A recent survey on our understanding of a portion of fruit and veg shows that 25% of the surveyed adults thought orange squash counted as a portion of fruit. A can of Tango must count as two portions then. Add a portion of lemon meringue pie and you're almost there!
The survey also found that 10% thought that herbs counted as a portion, in which case I would suggest that they are not familiar with the difference between 'tsp' (about 5g) and 'tbs' (about 25g), whilst 13%of the men surveyed included oily fish in their vegetable intake. Judging from the ideas they hold to be true I should imagine oily fish would be found not to be mackerel, herring or sardines but a nice bit of cod deep fried in cooking oil, thus making it 'oily' fish.

However to help the confused Boggart has come up with it's own guidelines to help you ensure you get a balanced diet.

What can be counted as a portion of fruit or veg:-

a bowl of Heinz tomato soup, it says so on the tin

a half pint pot of fruit yoghurt

half a jar of jam

a cupful of chocolate coated raisins

a ramekin of tomato sauce

2 tbs mustard, any kind, but if you get one with the seeds in you can use it as an exfoliant too and that will also count as a portion of fruit and veg

white bread, 4 slices; wholemeal bread, 3 slices; wholegrain bread, 2 slices;

100g of chocolate, well it's made from cocoa beans innit, they've got to count cos they grow on trees

a half bottle, at least, of wine, doesn't matter about the colour. You can drink more if you wish but it still only counts as one portion

3 pints of beer, you must get three pints out of a portion of hops

Of course using your initiative and with a bit of lateral thinking I'm sure you will be able to add to this list, after all, all food chains start with vegetation which surely means that even if you want to enjoy a tomato and onion salad a good healthy accompaniment would be an 8oz rib eye steak....well it started life as a clump of grass.

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