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Appendix K: Use of the School Meals Menu Analysis Program
Pages 297-304

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From page 297...
... . The SNDA-III Menu Survey data file contains information on the type of meal, number of meals served, food names and descriptions, portion sizes, and the number of reimbursable portions sold.
From page 298...
... One can generate a report from a single menu or for all menus and copy and paste the report into a spreadsheet or other program that handles tabular data. Staff used this output to prepare tables that describe the nutrient values of various types of menus and that compare the costs of baseline representative menus with those of modified baseline menus.
From page 299...
... If two items are offered and the student may take one, the value assigned to each choice is 150.
From page 300...
... The reports assume that this percentage of the students who select this item for their meal. For the purposes of this study, "percent take-up" for modified baseline menus is entered on the food item dialog following rules established by the committee.
From page 301...
... . These reports were used to evaluate the aggregate nutrients provided in a meal, the number of meal components offered, and the cost of menus (by day of the week)
From page 302...
... 0 Figure K-3.eps R01592 landscape, bitmap, not editable FIGURE K-3 Report generated by the School Meals Menu Analysis program showing a sample menu and related output. NOTES: c = cup; FO = fluid ounces; nfs = not further specified; WO = weight ounces.
From page 303...
... Figure K-4.eps R01592 FIGURE K-4 Report generated by the School Meals Menu Analysis program showing the nutritional summary of a week of landscape, bitmap, not editable menus. NOTES: 18:2 = linoleic acid; 18:3 = α-linolenic acid; DFE = dietary folate equivalent; g = gram; kcal = calories; mcg = microgram; 0 mg = milligram; RAE = retinol activity equivalent.


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