• All juice products shall be 100 percent juice without added sugar, sweeteners or herbal supplements.
• All bottled water shall have no added sugar, sweeteners, caffeine, nicotine or herbal supplements.
• Container (dispensing) sizes and cost for soft drink/juice water supplied by the beverage company must be the same.
• Signage/advertising on the soft drink/juice/water machines should promote water, 100 percent juice and/or physical activity.
• All milk shall be one percent, one half percent and/or fat-free.

• All canned fruit shall be in its own juice or packed in unsweetened fruit juice.
• All frozen, dried or dehydrated fruits shall have no added sugar or fat.
• All items shall be low in fat (≤5.5 grams of fat per serving or ≤30 percent of total calories*) and low in sugar (≤5 grams of sugar per serving or ≤1/3 of total carbohydrate from sugar per serving).
• Due to nutrient density, nuts/peanuts are exempt from the fat restriction.
• Package size range one to 2.25 oz.

All prepared food items shall have calorie level and fat grams posted with item on menu and/or menu board.

Public Health Nutrition Faculty at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health Healthy Snack Choices for Vending Machines, Meetings, Seminars, etc.

• Ice water
• Coffee and flavored coffees – regular and decaffeinated
• Skim or one percent milk
• 100 percent fruit or vegetable juices – avoid large-size bottles
• Tea-regular and herbal teas – hot or cold
• Coffee/tea creamers of skim milk, one percent milk or fat-free
• Bottled spring or sparkling water – regular or flavored with no sugar

• Fresh fruit – cut up and offered with low-fat yogurt dip
• Raw vegetables – cut up and offered with fat-free or lowfat dressing or salsa dip
• Pretzels – served with sweet mustard dip
• Tortilla chips – baked and offered with salsa dip
• Popcorn – lower fat (five or less grams fat per serving)
• Whole grain crackers – five or less grams fat per serving
• Angel food cake with fruit topping

Guidelines for Offering Healthy Foods at Meetings, Seminars, and Catered Events can also be found at http://www.ahc.umn.edu/ahc_content/colleges/sph/sph_news/Nutrition.pdf.