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title: Food List
description: "We have complied a list of CACFP resources for food buying and crediting in the CACP. Click here to view the Food Buying Guide. To add a new food: From the menu to the left, click Foods. Click Food Li"
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# Food List

Table of Contents

## In This Article

### Add Foods

We have complied a list of CACFP resources for food buying and crediting in the CACP. Click [**here**](https://foodbuyingguide.fns.usda.gov/) to view the Food Buying Guide.

To add a new food:

1. From the menu to the left, click **Foods**.
2. Click **Food List**. The Food List page opens.
3. Click **New Food**.
4. In the Display section:
   
     1. Click the **Category** drop-down menu and select the category in which to list this food.
     2. Click the **Name** box and enter a name for this food.
     3. Click the **Spanish Name** box and enter the Spanish name for this food (optional).
     4. Click the **Food Type** drop-down menu and select the type of food this is.
     5. If you select Vegetables or Fruit in **Step 6.d**, the Juice slider displays. If this is a fruit or vegetable juice, click ![slider-btn-Jun-27-2025-09-40-04-0672-PM](https://knowledge.kidkare.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/slider-btn-Jun-27-2025-09-40-04-0672-PM.png?width=24&height=40&name=slider-btn-Jun-27-2025-09-40-04-0672-PM.png) to set it to Yes.
5. In the **Nutritional Information** section, click ![slider-btn-Jun-27-2025-09-40-04-0672-PM](https://knowledge.kidkare.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/slider-btn-Jun-27-2025-09-40-04-0672-PM.png?width=24&height=40&name=slider-btn-Jun-27-2025-09-40-04-0672-PM.png) next to each nutritional marker that applies to this food:
   
     - Vitamin A
     - Vitamin C
     - Whole Grain-Rich
       
       **Note:** If you set Whole Grain-Rich to Yes, the food defaults to whole grain-rich when centers add the food to their menus.
     - High Fat
     - High Salt
     - Iron
6. In the **Food Quantity Group** section:
   
     1. **If you are entering a Bread/Alt or Infant Cereal:**
        
            1. Click the **Grains Group** drop-down menu and select the Exhibit A grains group to which this item belongs. You can view Exhibit A [**here**](https://foodbuyingguide.fns.usda.gov/Content/TablesFBG/ExhibitA.pdf). Note that if you are updating an Infant Cereal, this drop-down menu is locked to Group I (ready-to-eat cereals).
            2. Click the **Serving Size** box and enter the standard serving size for this item. For example, if you are updating Brand B bread and the nutrition label says that one serving is one slice, you would type **1** in this box.
            3. Click the corresponding drop-down menu and select the serving unit. Following our example, you would select **slice**. You can also click ![add-icon-4](https://knowledge.kidkare.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/add-icon-4.png?width=20&height=40&name=add-icon-4.png) and enter a custom unit.
            4. Click the **Serving Weight** box and enter the serving weight from the nutrition label in grams or ounces. Then, click the corresponding drop-down menu and select **grams (g)** or **ounces (oz)**. In our example, a serving of Bread A weighs 45g, so we enter 45 and select grams (g). Once you enter this information, the **1 Serving =** box displays and shows the amount of ounce equivalents in one serving of this item.  
               ![center spon - oz eq ounces](https://knowledge.kidkare.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/center%20spon%20-%20oz%20eq%20ounces.png?width=670&height=315&name=center%20spon%20-%20oz%20eq%20ounces.png)
            5. Click ![oz-eq-locked-equation](https://knowledge.kidkare.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/oz-eq-locked-equation.png?width=19&height=40&name=oz-eq-locked-equation.png) to lock this calculation and prevent sites from overriding it on the Daily Menu page in KidKare, if needed. Click ![oz-eq-locked-equation-2](https://knowledge.kidkare.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/oz-eq-locked-equation-2.png?width=19&height=40&name=oz-eq-locked-equation-2.png) to unlock it again.
     2. **If you are entering any other component:** Click each drop-down menu and specify how the food should be measured for Non-Infants and Infants. You can also click ![expand-icon-Jun-27-2025-09-38-37-2478-PM](https://knowledge.kidkare.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/expand-icon-Jun-27-2025-09-38-37-2478-PM.png?width=23&height=40&name=expand-icon-Jun-27-2025-09-38-37-2478-PM.png) to view measurements by age group. Your selection in this box affects the unit of measure used on the Menu Production Record when calculating the quantities needed. For more information about the Menu Production Record, see [**Center Sponsors: Print the Menu Production Record**](https://knowledge.kidkare.com/centers/menu-reports?hsLang=en).

For any foods that are considered raw leafy greens, select the **Raw Leafy Greens - c** food quantity to ensure the proper amount is calculated since you are required to serve double the amount when serving raw leafy greens.

1. In the **Approvals** section:
   
     1. Click ![slider-btn-Jun-27-2025-09-40-04-0672-PM](https://knowledge.kidkare.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/slider-btn-Jun-27-2025-09-40-04-0672-PM.png?width=24&height=40&name=slider-btn-Jun-27-2025-09-40-04-0672-PM.png) next to each meal for which this food is approved.
     2. Click the **Non-Infant**, **Infant 6-11**, and **Infant 0-5** drop-down menus and select **Allow**, **Disallow**, or **Warn**.
2. In the **Effective Dates** section:
   
     1. If this food is only approved starting on a specific date, click the **Start** box and enter a start date for the food. If you want this food to be available immediately, do **not** add a start date.
     2. If this food is only approved for a limited time, click the **End** box and enter an end date for the food. If you enter a date in this box, the food will not be available once the end date is reached.
3. Click **Save**.

 

---

### Add CN Label Numbers to Foods

When adding foods to your food list, you can include the CN label number somewhere in the food name. This lets the State and your sites know that the food is a CN-labeled product being offered at meal service. The CN label details should be stored on-location. If you choose to include these label numbers, develop a naming convention that you use consistently across the board. Consistency makes it easier to track these foods.

The figure below show what this might look like in KidKare. The number after the dash is the CN label number.

---

### Edit Foods

To edit an existing food on your food list:

1. From the menu to the left, click **Foods**.
2. Click **Food List**. The Food List page opens.
3. Locate the food to change. You can filter the displayed list, as needed.
   
     - Click **Infant Cereal**, **Milk**, **Meat/Alt**, **Bread/Alt**, **Vegetables**, and/or **Fruit** to filter to specific food types.
     - Click the **Name** box and begin typing a food name to filter the food list.
     - Click the **Category** drop-down menu and select the category to which to filter.
     - Click the **Name**, **Category**, **Food Type**, **Start**, or **End** columns to sort information in ascending or descending order.
     - Click ![slider-btn-Jun-27-2025-09-40-04-0672-PM](https://knowledge.kidkare.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/slider-btn-Jun-27-2025-09-40-04-0672-PM.png?width=24&height=40&name=slider-btn-Jun-27-2025-09-40-04-0672-PM.png) and select **Yes** to include expired foods, or select **No** to exclude expired foods.
4. Click the food to change. The Edit Food page opens.
5. Change the food, as needed.
   
   **Note:** Do **NOT** add a Start date to existing foods. Adding a start date to an existing food removes the food from your list until the start date is reached. You should only use start dates on new foods.
6. When finished, click **Save**. This will update the food item for any previous, current, or future menu dates.

 

---

### Remove Foods

To remove foods from your list:

1. From the menu to the left, click **Foods**.
2. Click **Food List**. The Food List page opens.
3. Locate the food to remove. You can filter the displayed list, as needed.
   
     - Click **Infant Cereal**, **Milk**, **Meat/Alt**, **Bread/Alt**, **Vegetables**, and/or **Fruit** to filter to specific food types.
     - Click the **Name** box and begin typing a food name to filter the food list.
     - Click the **Category** drop-down menu and select the category to which to filter.
     - Click the **Name**, **Category**, **Food Type**, **Start**, or **End** columns to sort information in ascending or descending order.
4. Click the food to remove. The Edit Food page opens.
5. In the **Effective Dates** section, click the **End** box and enter an end date. This should be the last day that the food is available to centers.
6. Click **Save**.

 

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