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New Training: Identifying Top Sources of Added Sugars

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" Team Nutrition is pleased to announce a new addition to the training series, The Road to Successful Menu Planning for School Meals, to help schools plan and implement menus that support updates to the school nutrition standards. The new 15-minute training covers identifying top sources of added sugars in your school menus!
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Team Nutrition is pleased to announce a new addition to the training series, The Road to Successful Menu Planning for School Meals, to help schools plan and implement menus that support updates to the school nutrition standards. The new 15-minute training covers identifying top sources of added sugars in your school menus!

This training series includes quarterly 1-hour live (and recorded) webinars co-hosted with the Institute of Child Nutrition, and short on-demand trainings. Both are designed to provide school nutrition professionals with quick tips, tools, and knowledge needed to meet the nutrition standards for added sugars and sodium and to help create a road map for successful school menu planning now through School Year 2027-2028.

Watch this recorded 1-hour webinar with the Institute of Child Nutrition:
•   Creating Your Road Map to School Menu Planning Success!

Check out these short (about 15 minutes each), on-demand trainings:
•   Defining Added Sugars and How to Find Them On a Nutrition Facts Label

•   Choosing Yogurt That is Lower in Added Sugars for School Meals
•   Choosing Breakfast Cereals That Are Lower in Added Sugars for School Meals
•   Choosing Flavored Milk That Is Lower in Added Sugars for School Meals
•   Identifying Top Sources of Added Sugars and Simple Swaps *NEW*

The trainings above can count toward USDA Professional Standards for School Nutrition Programs, Key Area 1000: Nutrition and Training Topic 1100: Menu Planning.

These trainings and more are also available at the Institute of Child Nutrition’s iLearn portal and USDA’s Professional Standards Training Database

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