Record a Substitution for Special Dietary Needs [Feature]
This feature allows users to record food substitutions on a per-meal basis because of a documented special dietary need. There is no meal pattern compliance checks with substitutions for special dietary needs since substitutions related to a disability are not subject to the meal pattern requirements.
To use this feature:
- Click on Menu from the main site dashboard
- On the menu calendar, click on the date and meal type for which you want to record a substitution.
- On the meal details screen you have two ways to get to the substitutions screen
- Click on Edit Food Production and then on Record Substitutions for Special Dietary Needs or
- Click directly on the blue “Record Substitutions for Special Dietary Needs” button.
- If you don't see the button, that means you need to enter a menu first.
- On the screen will be a list of names of any participants with a special dietary needs along with the information from the special diet statement.
- If you do not see a list of participants, that is because there are no active participants with a special diet form that is current or valid
- Click the chevron icon > to show additional information about the participant's special dietary need.
- The Reason will be displayed without opening the participant card.
- The Disability, Reason, Food Omitted, Food Substituted, Food Group and Parent Provided information is prefilled from the participant's Special Diet Form.
- Check the box in the upper-right corner for any participant that had a substitution
- Enter the Food Omitted or edit the prefilled text.
- Enter the Food Substituted or edit the prefilled text.
- Select the appropriate Food Group (Fluid Milk, Meat/Meat Alternate, Fruit, Vegetable, Grains).
- Enter the Portion Size or edit the prefilled amounts from the meal pattern for the participant's age range
- Indicate if it was provided by the parent or the center/provider
- Add any additional meal substitutions/notes
- Click the green "Save" button.
