Portion Sizes And Food Groups - School Food Plan (Page 2 of 2) in pdf

Portion sizes

and food groups

Milk and dairy

Primary

Secondary

Food

Meat, ﬁsh, eggs, beans and other non-dairy sources of protein

Lower-fat drinking milk

such as soya and Quorn

™

), tofu, pulses such as beans (cannellini, kidney, pinto, borlotti, haricot, butter, but not green beans),

chickpeas, lentils (red, green, brown and puy) and nuts.

Typical portion sizes (grams/mls/household measures) raw and cooked food

excludes fruit

Primary

Secondary

Food

Yoghurts

Roast red meat includes beef, lamb, pork, veal,

Raw

Cheese (added to salads, baked potatoes, sandwiches or crackers)

venison and goat. This is also the meat portion for

Foods high in fat, sugar and salt

Roast poultry includes chicken, turkey and duck, as well

Raw

Deep fried foods:

Refer to relevant portion

as dishes or products made from these meats

spring rolls, doughnuts, pakora and bhajis.

Refer to relevant portion

including any bought-in or homemade products

casserole, curry, sweet and sour, pie with potato topping)

Raw

Note: weight may be reduced proportionately in composite dishes if

adding another protein based food, such as beans/cheese/milk

Pastry:

Refer to relevant portion

fruit tarts, sausage rolls, pasties, samosa.

Cooked

Desserts: include cereal and starch based desserts such as rice, semolina, tapioca pudding, fruit-based desserts such as jelly, fruit

compote, crumbles, and sponge puddings, vegetable-based desserts such as soya-based mousse, egg-based desserts such as ready to

Raw

and plaice – whether cooked alone, or in a dish such as a

and fat-based desserts, such as ice cream, made with vegetable fats.

Fruit pies, sponge puddings or crumbles

Raw

sardines, pilchards, mackerel, herring, and fresh or

Cakes and biscuits: include manufactured, bought-in products and prepared from scratch cakes and biscuits such as individual cakes,

buns and pastries, scones, sweet and savoury biscuits.

removed during the canning process

40-50g

Cooked

prawns, served in a salad, baked potato or sandwich

Egg served in a salad, baked potato or sandwich

Cooked

1 egg

Ice cream

100g

Cooked

Savoury crackers, bread sticks

10-15g

tikka, sweet and sour). Note: weight may be reduced

proportionately in composite dishes if adding another protein-based

Condiments: include ketchup, mayonnaise, salad cream, brown

food such as beans/cheese/milk

no more than 10g, or one teaspoonful

sauce, chutney.

Raw

40-45g

40-50g

Gravy

haricot, butter, but not green beans), chickpeas, lentils

1 tablespoon

Cooked

‘Snacks’ means pre-packaged items other than confectionery, sandwiches, cakes or biscuits, which are

ready to eat without further preparation and which consist of or include as a basic ingredient potato,

table for fruit, vegetables and

Vegetarian sausages, burgers, nut cutlets

cereals, soya, nuts, seeds, fruit or vegetables.

crackers

Meat products

Confectionery:

Sausages made from beef, lamb or pork

Raw

1 sausage

provided

Burgers

Raw

Healthier Drinks

150 mls

Scotch pies, bridies, sausage rolls, Cornish pasty, encased

Cooked

110g

Drinking milk

Breaded or battered shaped chicken and turkey products, e.g.

Cooked

nuggets, goujons, burgers

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