Summary of the guidelines
According to the recently developed school meal guidelines, the recommended food composition for one meal per child should be the following:
| Foods | Quantity (g) for pre-primary children | Quantity (g) for primary students | Quantity (g) for secondary students |
| Dried fortified maize meal | 50 | 100 | 130 |
| Cooked fortified maize meal | 150 | 300 | 390 |
| Fortified vegetable oil | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| Avocado | 80 | 80 | 80 |
| Green vegetables/leaf amaranth | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Dried beans | 20 | 40 | 40 |
| Cooked beans | 50 | 100 | 100 |
| Iodized salt | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Milk | 60 | 60 | 60 |
| Total food and milk | 285+60 | 390+60 | 425+60 |