nutritional guidance for early years: food choices for children aged 1-5 years in early education and childcare settings

Vegetables (fresh, frozen or canned):

50g, 2 tablespoons

Pulses:

50g, 2 tablespoons

Salad:

half a cereal bowlful

Vegetables in composites, such as vegetable chilli:

50g, 2 tablespoons per portion of the recipe

Banana:

60g, 1 small

Very large fruit, such as melon:

1 small slice

Large fruit, such as grapefruit:

quarter a fruit

Medium fruit, such as apples:

50g, half a fruit

Small fruit, such as plum:

40g, 1 fruit

Very small fruit, such as blackberries:

1 average handful

Dried fruit:

1/2 tablespoon

Fruit in composites, such as stewed fruit in apple pie:

60g, 2 + tablespoons per portion of the recipe

Frozen fruit/canned fruit:

60g, 2 tablespoons

Fruit juice:

1 small glass (150 ml)