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 additional performance-based reimbursement.
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.
Use the USDA-approved nutrient analysis software for the nutrient analysis portion of the:
- certification for the additional performance-based reimbursement for lunch under Option 1 and
- certification for the additional performance-based reimbursement for breakfast.
Many of the software approved for use with certification of compliance are also approved for nutrient analysis.
USDA Developed Tools
Authorized USDA Certification Worksheets and Prototype Attestation Statement
Alternatives to the USDA Certification Worksheets
| CNCentral (former name: inTEAM Menu Compliance Tool+) inTEAM Associates, LLC Phone: 866-457-4705 | eTrition Harris School Solutions Phone: 716-402-2492 | Health-e Pro Menu Planning Water Walkers, Inc. dba Health-e Pro Phone: 800-838-4856 x5 |
| MCS Edison Menus & Inventory Heartland School Solutions Phone: 800-724-9853 | Meals Plus, a LINQ Solution (desktop version) LINQ, Inc. Phone: 800-541-8999 | Meals Plus, a LINQ Solution (web version) LINQ, Inc. Phone: 800-541-8999 |
| MealTime Harris School Solutions Phone: 800-755-0904 | Mosaic Menu Planning Heartland School Solutions Phone: 800-724-9853 | NUTRIKIDS: Menu Planning & Nutritional Analysis Heartland School Solutions Phone: 800-724-9853 |
| OneSource- Menu Planning and Nutrient Analysis Horizon Software, LLC Phone: 800-741-7100 | PRIMA Web Aramark Phone 215-238-3000 | PrimeroEdge - Menu Planning Module Cybersoft Technologies, Inc. Phone: 866-510-2525 |
| SchoolCafé Menu Planning & Nutritional Analysis Cybersoft Technologies, Inc. Phone: 866-510-2525 | TITAN, a LINQ Solution LINQ, Inc. Phone: 800-541-8999 | TrakNOW - Nutrition & Inventory PCS Revenue Control Systems, Inc. Phone: 800-247-3061 |
| WebSMARTT Menu Planning & Production Heartland School Solutions Phone: 800-423-2113 | Webtrition MenuWorks Chartwells K12 Phone: 877-586-9631 |