Check Out the Food Buying Guide Suite of Resources!

USDA Food and Nutrition Service sent this bulletin at 06/06/2018 11:12 AM EDT

June 6, 2018

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The Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs (FBG) is the authoritative source of food yield information for all Child Nutrition Programs. It has information to help you determine:

The right quantity of food to purchase for your program(s)
The appropriate types of food for your program(s)
The specific contribution each food makes toward the meal pattern requirements.

Also includes:

Program-specific information for meeting the meal pattern components
Helpful information related to food purchasing and how to utilize food yield information
Additional resources related to meal pattern requirements and menu planning

Check out the Food Buying Guide Suite of Resources at

https://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/food-buying-guide-for-child-nutrition-programs

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Easily search and navigate more than 2,100 food yields!
Compare food yields, and
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Program Operators: credit standardized recipes using the Recipe Analysis Workbook (RAW)!
Manufacturers: create crediting documents using the Product Formulation Statement Workbook (PFS)!
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