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Food Buying Guide

  • Table of Contents 
  • Introduction 
  • Meat/Meat Alternates 
    Contains more specific cuts, game meats, cooked ham and the Institutional Meat Purchase Specification (IMPS) number for certain items.
  • Vegetables/Fruits 
    Contains many ready-to-use items and new items such as kiwi, starfruit and yucca.
  • Grains/Breads 
    Contains a worksheet to calculate grams of flout, new classifications based on the grains/bread instruction, and information on how to determine if a product is creditable.
  • Milk 
    Contains a more complete list of fluid milk available and their updated product names.
  • Other Foods 
    Contains additional items.
  • Appendix A   Recipe Analysis
  • Appendix B   Using Column 6 for Recipe Analysis
  • Appendix C   The USDA Child Nutrition Labeling Program
  • Appendix D   Food Purchasing: A Summary of First Choice and Choice Plus
  • Appendix E   Resources
    Quick Website and Phone NumberReference Guide
  • Index of Foods 

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