List the new K-12 food requirements a school breakfast must meet in order to be reimbursable by the federal government
• Milk: 1 cup of fat-free (flavored/unflavored) or 1% unflavored; AND
• Fruit: 1 cupper day (vegetable substitution allowed); AND
• Grains: 1 oz. equivalent minimum daily; weekly ranges differ among age groups:
o Grades K-5: 7-10 oz. weekly
o Grades 6-8: 8-10 oz. weekly
o Grades 9-12: 9-10 oz. weekly
o All grains must be whole grain-rich
o There is no separate meat/meat alternate component in the new standards. Schools may substitute 1 oz. equivalent of meat/meat alternate for 1 oz. equivalent of grains after the minimum daily grains requirement is met.
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