Minimum Diet

1. Facility meals are based on nutritional standards which may include the Federal Child Nutrition Meal Program. The minimum diet provided shall be based upon the nutritional and caloric requirements found in the 2011 Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI) of the Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies; the 2008 California Food Guide, and the 20150- 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans Based on activity levels, additional servings from the milk, vegetable - fruit, and bread - cereal groups shall be provided in amounts to assure caloric requirements.  
   1. Pregnant youth shall be provided with a supplemental snack.  
   2. In keeping with the chronic disease prevention goals, total dietary fat should not exceed 30 percent of the total calories on a weekly basis. 
   3. Facilities electing to provide vegetarian diets for any reason shall also conform to the dietary guidelines.  
   4. The minimum diet in every 24-hour period shall consist of a full number of servings specified from each of the food groups below.  Snacks may be included as part of the minimum diet.