Is there any disadvantage to using Nutrient Standard Menu Planning?
Poppendieck notes that one consequence of using the Nutrient Standard method is the increasing reliance by school districts on manufactured products and meals. Manufacturers can fortify and tweak their products so that they are compliant with the nutrient standard and can also offer what’s called a “CN Label” that indemnifies the school district should it later be found noncompliant with federal nutrition regulations. That is, if after an audit, the government denies reimbursement, the manufacturer would step in and pay the school district the reimbursement it would have received.
