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Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs

Food Buying GuideThe Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs has been expanded and updated. It has a great new look, with an updated design, including color-coded tabs for each section, pictures, new charts and graphics. There are hundreds of new food items and much, much more.

Printed: November 2001

Revised: January 2008

Distributed: to state agencies as well as to school Food Authorities for distribution to their schools.

Available: on CD upon request. Also available in PDF.

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  • Cover
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • Meat/Meat Alternates - Contains more specific cuts, game
    meats, cooked ham and the Institutional Meat Purchase
    Specification (IMPS) number for certain items.
  • Vegetables/Fruits - Contains many ready-to-use items and
    new items such as kiwi, starfruit and yucca.
  • Grains/Breads - Contains a worksheet to calculate grams of
    flour, new classifications based on the grains/bread instruction,
    and information on how to determine if a product is creditable.
  • Milk - Contains a more complete list of fluid milk available and
    their updated product names.
  • Other Foods - Contains additional items.
  • Appendix A Recipe Analysis
  • Appendix B Using Column 6 for Recipe Analysis
  • Appendix C The USDA Child Nutrition Labeling Program
  • Appendix D Food Purchasing: A Summary of First Choice
    and Choice Plus
  • Appendix E Resources -Quick Website and Phone Number
    Reference Guide
  • Index of Foods