RECIPE COLLABORATIONS

Healthy Kids Collaborative

The CIA Healthy Kids Collaborative leverages the combined expertise and experience of members, corporate members, and invited content experts with the goals of discovering flavor and menu strategies, highlighting successes and best practices, and developing training protocols and resources.

One example of our collaborative work is connecting member school districts with our corporate members to conduct recipe development and testing in schools. This process allows our members to gain from external culinary innovation while presenting the opportunity for in school tasting and feedback for our corporate members.

Project Goals

  • Increase partnerships between school food operators and suppliers/associations.

  • Increase resources for school food operations.

  • Share lessons learned.

  • Share recipes developed.

 
View the Collaboration Recipe Library
Learn About Past Collaborations
 

 Successful Stories of Collaboration in 2025

 

PULMUONE FOODS USA INC. &

CINCINATTI PUBLIC SCHOOLS

US TART CHERRIES &

HOUSTON ISD

PEPSICO FOODSERVICE/QUAKER &

SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS

CA BEEF COUNCIL &

LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

 
 

Resources

 

Resources for Suppliers

RECIPE TESTING FRAMEWORK

SCHOOL MEAL REQUIREMENTS

Resources for School Districts

CUSTOMIZABLE RECIPE EVALUATION FORMS

Collaboration Information

LEARN ABOUT PAST COLLABORATIONS

RECIPE DEVELOPMENT TESTING OPPORTUNITY PRESENTATION

RECIPE COLLABORATION INFORMATIONAL GUIDE

RECIPE COLLABORATION ONE SHEET