Nutrition standards will be changing
January 26th, 2012

Information came to us this morning from our educational cooperative regarding the federal nutrition standards. Here is a brief summary:

As you may know, the final rule for the Nutrition Standards in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs was released today. This final rule updates the meal patterns and nutrition standards for the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs to align them with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans:

Ensuring students are offered both fruits and vegetables every day of the week;
Substantially increasing offerings of whole grain-rich foods;
Offering only fat-free or low-fat milk varieties;
Limiting calories based on the age of children being served to ensure proper portion size; and
Increasing the focus on reducing the amounts of saturated fat, trans fats and sodium.

If you want to view the entire document, follow this link:

http://www.ofr.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2012-01010_PI.pdf