I think it definitely depends on how you eat not just organic verses regular brand but what options you serve at meal times and in what quantities not to mention how much your crew eats or if you 'limit' servings and so forth?

I know when I was in centre care they would serve cheese whiz or cream cheese and count that as main meal protein ~ which it technically it does contain 'protein' ~ but IMO just not the same 'gram for gram' nutritionally nor is it the same for 'filling up a belly' to promote sleep

They would also chop up meat like chicken or turkey into soup or stew and while we were suppose to serve each child a minimum of 2 oz of meat each it was NEVER that much meat in the stew or soup and so forth so it was technically not meeting the 'criteria' for a serving of protein ... which is why they were able to budget less than $2/child/day for food cause they 'stretched' the rules for following the Canada's Food Guide so that the menu LOOKS good for clients and inspectors but what was rolling out for the kids was not 'exactly' the most nutrition option and often was not enough!

Same with serving a 'fruit' to children .... there are so many different costs associated with fruit .... in centre care we only ever saw apples, pears, bananas and orange 'as fresh' everything else was CANNED ... it was very rare to see a BERRIE or grapes, kiwi, melons and so forth And with that they also kept the 'serving side' to a minimum so you would get TWO apples to slice up feed 8 preschoolers because each child was allotted 1/4 of an apple as a serving .... did not matter if some children might be growth spurt coming and would have an appetite to eat a WHOLE apple if allowed they were than filled up with 'fillers' like arrowroot cookies or soda crackers if they were 'hungry'.

I spend a fortune of produce because I only serve fresh or flash frozen produce and I serve a fruit at every snack and meal all year long ~ so in the winter when fresh fruit is not seasonal in Ontario it is very expensive that pushes up the average budget. I do not limit how much fruit or veggies they eat .... so I typically have kids who eat two whole cantaloupe at a snack and if cantaloupe is currently $4 each that is $8 for just the fruit portion on me of ONE snack ... I serve two snacks and a main meal