University Health Services

Nutritional Standards for Snack Vending: InReach Vending is required to stock a minimum of 50% of snack products meeting the UC Berkeley Food & Beverage Choices Policy criteria, similar to SB912: Healthy Options in State Vending Machines.   

• ≤250 calories per serving with at least one option of 100 calories or less.
• ≤35% of total calories from fat (≤10 grams of total fat)
• ≤10% of total calories from saturated fat (or ≤3 grams of saturated fat).
• No trans fats.
• ≤35% total weight from sugar (or ≤20 grams of sugar)
• ≤360 mg sodium per serving.

In addition, the first ingredient must be a fruit, vegetable, low-fat dairy, protein, or whole grain in healthier options.

Exemptions: The following are exempt from all requirements except the total calorie requirement: Nuts, nut butters (such as peanut butter), seeds, legumes (beans), eggs, cheese, and fruit/vegetables that have not been deep fried and do not contain added sugars and/or fat 

Nutritional Standards for Entree Vending 

Entrée: the primary food in a meal that contains two or more of the following groups: meat or meat alternatives, grains or bread, vegetables, or fruit. Examples include sandwiches, burritos, pasta, and pizza.

Food & Beverage Choices Policy - Entree Vending Requirements 

Healthier Entrees must meet these nutrition standards per package:

• No more than 400 calories
• No more than 35% of calories from fat and no more than 16 grams of fat
• No more than 10% calories from saturated fat and no more than 5 grams of saturated fat
• No trans fat
• No more than 600 milligrams of sodium
• No more than 15 grams of total sugar
• The following are exempt from all requirements: Fresh or non-processed entrees, including entrees that are cooked or prepared on campus or in a commissary kitchen. 

Nutritional Standards for Meal Vending 

Meal: a complete offering intended for breakfast, lunch, or dinner that includes an entrée with additional components packaged together. A packaged meal typically consists of the main entree, and one or two sides, such as a vegetable or fruit, and a snack or dessert.  

Food & Beverage Choices Policy - Meal Vending Requirements 

Healthier Meals must meet these nutrition standards per package:

• No more than 700 calories
• No more than 35% of calories from fat and no more than 28 grams of fat
• No more than 10% calories from saturated fat and no more than 8 grams of saturated fat
• No trans fat
• No more than 1000 mg of sodium 
• No more than 35 grams of sugar
• The following are exempt from all requirements: Fresh or non-processed meals, including meals that are cooked or prepared on campus or in a commissary kitchen. 

Nutritional Standards for Beverage Vending 

The UC Berkeley Food & Beverage Choices Policy requires beverage vending machines (managed by Pepsi) to be stocked at 70% or greater with Healthier Beverages.

Food & Beverage Choices Policy - Beverage Vending Requirements

• Vending machines selling bottles, cans, and packaged beverages will stock machines and have visible selection buttons with “Healthier Beverages”* at 70% or greater, and “Sugar-Sweetened and Less Healthy Beverages”* at 30% or less.
• Caloric beverages that do not follow healthier beverage standards must not exceed 20 fluid ounces in size. 
• Energy drinks and energy-type beverage products with caffeine as an additive ingredient sold in bottles, cans, and/or other packaging are limited to ≤ 71 milligrams of caffeine per 12 fluid ounces.

*Healthier Beverages defined for bottled/canned/packaged beverages

• Water: unflavored with no added sweeteners (caloric or non-caloric); includes still, carbonated, or mineral.  
• Low-calorie beverages: zero-calorie and low-calorie diet and other beverages at less than or equal to 40 calories per 8 fluid ounces.
• Juice: 100% fruit or vegetable juice or juice blends, with no added sweetener (caloric or noncaloric), carbonated or still; and vegetable juices less than or equal to 230 milligrams of sodium.
• Juice beverage: 100% fruit or vegetable juice or juice blends diluted with water, with no added sweetener (caloric or non-caloric), carbonated or still. 
• Milk: nonfat or low fat (1%), unflavored, and unsweetened.
• Plant-derived or non-dairy milk: (i.e. soy, rice, almond), unsweetened, and Vitamin D and calcium-fortified.
• Supplemental protein/nutrition beverages with no added caloric sweeteners (e.g., protein drinks, nutrition shakes).
• Teas/coffees, unsweetened with only naturally occurring caffeine. 

Sugar-sweetened and Less Healthy Beverages are defined as bottled/canned/packaged beverages 

• Sodas, including all carbonated beverages, with added sugar and exceeding the calorie limit under Healthier Beverages.  
• Fruit juice drinks or elixirs including all fruit drinks, fruit juices, and fruit nectars with added sugar.
• All other drinks with added sugar and exceeding the calorie limit under Healthier Beverages, including but not limited to sports drinks, energy drinks, sweetened coffee/tea drinks, protein drinks, sugar-sweetened and flavored teas, waters, coconut waters, rice drinks, bean beverages, sugar cane beverages, horchata, and nonalcoholic wine/malt beverages.  

Bringing your own water bottle and refilling at our many water stations can save you money, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and is good for your health. 

• For money lost in vending machines: please contact the phone number listed on the machines. 
• For Pepsi machine service issues (machine not working, machine not stocked, etc.) call 1-800-555-4784. Please make note of the asset number of the vending machine. 
• To provide feedback regarding vending, Eat Well Berkeley, or the Food & Beverage Choices policy, complete this form.