Testing and standardizing recipes before adding them to your school menus is an essential practice. These resources are designed to assist school nutrition program operators in navigating the recipe standardization process for Culturally Inclusive School Recipes.
A standardized recipe is a recipe that has been tried, adapted, and retried several times for use by a given foodservice operation, and it has been found to produce the same quality results and yield every time the exact procedures are used.
Choose from the categories below to learn about how to test and standardize recipes.
USDA Recipe Standardization Guide for School Nutrition Programs
A “how-to” guide on recipe standardization for school nutrition recipes
Overview of using the recipe standardization guide in your school nutrition program
Cultural Recipe Standardization Three Phase Process
Resource to learn about the phases of recipe standardization and how to apply them when standardizing cultural recipes.
Compliance Worksheets
These certification of compliance
worksheets from USDA can be used to
verify breakfast and lunch requirements
for each grade level grouping
