Shaking It Up: Small Changes Lead to Big Flavors
The Shaking It Up! sodium resources provide tangible, practical guidance for school nutrition professionals to implement sodium reduction best practices and strategies in their school foodservice operations. The Shaking It Up! resource page provides a range of educational resources and training materials, including training worksheets and online courses. The worksheets and online courses provide a deep dive into a sodium reduction topic and related strategies, feature scenarios or schools success stories to demonstrate sodium reduction best practices, and include activities to test and reinforce key concepts. The worksheets and online courses can be used for individual learning and incorporated into school staff trainings on sodium reduction topics.
Sodium Reduction in School Meals
worksheets
| Title | Date added | Download |
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 Scoping Out Sodium in School Menus | November 08, 2024 | Download |
| Sodium Swaps: Utilizing Product Substitution | December 15, 2021 | Download |
 Setting Weekly and Daily Sodium Goals | November 08, 2024 | Download |
| Weighted Nutrient Analysis of Sodium | November 08, 2024 | Download |
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Procuring Lower-Sodium Products
worksheets
| Title | Date added | Download |
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| Cooperative Purchasing Groups | November 08, 2024 | Download |
| Incorporating Local Foods in School Nutrition Programs | February 15, 2022 | Download |
| Utilizing USDA Foods and USDA DoD Fresh Programs | November 08, 2024 | Download |
| Working With Your Procurement Partners | May 27, 2022 | Download |
| Writing Specifications That Limit Sodium | November 08, 2024 | Download |
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Student Acceptance of New Lower-Sodium Menu Items
Worksheets
| Title | Date added | Download |
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| Engaging Students in Menu Development | November 08, 2024 | Download |
| Assembling and Managing a Student Nutrition Advisory Council | November 08, 2024 | Download |
| Planning, Implementing, and Assessing Taste-Test Surveys | June 27, 2023 | Download |
| Developing, Implementing, and Assessing Menu Surveys | July 05, 2023 | Download |
| Marketing Healthier School Meals | December 12, 2023 | Download |
| Utilizing Community Partners and Social Media | December 12, 2023 | Download |
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Using Speed-Scratch Food Preparation to Reduce Sodium
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Culinary Approaches to Reduce Sodium
Worksheets
| Title | Date added | Download |
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| Mindfully Seasoning Your Menus | November 11, 2022 | Download |
| Strategies, Tips, and Tricks to Reduce Sodium and Enhance Flavor | November 08, 2024 | Download |
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Worksheet Series Hyperlink Addresses
Worksheet Series Hyperlink Addresses
| Title | Date added | Download |
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| Worksheet Series Hyperlink Addresses | April 25, 2022 | Download |
Other Sodium Reduction Resources
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