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Factors Relating to Serving Ice Cream as Dessert with the Type A School Lunch in Kentucky¹

Department of Animal Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington

C. E. Bevins

Kentucky State Department of Education, Frankfort

ABSTRACT

Information concerning the serving of ice cream with the Type A school lunch was obtained from questionnaires completed by school lunch supervisors. Approximately 77% (411) of the respondents reported ice cream on the menu during the 1964–65 school year, but fewer than 72% (381) indicated ice cream was served during 1965–66. The most common rate of serving ice cream was infrequently, followed by twice a month. Cost was the most common reason given for not serving it more often. Cost reduction was the most common suggesting offered for making ice cream more attractive to school lunch officials. Advantages of serving ice cream given most often were 1) children like ice cream (400, or 75%) foliowed by 2) ice cream helps balance nutritional quality of meal (294, or 55%), and 3) serving ice cream increases participation in the lunch program (274, or 51%). Cost was listed as the chief disadvantage (335, or 63%), with problems of refrigerated storage second (159, or 30%).

Frequent serving of ice cream appeared to be associated with slight increases in cost of the lunch. However, at the same time, more frequent serving of ice cream was apparently accompanied by increases in per cent participation in the school lunch program.

¹ Published with approval of the director of the Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station as Journal Article 68-5-28.

² Present address: Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station.