Food buying Guide for Child Nutrition Program

The interactive Food Buying Guide allows for easy searching, navigating, and displaying of content. In addition, users can compare yield information, create a favorite foods list, and access tools, such as:

• The FBG Calculator
• Exhibit A Grains Tool
• Download Food Buying Guide
• Recipe Analysis Workbook (RAW), and
• Product Formulation Statement (PFS) Workbook.

Create a profile in order to save the following: food items in your Favorites list, shopping lists created by the FBG Calculator, analyzed recipes using the RAW, and Product Formulation Statements.

PLEASE NOTE: An USDA eAuthentication account is needed to access the tool. New and existing users who have an USDA eAuthentication account can proceed to the Tool by clicking on the ‘Login or Create a Profile’ button.

If you do not have an USDA eAuthentication Account, go to Create Account. You will immediately receive an email with a link to activate your account with one simple click.

Contact cnpntab@usda.gov for assistance in accessing the site.

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Continue as a Guest User

The contents of this guidance document do not have the force and effect of law and are not meant to bind the public in any way. This document is intended only to provide clarity to the public regarding existing requirements under the law or agency policies.