Enter a Special Diet for a Participant [Feature]

This feature allows users to designate that a participant has special dietary needs.

To use this feature:

  • Click on Participants & Rosters on the main dashboard.


  • Click on the name of the participant.
  • Scroll down to the Special Diet section and click the blue Add button.
  • Enter the fields:
    • Start Date (required)
    • End Date (optional)
    • Disability (checkbox)
    • Reason (text box)
    • Food omitted (text box)
    • Food substituted (text box)
    • Food group for special diet (dropdown)
      • Select from
        • Fluid Milk
        • Meat/Meat Alt
        • Fruit
        • Vegetable
        • Grain
      • Food group selected here will pre-populate Substitutions for Special Dietary Needs 
    • Served milk substitute (Yes/No)
      • If checked, then the participant will not be included in the calculations for the Milk Audit or Milk Served Report
    • Typically provided by parent or adult day care client (Yes/No)
    • Infant served less than minimum amounts (Yes/No)
    • Omit this participant from the milk audit and do not include in substitute milk audit (Yes/No)
    • Disallow meals when special diet expires (Yes/No)
      • If checked, meals will be disallowed once the special diet statement is expired
    • Upload Form (optional)
    • Reviewed by Sponsor (Yes/No)
  • When you are done, click the green Save button.

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