Smart Snacks in Schools YCJUSD Child Nutrition Services

Smart Snacks in Schools YCJUSD Child Nutrition Services 1

General Information • Smart Snacks in Schools went into effect July 1, 2014 • Competitive food: all foods and beverages sold on school campus outside of the reimbursable meal program to students • Standards apply from midnight to 30 minutes after the end of the school day 2

Nutrient Requirements Calorie Limits • Snack items: ≤ 200 (at elementary schools ≤ 175 kcal for dairy or whole grain snacks) • Entrée items: ≤ 350 Fat Limits Sodium Limits • Snack items: ≤ 200 mg • Entrée items: ≤ 480 mg Sugar Limit • Snack total fat: ≤ 35% of • ≤ 35% of weight from total sugars in food kcal • Saturated fat: ≤ 10% of kcal • Trans fat: 0 grams HELPFUL TOOL Smart Snack Calculator 3

Getting to know the FACTS Elementary School 4

Getting to know the FACTS Middle Schools and High School 5

Beverages • Milk (fat free white & chocolate, 1% white) – Non dairy must be nutritionally equivalent to milk – 12 fl. oz. per serving, 8 fl. oz (CECA) • Water (no added sweeteners) • 50% Fruit or Vegetable Juice/ 100% (CECA) – (no added sweeteners), • Sports Drinks, No/Low Calorie Drinks – Elementary & Middle Schools: NOT ALLOWED – High: ≤ 5 kcal/8 oz. or ≤ 10 kcal/20 oz. • • • Cannot sell beverages > 20 oz. , 10 -150 mg Na+, 10 -90 mg K+ per 8 fl. oz. No added caffeine 6

Beverage Portion Sizes • Elementary Schools may sell up to 8 oz portions • Middle & High Schools may sell up to 12 oz portions for milk & juice – High Schools may sell up to 20 oz of calorie-free flavored water and no/low cal sports drinks that meet the requirements listed on the previous slide 7

Snacks • Must meet Nutrient Requirements (listed on previous slide) • Must be a Fruit Vegetable(non-fried) Dairy product Protein food (nuts, seeds, legumes, cheese) Whole Grain product (WG must be the first ingredient and comprise at least 51% of total grain weight. ) – Combination food that contains at least ¼ cup fruit or vegetable and at least 2 of the 5 food groups (fruit, vegetable, dairy, protein, grain) – Any food with fruit, vegetable, dairy, protein, or whole grain listed as the first ingredient. – – – 8

Entrées • Must meet Nutrient Requirements (see slide 3) • May be 1 of these three options 1. Whole grain & Meat/Meat Alternate 2. Fruit or Vegetable & Meat/Meat Alternate 3. Meat/Meat Alternate • USDA does not recognize single servings of yogurt, cheese, nuts, seeds, and meat as entrée options but rather are categorized as snack items. • ≤ 400 Calories 9

Charter School (CECA) Nutrition Requirement Differences Kcal Limits • ≤ 200 Kcals per Snack (Elementary, Middle and High School) • ≤ 350 Kcals per Entrée Beverages • 100% Fruit or Vegetable Juice (No added Sweeteners) can be Diluted w/ water. • Low Cal >12 fl. oz not allowed (CECA) 10

Fundraisers • Standards apply to all fundraisers. • Non-compliant foods may be sold a ½ hour after the end of the school day • An Entrée that is sold by any entity, and is not on the menu the day of or day after, must be ≤ 350 kcal and meet the same criteria as other Entrées 11

Student Organizations Elementary • 4 sales per School Year – 1 item – After the last lunch – Cannot prepare items on school campus – Cannot be same items sold by Nutrition Services Department that day – Item must be pre-approved Middle & High Schools • Only 1 student organization can sell per day • Multiple organizations can sell on 4 designated days per year (no more than 3 categories of food) • Cannot prepare items on school campus • Cannot be same item sold by Nutrition Services Department that day • Items must be pre-approved 12

Approval Form 13

Recordkeeping • School district is responsible for ensuring that each organization selling competitive foods and/or beverages maintains records that document compliance • At minimum – Receipts – Nutrition labels and/or product specifications 14

Monitoring & Compliance • Compliance is monitored as part of the State agency administrative review • If violations have occurred, technical assistance and corrective action plans would be required • Schools may incur fines or funding may be withheld for schools out of compliance 15

Examples of Compliant Snacks & Beverages Snacks Beverages • Pepperidge Farm Goldfish (Whole • Milk (1% & Nonfat) • Chex Mix • 100% Juice • • Grain) – Hot & Spicy – Cheddar – Strawberry Yogurt • Izze & Switch Sparkling Juices • Plain Water Pop Chips – Original – Cheddar – Sour Cream and Onion Blue Bunny Sweet Freedom Fudge Bars *Complete list of compliant snack ideas available at childnutrition-ycjusd. com 16

Contacts & References We’re here to help! Ann Aguilar , MS, RD Director, Child Nutrition Services ann_aguilar@ycjusd. us (909) 797 -0174 ext. 5857 Lilyanna Montenegro, BS Nutritionist, Child Nutrition Services lilyanna_montenegro@ycjusd. us References School Smart Snack Calculator Tool http: //www. californiaprojectlean. org /doc. asp? id=180&parentid=95 USDA Smart Snacks In Schools http: //www. fns. usda. gov/schoolmeals/smart-snacks-school (909) 797 -0174 ext. 5863 17