Changes in Minimum Amounts and Types of Food: Lunch |
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Current Requirement |
New Recommendation |
| Fruit and Vegetables |
1/2 - 1 cup of fruit and vegetables combined |
3/4 – 1 cup of vegetables plus 1/2 – 1 cup of fruit per day
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| Vegetables |
No specifications as to type of vegetable |
Weekly requirements for dark green and orange vegetables and legumes and limits on starchy vegetables |
| Meat/Meat Alternates |
1.5–3 oz equivalents (daily average over 5-day week)
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1.6–2.4 oz equivalents (daily average over 5-day week)
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| Grains |
1.8–3 oz equivalents (daily average over 5-day week)
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1.8–2.6 oz equivalents (daily average over 5-day week)
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| Whole Grains |
Encouraged |
At least half of the grains to be whole grain-rich |
| Milk |
1 cup |
1 cup, fat content of milk to be 1% or less |