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Lunch or Supper

Food Components

Ages 1-2

Ages 3-5

Ages 6-12¹

1 milk   fluid milk

1/2 cup

3/4 cup

1 cup

2 fruits/vegetables   juice²,

fruit and/or vegetable

1/4 cup

1/2 cup

3/4 cup

1 grains/bread³

bread or

cornbread, or biscuit, or roll,

or muffin, or

cold dry cereal or

hot cooked cereal or

pasta, or noodles, or grains

1/2 slice

1/2 serving

1/4 cup

1/4 cup

1/4 cup

1/2 slice

1/2 serving

1/3 cup

1/4 cup

1/4 cup

1 slice

1 serving

3/4 cup

1/2 cup

1/2 cup

1 meat/meat alternate
meat, or poultry, or fish⁴,or

alternate protein product or

cheese or

egg or

cooked dry beans, or peas, or

nuts and/or seeds⁵, or

peanut, or other nut, or seed butters, or

 yogurt⁶  

1 ounce
1 ounce
1 ounce
1/2 egg
1/4 cup
1/2 ounce

2 Tbsp.
4 ounces

1 1/2 ounces
1 1/2 ounces
1 1/2 ounces
3/4 egg
3/8 cup
3/4 ounce
3 Tbsp.
6 ounces

2 ounces
2 ounces
2 ounces
1 egg
1/2 cup
1 ounce
4 Tbsp.
8 ounces

¹ Children age 12 and older may be served larger portions based on their greater food needs.
  They may not be served less than the minimum quantities listed in this column.
² Fruit or vegetable juice must be full-strength.
³ Breads and grains must be made from whole-grain or enriched meal or flour.   Cereal must be whole- grain or enriched or fortified.
⁴ A serving consists of the edible portion of cooked lean meat or poultry or fish.
⁵ Nuts and seeds may meet only one-half of the total meat/meat alternate serving and must be combined with another meat/meat alternate to fulfill the lunch or supper requirement.
⁶ Yogurt may be plain or flavored, unsweetened or sweetened.