School Meals Initiative for Healthy Children (SMI)

1. School Meals Initiative for Healthy Children (SMI) Preparing for an SMI Review (Food-Based Menu Planning) Sarah Combs MS, RD Public Health Nutritionist Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction School Nutrition Programs

2. What is the School Meals Initiative for Healthy Children? • Launched by USDA in 1995 • Addresses the nutrition standards for School Meals • National School Lunch Program (NSLP) • School Breakfast Program (SBP) • Requires schools to comply with • Dietary Guidelines for Americans • Nutrition standards set by USDA • Calories, vitamins, minerals, fat and saturated fat • Nutrition standards set by DPI • Fiber, cholesterol and sodium

3. The SMI Review • Goals of SMI review: • Ensure meals meet nutrition standards • To provide technical assistance and resources to help meet standards

4. Information needed for an SMI review • School Food Authority (SFA) Profile • Supplemental Information sheet • Weekly Milk Usage record • Menus for the week being reviewed • Production records • Standardized recipes • Nutrition facts labels or manufacturer’s statements (if they contain nutrition information on the product) • Meal Component Worksheet • Other information (Salad/Garden Bar Worksheets, Condiment Usage Record, etc)

5. School Food Authority Profile • Complete the first three sections and return with SMI packet • Serves as a quick reference for the reviewer completing your analysis • Best time to be reached for questions

6. Supplemental Information • Provides the reviewer with quick answers to commonly asked questions • Complete each question as accurately as possible! • Send recipes/nutrition labels where indicated

7. Weekly Milk Usage • Submit a weekly record of how much of each types of milk are offered at lunch; • How much of each kind? • What kind of milk? • i.e. Chocolate, white • What percent milk fat? • i.e. 1%, fat free or skim • Submit actual counts or use percentages • Percentage of students who always take milk

8. Week of menus for review • Choose a different grade grouping than was analyzed in the last review • If an elementary school was analyzed in the past, choose the middle school or high school • Select a full week of lunch menus & include with your packet

9. Grade Groupings • Food Based menu planning options: • Traditional: Preschool, K-3, 4-12, 7-12 (optional) • Enhanced: Preschool, K-6, 7-12 K-3 (optional) • Record the following on the production records in terms of the grade groupings you serve: • Forecasted # of meals • Actual # of meals • Portion sizes

10. Production Records • Include completed production records for each day of the week submitted for review • Distinguish USDA Food (commodity) items • Below is a sample production record available on DPI’s Child Nutrition website and can be tailored to your program

11. Production Records • A properly completed production record should contain: • Planned/forecasted number of students and adults, with students, broken down into the proper grade groupings • Recipe(s) or food products used , including condiments • Serving sizes for each age/grade group and for adults • Total amount of food prepared (e.g. number of servings, cans, pounds, etc) • Actual number of reimbursable meals served for each age/grade group • Actual number of non-reimbursable meals served (e.g. adult meals, a la carte meals, etc) • Leftovers and substitutions

12. Serving Sizes: Fluid Ounces vs. Ounces? • List portion sizes in measurements of volume, such as cups, tablespoons, etc or you can record the scoop size you are using • 2 ounce spoodle = 2 fl oz = 1/4 cup • Volume vs. weight • Unless you are weighing out each portion, you should not use ounces on your production records • 4 ounces = 1/4 pound (not ½ cup) • 6 ounces = 3/8 pound (not ¾ cup) • 8 ounces = 1/2 pound (not 1 cup)

13. Standardized Recipes • Should be available for all food items you serve that contain more than one ingredient http://fns.dpi.wi.gov/fns_smiinfo

14. Information included on your recipes • Yield – total number of servings the recipe prepares • Serving sizes – if different grade groupings are given different serving sizes, note that on the recipe • Preparation procedures • Weights (e.g. pounds, ounces) and measures (e.g. cups, tablespoons) of each ingredient • All ingredients and their form • Cooked vs. raw • Fresh, frozen, canned (packed in light syrup, juice, etc) • Fat content (e.g. 20% fat ground beef) • EP vs. AP

15. USDA Recipe D-26: Macaroni & Cheese USDA Recipe Recipe with your School Specific Changes

16. Product Nutrition Labels • Nutrition labels should be submitted for all purchased food items, including: • Butter/margarine • Shortening • Condiments • Soup bases/sauce mixes • Direct Diversion food items • Do not need to send labels for: • USDA food items • Canned or frozen fruits and vegetables • Milk

17. Product Nutrition Labels • Submitted labels should contain: • The serving size • The weight for the stated serving size • Amounts of the following nutrients: • Calories • Total fat & saturated fat • Cholesterol • Sodium • Carbohydrates • Dietary fiber • Protein • Iron, calcium, Vitamin A, and Vitamin C • Brand/manufacturer and UPC

18. Meal Component Worksheet • Provides the reviewer with a quick reference of how each food item contributes to the meal components for your menu planning option.

19. Salad/Garden Bar Production Worksheets (Optional) • Optional worksheets available on DPI’s website at • http://fns.dpi.wi.gov/fns_smiinfo • Usage must be recorded for the entire week or each day • Include nutrition labels and recipes for all of the food items used

20. Condiment Usage Record (Optional) • Condiment usage must be included somewhere in packet • Optional worksheet available on the DPI website can be edited to meet the needs of your school • Can fill in usage per day or per week • Be sure to send in nutrition labels for the condiments you use!

21. For more information… • DPI’s Child Nutrition website: http://fns.dpi.wi.gov/fns • School Meals Initiative information on DPI’s Child Nutrition website: http://fns.dpi.wi.gov/fns_smiinfo • 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans webcast http://fns.dpi.wi.gov/fns_sntwebcasts#DGA • If you have any questions regarding your SMI packet, feel free to contact any of the following; • Sarah Combs, Julie Cox, Alicia Dill, Cindy Loechler, or Kelly Williams • See the directory for contact information http://fns.dpi.wi.gov/fns_directory

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