Nutritional Guidance for Early Years: food choices for children aged 1-5 years in early education and childcare settings
Nutritional guidance for early education and childcare settings for children aged 1-5
Appendix 4 Children's fruit and vegetable portion sizes
The fruit and vegetable portion sizes for pre-school children are derived from the portion size guide for adults used in the Scottish Health Survey 2004 and the Health Survey for England 2003. They are approximately one- to two-thirds of an adult portion:
Vegetables (fresh, frozen or canned) |
25-50g, 1-2 heaped tablespoons |
|---|---|
Pulses |
25-50g, 1-2 heaped tablespoons |
Salad |
1/ 4- 1/ 2 cereal bowlful |
Vegetables in composites, such as vegetable chilli |
25-50g, 1-2 heaped tablespoons per portion of the recipe |
Banana |
30-60g, 1/ 2-1 small |
Very large fruit, such as melon |
1/ 2-1 small slice |
Large fruit, such as grapefruit |
1/ 2 fruit |
Medium fruit, such as apples |
25-50g, 1/ 4- 1/ 2 fruit |
Small fruit, such as plum |
25-50g, 1/ 2-1 fruit |
Very small fruit, such as blackberries |
1/ 2-1 average handful |
Dried fruit |
1/ 2 tablespoon |
Fruit in composites, such as stewed fruit in apple pie |
30-60g, 1-2 heaped tablespoons per portion of the recipe |
Frozen fruit/canned fruit |
30-60g, 1-2 heaped tablespoons |
Fruit juice |
1/ 2-1 small glass (100-150ml) |
Children's portion sizes for a wide range of foods have been established from dietary survey data from the UK national surveys of children. They will be published by the Food Standards Agency early in 2006. 37
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