Menu Planning Tools Approved for Certification for Six Cent Reimbursement

The following tools are approved by USDA for use in certification of compliance with the National School Lunch Program meal pattern requirements. This site is the official list of the only tools authorized to certify schools as eligible for the six cent reimbursement under the Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act.

This list includes the USDA-developed Certification Worksheets and Prototype Attestation Statement, which school districts may use for both breakfast and lunch. Commercially available certification tools (software) will be listed here as they are approved by USDA for school lunch certification purposes.

Commercially available certification tools (software) will not be evaluated or approved for the breakfast meal pattern. State agencies may authorize the use of the breakfast functionality of software currently approved for certification of compliance with the National School Lunch Program meal pattern requirements.

For the nutrient analysis portion of the 1) six cent certification for lunch under Option 1 and 2) six cent certification for breakfast, the USDA-approved nutrient analysis software listed at this link may be used. Many of the software approved for use with certification of compliance are also approved for nutrient analysis.


USDA Developed Tools


Commercially Available Alternatives to the USDA Certification Worksheets


Health-e Meal Planner
Water Walkers, Inc. dba Health-e Pro
P.O. Box 124
Anacortes, WA 98221
Phone:(800)838-4856 x5
Fax: (877)355-6405
E-mail: info@healthepro.com (link sends e-mail)
Web site: www.healthepro.com (link is external)


inTEAM Menu Compliance Tool+, Web enabled Version 1.0
Address: PO BOX 2410, Santa Monica, CA 90407
Sales Contact: Leslie Bert
Phone: 1-866-457-4705
Fax: 310-656-6845
Email: info@e-inteam.com (link sends e-mail)
Web site: www.e-inteam.com/BI/ (link is external)


Meals Plus Menus
Education Management Systems, Inc.
4110 Shipyard Blvd
Wilmington, NC 28403
Phone: (800) 541-8999
Fax: (910) 799-5427
E-mail: sales@mealsplus.com (link sends e-mail)
Web site: www.mealsplus.com (link is external)


MCS Edison Menus & Inventory
Heartland School Solutions
787 Elmgrove Rd., Bldg. 1
Rochester, NY 14624
Contact: Sales & Marketing
Phone: (888) 287-6416
Fax:(800) 227-8594
E-mail: Sales@heartlandschoolsolutions.com (link sends e-mail)
Web site: www.heartlandpaymentsystems.com/School-Solutions/School-Nutrition-Solutions/MCS-Software


MCS WinFSIM Menus & Inventory
Heartland School Solutions
787 Elmgrove Rd., Bldg. 1
Rochester, NY 14624
Phone: (800) 724-9853
Fax: (800) 227-8594
E-mail: Sales@heartlandschoolsolutions.com (link sends e-mail)
Web site: www.heartlandpaymentsystems.com (link is external)


Mosaic Menu Planning
Heartland School Solutions
787 Elmgrove Rd., Bldg. 1
Rochester, NY 14624
Phone: (800) 724-9853
Fax:(800) 227-8594
E-mail: Sales@heartlandschoolsolutions.com (link sends e-mail)
Web site: www.heartlandpaymentsystems.com/School-Solutions/Home/ (link is external)


NUTRIKIDS: Menu Planning & Nutritional Analysis
Heartland School Solutions
787 Elmgrove Rd., Bldg. 1
Rochester, NY 14624
Phone: (800) 724-9853
Fax: (800) 227-8594
E-mail: Sales@heartlandschoolsolutions.com (link sends e-mail)
Web site: www.heartlandpaymentsystems.com/Schools-Solutions/Home (link is external)


OneSource- Menu Planning and Nutrient Analysis
Horizon Software International
2915 Premiere Parkway, Suite 300
Duluth, GA 30097
Contact: Amy Huff
Phone: (800) 741-7100
Fax: (770) 554-6331
E-mail: ahuff@horizonsoftware.com (link sends e-mail)
Web site: www.horizonsoftware.com/k-12-school-nutrition/ (link is external)


PrimeroEdge
Cybersoft Technologies, Inc.
4422 FM 1960 West, Suite 300
Houston, Texas 77068
Contact: Ray Barger
Phone: (281) 453-8510
Fax: (281) 895-9555
E-mail: sales@cybersoft.net (link sends e-mail)
Web site: www.primeroedge.com (link is external)


TrakNOW – Nutrition & Inventory
(part of PCS-NOW, Nutrition On the Web Suite)
PCS Revenue Control Systems, Inc.
560 Sylvan Avenue
Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632
Sales and Marketing
(800) 247-3061; (201) 568-8300
Fax: (800) 854-3387; (201) 568-8381
E-mail: info@pcs-now.com (link sends e-mail)
Web site: www.pcsrcs.com/pcs-solutions/nutrition-inventory/ (link is external)


Webtrition
(Approved for use only by school food service programs managed by Chartwells and is not available for purchase)
Chartwells K12
105 S. York St.
Elmhurst, IL 60126
Phone: (877) 586-9631
E-mail: ChartwellsK12@compass-usa.com (link sends e-mail)
Web site: www.chartwellsk12.com (link is external)