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title: Food Rules
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# Food Rules

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You can add food frequency and food combination rules. Watch the video below to learn more, or scroll down for step-by-step instructions.

### Adding Food Frequency Rules

1. From the menu to the left, click **Foods**.
2. Click **Food Rules**. The Rules page opens.  
   ![center sponsor - food rules home](https://knowledge.kidkare.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/center%20sponsor%20-%20food%20rules%20home.png?width=688&height=314&name=center%20sponsor%20-%20food%20rules%20home.png)
3. Click **New Rule** and choose from the following:
   
     - Limit Foods/Day
     - Limit Foods/Week
     - Limit Foods/Month
4. The **Food Frequency Details** page opens. In the **Display** section:
   
     1. Click the **Name** box and enter a name for this rule. This box is required.
     2. Enter a description, Spanish name, and Spanish description, if needed.
5. In the **Apply To** section, select the age group and meals to which the rule applies:
   
     1. Click **Infants** or **Non-Infants**.
     2. Click **Meal** or **Child**.
     3. 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 to which this rule applies.
     4. Click the **Serving Limit** box and enter the number of servings of this food allowed for the time period you selected in **Step 5.**
6. In the **Action** section, select **Warn** or **Disallow**.
7. Click **Next**. The Select Food Restriction page opens.  
   ![center spon - food rules frequency select food](https://knowledge.kidkare.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/center%20spon%20-%20food%20rules%20frequency%20select%20food.png?width=688&height=310&name=center%20spon%20-%20food%20rules%20frequency%20select%20food.png)
8. Select a food type, category, or food to restrict.
   
     - To restrict a food type:
       
           1. Click **Food Type**.
           2. Select the type.
     - To restrict a food category:
       
           1. Click **Category**.
           2. Click the category in the first box and drag and drop it into the **Selected Items for Rule** box. You can click the **Type to Search** box and enter the category name to filter the categories that display.
     - To restrict a specific food:
       
           1. Click **Select Foods**.
           2. Click the food in the first box and drag and drop it into the **Selected Items for Rule** box. You can click the **Type to Search** box and enter the food name to filter the foods that display.
9. Click **Save**.

 

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Adding Food Combination Rules

1. From the menu to the left, click **Administration** and **Manage Foods**. KidKare opens in a browser.
2. From the menu to the left, click **Foods**.
3. Click **Food Rules**. The Rules page opens.
4. Click **New Rule** and choose from the following:
   
     - **Any 2 Foods:** The rule is executed when two specific foods are served together, such as french-fries and mashed potatoes.
     - **All Foods:** The rule is executed when **all** foods on the rule are served.
5. The Food Combination Details page opens. In the **Display** section:
   
     1. Click the **Name** box and enter a name for this rule. This box is required.
     2. Enter a description, Spanish name, and Spanish description, if needed.
6. In the **Effective Dates** section, set a start and end date for this rule if it is only valid during a certain time period.
7. In the **Apply To** 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 meal to which this rule applies.
8. In the **Action** section, select **Warn** or **Disallow**.
9. Click **Next**. The Select Food Restriction page opens.
10. Select a food type, category, or food to restrict.
    
      - To restrict a food type:
        
            1. Click **Food Type**.
            2. Select the type.
      - To restrict a food category:
        
            1. Click **Category**.
            2. Click the category in the first box and drag and drop it into the **Selected Items for Rule** box. You can click the **Type to Search** box and enter the category name to filter the categories that display.
      - To restrict a specific food:
        
            1. Click **Select Foods**.
            2. Click the food in the first box and drag and drop it into the **Selected Items for Rule** box. You can click the **Type to Search** box and enter the category name to filter the categories that display.
11. Click **Save**.

 

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### Limit Juice to Once Day

Juices are limited to once per day for non-infants and not allowed at all for infants. As such, you need to ensure that you do the following:

- Mark all juices as juice in the food tool.
- Ensure that all juices are set to Disallow for infants.
- Ensure that juices are all stored in the Juices category.

To do so:

1. From the menu to the left, click **Foods**.
2. Click **Food List**.
3. Click the **Name** box and type **juice** to filter to the majority of juices. You may also need to search for cider or any other juice that does not have the word juice in the name later. You can also click **Vegetables** and **Fruit** at the top of the page to limit to all foods in those categories, and then search within those categories.  
   ![center spon - food rules - juice 01](https://knowledge.kidkare.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/center%20spon%20-%20food%20rules%20-%20juice%2001.png?width=688&height=310&name=center%20spon%20-%20food%20rules%20-%20juice%2001.png)
4. Click the juice to update.
5. Click the **Category** drop-down menu and assign the juice to your Juice category.
6. Ensure that the **Food Type** is correct. For example, apple juice should be a fruit, and carrot juice should be a vegetable.
7. 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 **Juice** to mark this as a juice. The **Infant 6-11** and **Infant 0-5** boxes in the Approvals section are automatically set to Disallow and cannot be changed.
   
   ![center spon - food rules - juice 02](https://knowledge.kidkare.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/center%20spon%20-%20food%20rules%20-%20juice%2002.png?width=688&height=225&name=center%20spon%20-%20food%20rules%20-%20juice%2002.png)
8. Click **Save**.
9. Click **\>\>** to move to the next juice on your list.

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