Milk Audit Calculation Method

Select Calculated from Attendance and/or Food Production Amounts.

Most sponsors select "Calculated from Attendance". Using this method, we multiply the USDA meal pattern serving size for milk for each age range by the number of participants in each age range that ate a meal or a snack with milk. With the "Calculated from Attendance" method, we assume the center is serving exactly the same amounts as the meal pattern requirements.

If your sites do not follow the meal pattern requirements (for example, all children receive 1/2 pint of milk regardless of their age or the meal pattern requirement for the meal), then you should use the "Food Production Amounts" method. In this method, we ignore the meal pattern requirements and instead calculate milk usage by referencing the food production records.