Is There a List of CACFP Approved Crackers?

[hwichlaz]

Darn. Tried to post a link. Google WIC food guide.

[flossie]

What about sugar limits for crackers?

My employer keeps buying vanilla wafers, which I know I have read is not allowable. She also keeps buying animal crackers, which I have not read about at all. Today she bought chocolate animal crackers. While the first ingredient says "enriched flour", does the amount of sugar matter and what limit?

[Blackcat31]

What about sugar limits for crackers?

My employer keeps buying vanilla wafers, which I know I have read is not allowable. She also keeps buying animal crackers, which I have not read about at all. Today she bought chocolate animal crackers. While the first ingredient says "enriched flour", does the amount of sugar matter and what limit?

This link is from Florida but it's the exact same one Provider's Choice provides. It lists animal crackers (regular/plain) as credible but vanilla wafers as non-credible.

http://www.floridahealth.gov/programs-and-services/childrens-health/child-care-food-program/Nutrition/_documents/2017-07%20Creditable%20and%20Non-creditable%20Grains.pdf

ETA, I found the link for Provider's Choice...

http://www.providerschoice.com/pdfs/Creditable%20Grains%20Handout.pdf

[Rockgirl]

My rep told me on her last visit that now the whole grain goldfish crackers don’t meet the requirement for whole grain. They’re still allowed, but not to be claimed as whole grain.

[Jo123ABC]

Attached is a list of a few the food program gave me a while ago.

[flossie]

Thanks for the replies. I think I've been spending far too much of my own (i.e. unpaid) time trying to figure this stuff out. It wouldn't be so hard if I were the one doing the shopping, but I am relying on the owner who wants to do it, ha ha, and have to use what she gets me.

I did go to cold cereal breakfasts only now, so that opened up a couple more snack options - English muffins, bagels, raisin toast. happyface

[Josiegirl]

My rep told me on her last visit that now the whole grain goldfish crackers don’t meet the requirement for whole grain. They’re still allowed, but not to be claimed as whole grain.

:confused::confused: Hmmm, wonder if my food rep will say the same thing next time she comes. We were told as long as it says whole grain on the front of the package, it was okay.

[Unregistered]

Quaker oatmeal squares.

[Unregistered]

CACFP Cracker List

Of course, everything always depends on your sponsor and state agency approval but follow this link to anything new meal pattern fronm around the country not from just one source. Click on Grains box and yo will find many lists...

http://ccfprtconference.weebly.com/cacfp-meal-pattern-implementation-library.html

[Unregistered]

Whole Grain Fish Crackers

Not sure why no one will write up an actual list of crackers, except maybe not to promote companies products but they do for cereals...

Ingredients for the Whold Grain Fish Cracker
WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), CHEDDAR CHEESE ([CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES], ANNATTO), CANOLA AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL, SALT, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: YEAST EXTRACT, PAPRIKA,
SPICES, CELERY, BAKING SODA, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, ONION POWDER. CONTAINS: WHEAT, MILK.

https://www.pepperidgefarm.com/product/goldfish-cheddar-baked-with-whole-grain/