Smart Snacks in Schools

Smart Snacks in Schools

YCJUSD Child Nutrition Services

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General Information

Smart Snacks in Schools went into effect July 1, 2014Competitive 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

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Nutrient Requirements for Elementary School

Calorie Limits Snack items: ≤200Fat Limits Snack total fat: ≤35% of kcalSaturated fat: ≤10% of kcal Trans fat: 0 grams

Sodium LimitsSnack items: ≤200 mgSugar Limit≤35% of weight from total sugars in food

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Helpful Tool

Smart

Snack

Calculator

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Calories

Check here to be sure

the calories are within

the appropriate limits:

≤

200

calories

per

food

Item

.

Calories from Fat

No more than

35

%

of

calories should be from fat.

So how do we figure this

out? The equation goes like

this: calories from fat/total

calories

= 0.17

÷ 150

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To form a percent, we

multiply this number by 100

0.17

×

100

This means that 17% of the

calories are from fat.

Saturated Fat

Less than

%

10

of total calories

should come from saturated fat, but

the label lists saturated fat in grams.

A simple trick for converting grams

to calories is to remember that 1

gram of fat contains 9 calories.

Grams

saturated fat × calories per

gram = calories from saturated fat.

0.5

× 9 = 4.5 calories

But now we need to know if that is

:

10

% or less of the total calories

(

Calories

from saturated fat÷ total

(calories

) × 100 = % calories from

saturated fat.

×

1

(4.5/150)

= 3% calories from

00

saturated fat.

Sodium

The sodium should be

≤

200

mg.

Sugars

Item should be no more than

%

35

sugar by weight.

(

Grams of sugar ÷ grams per

serving) × 100 = % sugar by

weight.

(1

÷40) × 100 = 2.5% sugar by

weight.

Trans Fat

All food items should have no

more than

0.5

grams

of trans fat

per serving.

What about Whole Grains?

Check that meals and snacks are whole grain by scanning the ingredient list. The first

item should be some type of

whole grain

, such as whole wheat

flour,buckwheat

, barley.

Getting to know the

FACTS

Elementary School

Beverages

Milk (fat free white & chocolate, 1% white)Non dairy must be nutritionally equivalent to milk >/276 mg calcium, >/8g protein1% low fat (unflavored) , nonfat (flavored/unflavored)Contains Vitamins A & D</28 g of total sugar and 25% of the calcium daily value Water (no added sweeteners) >/50% Fruit or Vegetable Juice (no added sweeteners)All beverages sold must be </8 oz

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Snacks

Must meet Nutrient Requirements (listed on previous slide)Be a Fruit Vegetable(non-fried)Dairy product Protein food (nuts, seeds, legumes, eggs, 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.

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Fundraisers

Nutrition Standards apply to all fundraisers. Non-compliant foods may be sold a ½ hour after the end of the school dayPTA: unlimited fundraising opportunities per each school year.

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Student Organizations

Elementary 4 sales per School Year1 itemAfter the last lunch Cannot prepare items on school campus Cannot be same items sold by Nutrition Services Department that dayItem must be pre-approved

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Approval Form

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Recordkeeping

School district is responsible for ensuring that each organization selling competitive foods and/or beverages maintains records that document compliance At minimum ReceiptsNutrition labels and/or product specifications

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Monitoring & Compliance

Compliance is monitored as part of the State agency administrative reviewIf violations have occurred, technical assistance and corrective action plans would be requiredSchools may incur fines or funding may be withheld for schools out of compliance

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Examples of Compliant Snacks & Beverages

Snacks

Pepperidge Farm Goldfish (Whole Grain) Chex MixHot & Spicy CheddarStrawberry Yogurt Pop Chips OriginalCheddarSour Cream and OnionBlue Bunny Sweet Freedom Fudge Bars

Beverages

Milk (1% & nonfat)100% JuiceIzze & Switch Sparkling JuicesPlain Water *Complete list of compliant snack ideas available at childnutrition-ycjusd.com

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Contacts & References

We’re here to help!

Ann Aguilar, MS,RDDirector, Child Nutrition Servicesann_aguilar@ycjusd.us (909)797-0174 ext.5857Lilyanna Montenegro, BSNutritionist, Child Nutrition Serviceslilyanna_montenegro@ycjusd.us(909)797-0174 ext. 5863

References

School Smart Snack Calculator Tool http://www.californiaprojectlean.org/doc.asp?id=180&parentid=95USDA Smart Snacks In Schoolshttp://www.fns.usda.gov/school-meals/smart-snacks-school

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