Food Criteria

• Grain products must have whole-grain listed as the first ingredient and contain no artificial sweeteners or dyes.
• Fruit, nuts and seeds must not have any added sugar listed in the ingredients
• Frozen entrees must have at least 1 serving of a fruit or vegetable

Nutrient Criteria

All foods should have:

• < 35% total calories from fat, excluding nuts and seeds (grams of fat x 9 kcals/gram ÷ total calories x 100)
• < 10% total calories from saturated fat
  (grams of saturated fat x 9 kcals/gram ÷ total calories x 100)
• < 1% total calories from trans fat
• < 35% total weight from sugar and caloric sweeteners, excluding fruits and vegetables that have not been processed with added sweeteners (grams of sugar ÷ product weight in grams x 100)

Cereal should also have:

• > 3 g fiber per serving

Frozen entrees and canned soups should also have:

• < 800 mg sodium per serving