Lean meat and poultry, fish, eggs, tofu, nuts and seeds and legumes/beans​

50g of raw meat/poultry or equivalent, such as:

• 50g raw lean red meat (e.g. beef, lamb, kangaroo), lean pork or poultry without the bone
• 30g lean cooked red meat
• 40g cooked chicken (skin off)
• 60g raw fish or 50g canned or cooked fish
• 35g dry weight beans or legumes or 85g (½ cup) cooked or canned (drained) beans or legumes
• 15g peanut butter or nuts (if centre policy allows)
• 1 egg
• 20g dry weight Textured Vegetable Protein (TVP)
• 85g tofu
• 60g hummus

This is equal to half a serve of lean meat and poultry, fish, eggs, tofu, nuts and seeds and legumes/beans in the Australian Dietary Guidelines.

Note: Offer 1 children’s serve of lean meat, poultry, fish or alternatives per child per day to meet the menu planning guideline requirements.

75g of fruit or equivalent, such as:

• 75g fresh fruit* (1 small piece, ½ medium piece or equivalent amount of 2–3 types)
• 75g (½ cup) diced, cooked or canned (drained) fruit
• 15g dried fruit#

This is equal to half a serve of lean meat and poultry, fish, eggs, tofu, nuts and seeds and legumes/beans in the Australian Dietary Guidelines.

Note: Offer 1 children’s serve of lean meat, poultry, fish or alternatives per child per day to meet the menu planning guideline requirements.

75g of vegetables/legumes or equivalent, such as:

• 75g fresh, frozen, canned (drained) or cooked vegetables* (½ cup cooked, 1 cup salad, ½ medium potato)

• 30g dry weight beans or legumes or 75g (½ cup) cooked or canned beans or legumes (drained)

This is equal to one serve of vegetables and legumes/beans in the Australian Dietary Guidelines.

Note: Offer 1–1½ children’s serves of vegetables and legumes/beans per child per day to meet the menu planning guideline requirements.

100mL of milk or equivalent, such as:

• 100mL milk/calcium fortified soy or rice drink
• 50mL evaporated milk
• 15g milk powder
• 100mL custard
• 80g yoghurt/calcium fortified soy yoghurt
• 15g hard cheese (1 slice), 50g ricotta cheese

This is just under half a serve of milk, yoghurt, cheese and/or alternatives in the Australian Dietary Guidelines.

Note: Offer 2 children’s serves of milk, yoghurt, cheese or calcium fortified alternatives per child per day to meet the menu planning guideline requirements

1 slice of bread or equivalent, such as:

• 40g bread (1 slice, ½ medium roll or flatbread)
• 1 crumpet or small English muffin
• 30g breakfast cereal (⅔ cup), 2 Weetbix™ or similar, ¼ cup muesli or porridge
• 30g dry/uncooked (½ cup if cooked/boiled) rice, pasta, noodles, couscous, barley, buckwheat, semolina, cornmeal, quinoa, polenta

• 1/3 cup of fresh/uncooked pasta

• 30g flour (¼ cup)
• 35g crispbread (3–4 cracker biscuits or crispbread, 3 thick rice cakes, 6 thin rice cakes or corn thins, 12 plain rice crackers)

This is equal to one serve of grain (cereal) foods in the Australian Dietary Guidelines.

Note: Offer 2 children’s serves of grain (cereal) foods per child per day to meet the menu planning guideline requirements.

35g raw potato can be counted as grain food if the menu meets minimum vegetable requirements