Grains Ounce Equivalents

As of October 1, 2021 , all food program participants must use grain ounce equivalents when serving Bread/Alt and Infant Cereal food items. The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) defines an ounce equivalent as “…the amount of food produc...

A grain ounce equivalent is the amount of food product considered to equal one ounce from the grain group. As of October 1, 2021 , all food program participants must use grain ounce equivalents when serving Bread/Alt and Infant Cereal food items. T...

As of October 1, 2021, the USDA requires that all grains served be recorded using ounce equivalents instead of standard units of measurement. This requirement applies to both the Bread/Alt and Infant Cereal components. To accommodate this policy, yo...

As of October 1, 2021, the USDA requires that all grains served be recorded using ounce equivalents instead of standard units of measurement. This requirement applies to both the Bread/Alt and Infant Cereal components. To accommodate this policy and...

Once you enable policy M.17 to use ounce equivalents in CX and KidKare and update your food list, your centers will be able to: Override the ounce equivalents calculation saved to the food list when recording menus in CX and KidKare. View all e...