Manage Your Food List

Note: We have complied a list of CACFP resources for food buying and crediting in the CACP. Click here for more information. To add a new food: Click the Administration menu and select Manage Foods . KidKare opens in a browser. ...

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...

When adding foods to your food list, you can include the CN label number somewhere in the food name. This lets the State and your sites know that the food is a CN-labeled product being offered at meal service. The CN label details should be stored o...

To edit an existing food on your food list: Click the Administration menu and select Manage Foods . KidKare opens in a browser. Log in using the same credentials you use to access Minute Menu CX. From the menu to the left, click Foods . Cli...

To remove foods from your list: Click the Administration menu and select Manage Foods . KidKare opens in a browser. Log in using the same credentials you use to access Minute Menu CX. From the menu to the left, click Foods . Click F...

Adding a New Food Category Click the Administration menu and select Manage Foods . KidKare opens in a browser. Log in using the same credentials you use to access Minute Menu CX. From the menu to the left, click Foods . Click Food C...

You can add food frequency and food combination rules. Watch the video below to learn more, or scroll down for step-by-step instructions. Adding Food Frequency Rules Click the Administration menu and select Manage Foods . KidKare open...

Mark all whole grain-rich foods on your food list. Foods that are marked as whole grain-rich on the food list default to whole grain-rich when centers select it on menus. However, only mark foods that are always whole grain-rich. Centers ca...

Juices are limited to once per day for non-infants and not allowed at all for infants. As such, you need to ensure that you do the following: Mark all juices as juice in the food tool. Ensure that all juices are set to Disallow for infants. Ensu...

Use the Manage Formula Types window to create formula options you can select when creating child records and recording infant menus. Click the Tools menu and select Manage Formula Types . The Manage Formula Types window opens. To add a formu...