Michigan Office 139 W. Lake Lansing Rd., Suite 120 • East Lansing, MI 48823 Telephone: (800) 234-3287 • FAX: (517) 332-5543 Illinois Office 4415 W. Harrison St., Suite 535 • Hillside, IL 60162 Telephone: (800) 284-5273 • FAX: (708) 236-0872 Breakfast Cereals www.acdkids.org Beginning October 1, 2019 the minimum serving size for ready-to-eat breakfast cereals served on the Child and Adult Food Care Program (CACFP) will be determined based upon the cereal type. BREAKFAST CEREAL TYPES AND MINIMUM SERVING SIZES Ages 1-2 Ages 3-5 Ages 6-12 Flakes or Rounds 1/2 cup or 1/2 ounce 1/2 cup or 1/2 ounce 1 cup or 1 ounce equivalent equivalent equivalent Puffed Cereal 3/4 cup or 1/2 ounce 3/4 cup or 1/2 ounce 1 1/4 cup or 1 ounce equivalent equivalent equivalent Granola 1/8 cup or 1/2 ounce 1/8 cup or 1/2 ounce 1/4 cup or 1 ounce equivalent equivalent equivalent IS IT CREDITABLE? As a starting place, check if the exact cereal is on the ACD Breakfast Cereal Guide. All cereals listed meet the sugar limit of no more than 6 grams of sugar per dry ounce, and many are whole grain-rich at the time the guide was created. However, product recipes can change so be sure to double check a cereal meets sugar limits with one of the methods below! 1. Look for WIC-approved cereals. Any WIC-approved cereal found on any state’s WIC-approved list meets the CACFP sugar limits. Additionally, if the cereal is a WIC-approved whole grain food then it is also whole grain-rich (WGR)! 2. Use the cereal sugar limit chart or do a quick calculation using the information on the Nutrition Facts label. If a cereal passes either of these tests it meets the sugar limit. grams of sugar per serving = .212 or less to be grams of cereal per serving creditable CEREAL SUGAR LIMIT CHART Yes Try it! Is the cereal shown in the Nutrition g = Facts label creditable? g No (answer on the next page) 5/2019 BREAKFAST CEREAL REMINDERS • The sugar limit of no more than 6 grams of sugar per dry ounce (21.2 grams of sugar per 100 grams of cereal) applies to ready-to-eat, instant, and hot cereals. • ACD encourages providers to choose unfrosted cereals as a best practice. • Ready-to-eat cereals containing honey are not creditable for infants. Ready-to-eat cereals may only be served to infants at snack. • All dessert flavored cereals (ex. chocolate or carmel) are perceived as grain based desserts and are not creditable, even if they meet the sugar limit. WHOLE GRAIN-RICH (WGR) CEREAL FLOWCHART A WGR grain is required to be served at least once a day. Serving a WGR breakfast cereal is one way to make sure you are not disallowed for this requirement - do not forget to mark it as whole grain-rich on your menus! Use the flowchart below to determine if a breakfast cereal is WGR. Is the first ingredient a whole grain? Yes No Is the cereal fortified with This cereal is vitamins and not WGR minerals? Yes No Are the second and This cereal is third grain WGR ingredients whole grain, enriched, or bran or germ? Yes No This cereal is This cereal is WGR not WGR Try it answer: 13 grams = .245 .245 is greater than .212 so this cereal is not creditable 53 grams Michigan Office 139 W. Lake Lansing Rd., Suite 120 • East Lansing, MI 48823 Telephone: (800) 234-3287 • FAX: (517) 332-5543 Illinois Office 4415 W. Harrison St., Suite 535 • Hillside, IL 60162 Telephone: (800) 284-5273 • FAX: (708) 236-0872 ACD Breakfast Cereal Guide www.acdkids.org WGR FLAKES Fiber One Great Grains Total Bran Flakes Grape-Nuts Flakes Wheaties Original Banana Nut Crunch Whole Grain Post Post General Mills General Mills Post General Mills Whole Grain Honey Organic Cinnamon Harvest, Oatmeal Squares Brown Sugar, Cinnamon, Honey Nut, Golden Maple Bunches of Oats Organic Autumn Wheat Quaker Vanilla Bunches, Honey Crunch Kashi Post Mini Spooners Shredded Wheat Frosted Mini Wheats Blueberry, Strawberry Cream, Original Original, Wheat & Bran, Big Biscuit Original, Blueberry, Strawberry Malto-O-Meal Post Kellogg’s WGR ROUNDS WGR PUFFED CEREAL Cheerios (Gluten-Free) Chex Kix Original, Multi Grain Wheat, Rice (Gluten-Free), Corn (Gluten-Free) Original, Honey, Berry Berry General Mills General Mills General Mills WGR= WHOLE Dora the Life 7 Whole GRAIN-RICH Explorer Original Grain Puffs General Mills Quaker Kashi WGR GRANOLA Grape-Nuts Nature’s Path Granola (Organic) KIND Healthy Grains Granola (Gluten-Free) Post Coconut Chia, Pumpkin Seed + Flax, Peanut Butter, Oats & Honey Clusters, Peanut Butter Whole Grain Vanilla Almond + Flax Clusters, Maple Quinoa Clusters NON-WGR PUFFED NON-WGR FLAKES Rice Krispies Crispy Rice Special K Corn Flakes Honey Bunches of Oats Kellogg’s Malt-O-Meal Original Kellogg’s Almonds, Cinnamon Bunches, Honey Roasted Kellogg’s Kellogg’s STORE BRANDS The following store branded cereals meet the sugar limit of no more than 6 grams of sugar per dry ounce. There may be store to store variation in which cereals are whole grain-rich. Check if a cereal is whole grain-rich by using the whole grain-rich flowchart. • Best Choice • Centrella • Essential Everyday Bran Corn Corn • Great Value Flakes Flakes Squares • Hy-Top • IGA • Kiggins • Kroger • Meijer Frosted • Nature’s Crunch Crispy Toasted Shredded • Our Family Rice Oats Wheat • Parade • ShurFine • Spartan In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA. 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