Contents


 

MILK & MILK PRODUCTS

CREDITABLE

NON CREDITABLE

 

MEAT & MEAT ALTERNATES

CREDITABLE

NON CREDITABLE

 

FRUIT & VEGETABLES

CREDITABLE

NON CREDITABLE

 

BREAD & BREAD ALTERNATES

CREDITABLE

NON CREDITABLE

 

CEREALS

Highly Recommended (0% - 10% Sugar)

Recommended (11% - 20% Sugar)

Acceptable (20% - 35% Sugar)

Not Recommended (35% - 50% Sugar)

May Not Be Creditable

 

 


 

MILK & MILK PRODUCTS

CREDITABLE

 

Whole Milk

Lowfat Milk (1%,2%)

Skim Milk

Buttermilk

Acidified Milk

Cultured Milk

Eggnog

(Homemade with fluid milk. Only the fluid milk is creditable. Must use cooked eggnog only. Serving raw eggs is not allowed)

Hot Chocolate or Cocoa

Made with fluid milk only. Powered cocoa with hot water added is not creditable)

Lactose-Reduced Milk

Milkshakes

Made with fluid milk. Each serving must contain enough milk to meet the meal pattern requirement.

UHT(Farm Best)

 

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MILK & MILK PRODUCTS

NON CREDITABLE

 

Cocoa Mix (Powdered with hot water)

Cream Cheese

Cream Soups

Cream Sauces

Cream, whipping and sour

Custard

Evaporated Milk (Pet Milk)

Half and Half

Ice Cream and Ice Milk (purchased or homemade)

Imitation Milk (Meadow Fresh, Royal American, etc.)

Nonfat Dry Milk

Pudding

Pudding Pops

Sherbert

Tapioca

Yogurt (creditable as a meat or meat alternate)

 

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MEAT & MEAT ALTERNATES

CREDITABLE

 

Canadian Bacon

Canned Soups (Pea and Bean only)

Pea and bean soups may be creditable as follows; ½ cup reconstituted = ¼ cup cooked beans/peas 1 cup ready to serve=1/2 cup cooked beans/ peas

Cheese

American, Cheddar, Cottage, Feta, Romano, Parmesan, Ricotta, Mozzarella, Swiss (Note: large amount of Romano and Parmesan are required to meet the requirement. 3/8 cups = 1 ounce)

Cheese Food and Cheese Spread

Velvetta, Cheese Whiz (Note: 2 ounces = 1 ounce of meat)

Corndogs (See Frankfurters; Hot Dogs)

Dried Beans and Peas

Eggs

Fish Sticks

Frankfurters: Hot Dogs (Beef, Pork,

Turkey, Chicken)

Cannot contain meat by products or fillers

Luncheon Meats, Cold Cuts, etc.

Cannot contain meat by products or fillers

Peanut Butter and other nut butters

Refried Beans

Sausage

Turkey Ham, Bologna, Frankfurters

Vegetable Protein Products.

Must be no more than 30% analogue with 70% meat, fish or poultry.

Vienna Sausage

Yogurt

 

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MEAT & MEAT ALTERNATES

NON CREDITABLE

Bacon-Bits

Bacon

Beef Jerky (Not allowed by Karamu)

Chitterlings

Cream Cheese

Egg Rolls (commercial)

Fat Back or Streak of Lean

Ham Hocks

Vegetable Protein Products

100% with no added meat, fish or poultry.

Pigs Feet, Tails, Ears

Powdered cheese in boxed macaroni and cheese

Raw Eggs

Side Pork

Sizzelean

Tofu

Wild Game

 

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FRUIT & VEGETABLES

CREDITABLE

Alfalfa Sprouts

Apple Cider

Bean Sprouts

Cranberry Sauce

Dates

Dried Beans

Dried Fruits & Vegetables

Figs

Fruit Cocktail (as one fruit)

Fruit Sicles (Must be 100% full strength juice)

Green Chiles

Juice

Fruit or vegetable. Must be labeled "juice", "full-strength juice", "single strength juice", "100 percent juice", "reconstituted juice", or "juice from concentrate". Can be fresh, canned, frozen or reconstituted.

Mixed Vegetables (as one vegetable)

Mushrooms

Olives

Plantains

Peas and Carrots (as one vegetable)

Pickles

Pimentos

Potato Skins

Succotash (as one vegetable)

Tossed Green Salad (as one vegetable)

V-8 Juice (100% Vegetable Juice Only)

Water Chestnuts

 

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FRUIT & VEGETABLES

NON CREDITABLE

Apple Butter

Catsup (Ketchup)

Chile Sauce

Corn Chips

Coconut

Cranapple (as a full strength juice)

Cranberry Juice Cocktail

Fruit Flavored Powders and syrups

Fruit Leather

Fruit Punch

Fruit Roll Ups

Hominy

Jello and Knox Blox

Jelly, Jam, Preserves

Kool-Aid

Lemonade

Nectar

Pickle relish

Pop Tart Filling

Popsicles

Potato Chips, Potato Sticks

Salsa

Tang

 

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BREAD & BREAD ALTERNATES

CREDITABLE

Bagels

Banana Nut Bread, Zucchini, Pumpkin, etc.

Bread Pudding or Rice Pudding (snacks only)

Bread Sticks

Brownies (Snack only. Made with enriched flour)

Cereal (whole grain, enriched, or fortified)

Chow Mein Noodles

Coffee Cakes, Sweet Rolls (Breakfast & snack only)

Cookies (Snack only. Made ith enriched flour)

Corn Tortillas

Cornbread

Croissants

Doughnuts (Breakfast & Snacks only)

Dumplings

Egg Roll/Won Ton Wrappers

Graham Crackers

Granola Bars (Snack only)

Granola Cereal (Breakfast & snack only)

Hush Puppies

Melba Toast

Noodles

Pancakes

Pita Bread

Popovers

Pop Tarts (Breakfast & Snacks only)

Pretzels (Soft only)

Quick Breads

Rice (White, brown)

Rice Pudding (Snacks only)

Saltine & Soda Crackers (Made with enriched

flour)

Snack Crackers (Ritz, Cheez-its, Wheat

Thins, etc; with enriched flour)

Spaghetti

Stuffing (Homemade)

Taco Shells (whole and pieces)

Toaster Pastries (Breakfast & Snacks only)

Tortillas

Waffles

Zwieback

 

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BREAD & BREAD ALTERNATES

NON CREDITABLE

Bread Stuffing (commercial such as Stove Top)

Cakes

Corn Chips

Cupcakes

Gingerbread

Hominy

Pie Crust (desserts)

Potato Chips

Potato Sticks

Pretzel Sticks

Tapioca

Tortilla Chips (or similar snack corn chips)

Wheat Germ

 

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CEREALS

Highly Recommended (0% - 10% Sugar)

Cheerios

Chex (Corn, Rice, or Wheat)

Corn Flakes

Country Corn Flakes

Crispy Rice

Kix

Multi-Vitamin Whole Grain Flakes

Nutri-Grain Golden Wheat

Nutty Nuggets

Popeye Puffed Wheat

Product 19

Puffed Kashi

Rice Crispies

Rice Puffs

Shredded Wheat

Special-K

Sun Flakes

Toasted Oats

Toasty O’s

Uncle Sam

Wheetabix Whole Wheat

Wheat Puffs

100% Whole Grain Cereal

 

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CEREALS

Recommended (11% - 20% Sugar)

Alpen Original

Banana Nut Crunch

Blue Corn Flakes

Crispix

Golden Multi Grain Flakes

Grape Nuts

Great Grains Crunchy Pecans

Healthy Choice (Multi Grain, Toasted brown Sugar)

Honey Bunches Of Oats (Regular, Almonds)

Kashi Medley

King Vitamin

Life-Oat

Multigrain Cheerios

Muselix Golden Crunch

Nutrigrain- (Almond Raisin, Golden Wheat)

Oat Squares

Oatmeal Squares

Squares

Strawberry Squares

Total Whole Grain

Triples

Wheaties

 

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CEREALS

Acceptable (20% - 35% Sugar)

Almond Delight

Apple Cinnamon Squares

Basic Four

Berry Berry Kix

Blueberry Morning

Cap’n Crunch Peanut Butter Crunch

Cinnamon Life

Cinnamon Toast Crunch

Frosted Mini Wheats

Frosted Wheat Bites

Fruit & Fiber (Date, Raisin, Walnut, Peaches)

Fruit Granola Low Fat

Golden Raisin crisp

Granola (Low Fat, Raisin Low fat)

Great Grains Date Raisin Nut

Honey Nut Toasted Oatmeal Flakes

Honey Nut Toasted Oats

Just Right Fruit & Nuts (Regular, Crunchy Nut)

Nut & Honey Crunch

Nutri Grain Almond Raisin

Oatmeal Crisp Apple Cinnamon

Oatmeal Raisin Crisp

Peanut Butter Crunch

Raisin Bran (Enriched Or Fortified Only)

Raisin Squares Rice Krispie Treats

Sun Crunchers

Temptations (French Vanilla, Honey Roasted)

Toasted Oatmeal (Original, Honey & Nut)

Wheaties Honey Gold

 

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CEREALS

Not Recommended (35% - 50% Sugar)

Alpha Bits (Regular, Marshmallow)

Apple Cinnamon Cheerios, Rice Krispies, Toasted Oats

Apple Jacks

Apple Rolls

Apple Zaps

Cap n’ Crunch (Regular, Berries)

Cinnamon Mini Bun

Cocoa Krispie Rice

Cocoa Pebbles

Cookie Crisp

Corn Blasts

Corn Pops

Corn Puffs

Count Chocula

Crisp Crunch

Crispie Wheat & Raisin

Crunch Berries

Double Dip Crunch

Frankenberry

Frosted Cheerios

Frosted Flakes

Frosted Krispies

Frosted Wheat Bites

Frosted Wheat Puffs

Fruit & Toasted O’s

Fruit Loops

Fruit Rings

Fruitangy Oh’s

Fruity Pebbles

Golden Grahams

Golden Sugar Puffs

Granola Low Fat (Heartland)

Hidden Treasures

Honey Graham O’s

Honey Nut Toasty O’s

Honeycomb

Lucky Charms

Magic Stars

Marshmallow Mateys

Marshmallow Safari

Marshmallow Treasures

Money Nut Cheerios

Pop Tart Crunch Frosted Brown Sugar

Pop Tart Crunch Frosted Strawberry

Reece’s Peanut Butter Puffs

Spiderman

Sprinkle Sprangles

Sweet Crunch

Tootie Fruities

Trix

Waffle Crisp

 

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CEREALS

May Not Be Creditable

100% Bran (Nabisco, Post)

Bran Buds

Bran Flakes Coca Roos

Clusters

Coca Comets

Coca Crunchies

Cocoa Blasts

Cocoa Puffs

Common Sense Oat Bran

Complete Bran Flakes

Cracklin Oat Bran

Crunchy Corn Bran All Bran Original

Double Chex (Milled rice- not enriched)

Fiber One

Frosted Bran

Fruit Whirls

Fruitful Bran

Golden Crisps

Muesli - Raspberry

Multi Bran Chex

Natural Bran Flakes

Oat Bran

Raisin Bran (Kellogg, Kroger, Total)

Raisin Nut Bran

Sugar Smacks

Zany Fruits (Degermed cornmeal- not enriched)

 

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