - English muffins, bagels, raisin toast. happyface |
Originally Posted by Rockgirl: |
Quaker oatmeal squares.
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CACFP Cracker List
Of course, everything always depends on your sponsor and state agency approval but follow this link to anything new meal pattern fronm around the country not from just one source. Click on Grains box and yo will find many lists...
http://ccfprtconference.weebly.com/c...n-library.html |
Whole Grain Fish Crackers
Not sure why no one will write up an actual list of crackers, except maybe not to promote companies products but they do for cereals...
Ingredients for the Whold Grain Fish Cracker WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), CHEDDAR CHEESE ([CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES], ANNATTO), CANOLA AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL, SALT, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: YEAST EXTRACT, PAPRIKA, SPICES, CELERY, BAKING SODA, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, ONION POWDER. CONTAINS: WHEAT, MILK. https://www.pepperidgefarm.com/produ...h-whole-grain/ |
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