CACFP & SFSP Menu Planning & Compliance Preparation
Prepare menu drafts with meal-pattern gap checks, organize available PFS and CN documentation, and build production-record drafts for CACFP and SFSP programs. The sponsor or state agency responsible for your program still makes the final determination.
Built for Child Nutrition Professionals
Bring Compliance Preparation Into One Workspace
Program teams often coordinate menu data, meal-pattern references, product documents, and records across multiple sources.
Without CrEATe
- Searching multiple sources for PFS documents
- Manual meal pattern calculations
- Uncertainty about compliance status
- Audit anxiety and last-minute scrambles
- Spreadsheets scattered across folders
With CrEATe
- Reference 2,200+ imported USDA FBG yield entries in a separate planning flow
- Search Product Records across available FDC, CNDB, and PFS sources
- Automated meal-pattern gap checks
- Planning warnings tied to entered menu data
- Menu and production-record drafts kept together
- One workspace for planning and documentation preparation
Plan, Check for Gaps, and Organize Records
Decision-support tools for U.S. CACFP and SFSP planning workflows. Final program decisions remain with your sponsor or state agency.
Meal-Pattern Gap Checks
Compare entered foods and portions with the configured federal meal pattern before you finalize a planning draft.
- Required meal components compared
- Configured portion warnings for the selected setup
- CACFP whole grain-rich tracking
Yield & Product References
Use USDA FBG yield entries through a planning-reference flow. Separately, search Product Records across available FoodData Central, CNDB, and PFS sources.
- 2,200+ imported USDA FBG yield entries for planning reference
- Product Records across available FDC, CNDB, and PFS sources
- Missing evidence remains unresolved
CACFP & SFSP Menu Builder
Build weekly menu drafts and review configured meal-pattern warnings before sponsor or state review.
- AI-powered menu generation
- Export to Excel or PDF
- Ordinary saved-menu drafts
Audit Preparation
Keep your documentation and reports organized for human review.
- Separate production-record draft workspace
- Missing source evidence remains marked for review
- Reviewer names and timestamps on production-record drafts
Source Nutrition Fields
Review nutrition fields when source data is available. These fields do not determine CACFP or SFSP creditability.
- Sodium shown when source data is available
- CACFP added-sugar field review where supported
- Missing nutrition fields remain unresolved
Sponsor Organization Features
Sponsor organizations can maintain provider-site details, keep site records separate, and view basic aggregate site cards. Detailed cross-site planning summaries and sponsor reports are not currently available.
- Provider-site profiles
- Site-level settings
- Provider detail views where available
Built for Federal Nutrition Programs
Our tools are designed around planning fields used in U.S. child nutrition programs. Program authorities make final determinations.
CACFP
Child and Adult Care Food Program support for childcare centers, family day care homes, and adult day care centers.
SFSP
Summer Food Service Program support for organizations serving meals during summer months when school is out.
Compliance Preparation in Three Steps
Set up your program, build a menu draft, and organize the supporting records that need review.
Create a Free Planning Account
Sign up with your role, organization, state, and program participation, then add site and age-group details during setup.
Build and Check Menu Drafts
Use the Menu Builder and review meal-pattern gap checks based on the information you enter.
Prepare for Program Review
Export planning drafts, gather current source documents, and confirm final requirements with your sponsor or state agency.
Ready to Simplify Compliance Preparation?
Use one free workspace to build menu drafts, review meal-pattern gaps, and organize supporting documentation.
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Planning & Documentation Features
Menu planning, source review, meal-pattern gap checks, and documentation drafts.
How It Works
See the workflow from blank menu to a documented planning draft.
Product Records
Search Product Records across available FDC, CNDB, and PFS sources. Free account required.
Learning Center
Training modules on meal patterns, crediting, and PFS management.