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:
- 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: A USDA eAuthentication or Login.gov account is needed to access the tool. New and existing users who have either of the accounts can proceed to the Tool by clicking on the ‘Login or Create a Profile’ button.
If you do not have a USDA eAuthentication account or a Login.gov account, go to Create Account and you will be directed to create a Login.gov account. You will immediately receive an email with a link to activate your account with one simple click.
Privacy Act Notice
Authority: This information is being collected under the authority of Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act 2010, a reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act.
Purpose: The Food Buying Guide (FBG) provides guidance on how foods may contribute toward the meal pattern requirements in Child Nutrition Programs. Users can easily search and navigate through the tool, compare food items, create a favorite foods list, make a shopping list to assist in ordering and purchasing food, and determine the meal pattern contribution for food items, which can all be accessed at any time by registered users who are signed on with their user profiles.
Routine Uses: The Food Buying Guide (FBG) is an essential tool used by Child Nutrition Program operators and food manufacturers to assist in: 1) purchasing the right amount of food and purchasing it most economically, and 2) determining the specific contribution each food makes toward the meal pattern requirements to ensure that meals provide necessary nourishment and meet program requirements for reimbursement.
Disclosure: Disclosing the information is voluntary. Failure to create a registered user profile will prevent a user from accessing the full capabilities of the FBG.
