Monday, July 07, 2008
The Urban Fresh Fruit 5-a-day Chart
I was watching BBC Breakfast News the other day…
and they were discussing the correct amount of fruit that we all should eat to maintain healthy diets and lifestyles.
The theme of the piece was discussing what is considered one portion of fruit or veg. This led to much debate and general confusion which was quite enjoyable considering the idea was to make the issue simple. There was talk of how many fresh cherries have to be eaten to be considered one piece of fruit (roughly around 12 apparently) and that potatoes aren’t considered a 5-a-day vegetable.
Did everybody know this about potatoes? They are considered a starchy food but it does appear that I’m not the only one to be surprised by this though, which is a relief.
You can have a look here at the official NHS classification of what counts here.
So all of this leads me to my point, we regularly are asked by our fine fruit eaters how much Urban Fresh Fruit it takes to be considered part of your 5-a-day fruit eating. So to answer this I decided to make a handy and rather grand sounding ”Urban Fresh Fruit 5-a-Day Chart”.
The chart shows how much of each fruit is required to be considered a portion. You’ll also notice that all of our little bags exceed that amount which means, that each of our bags can be considered as 1 of your 5-a-day fruit and veg count!
It is, of course, at this point I have to remind you that it is important to vary the fruit and veg you eat to maintain a balanced diet and so on, but the good news is that our dried fruit snacks can be integrated into your healthy life style.
Pretty good right?
