What is included in a complete lunch meal?
To see what makes up a complete lunch meal, see the charts below for your student’s grade level. Our staff tries to ensure that your child chooses the items he/she wants, while still maintaining federal guidelines for a complete meal.
All student meals MUST have a FRUIT or VEGETABLE on the tray.
Students may decline 2 of the 5 meal components – Meat, Grain, Fruit, Vegetable and Milk -
but cannot decline BOTH Fruit and Vegetable.
Milk choices include: 0% flavored, 1% unflavored & 0% unflavored.
The meal is priced as a unit, regardless if student selects 3, 4,or 5 items.
Grades K thru 5
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Items Offered
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Daily Serving Size
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Amount Offered Per Week
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Fruits (in ½ cup servings)
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½ cup
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2.5 cups
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Vegetables (in ½ cup servings)
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¾ cup
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3.75 cups
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Grains (oz. eq.)
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1-2 oz.
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8-9 oz.
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Meat or Meat Alternate (oz. eq.)
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1-2 oz.
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8-10 oz.
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Fluid Milk (in 1 cup servings)
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1 cup
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5 cups
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Grades 6 thru 8
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Items Offered
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Daily Serving Size
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Amount Offered Per Week
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Fruits (in ½ cup servings)
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1 cup |
5 cups
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Vegetables (in ½ cup servings)
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¾ cup
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3.75 cups
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Grains (oz. eq.)
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1-2 oz.
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8-10 oz.
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Meat or Meat Alternate (oz. eq.)
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1-2 oz.
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9-10 oz.
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Fluid Milk (in 1 cup servings)
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1 cup
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5 cups
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Grades 9 thru 12
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Items Offered
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Daily Serving Size
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Amount Offered Per Week
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Fruits (in ½ cup servings)
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1 cup |
5 cups
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Vegetables (in ½ cup servings)
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1 cup
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5 cups
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Grains (oz. eq.)
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2 oz.
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10-12 oz.
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Meat or Meat Alternate (oz. eq.)
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2 oz.
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10-12 oz.
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Fluid Milk (in 1 cup servings)
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1 cup
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5 cups
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