What foods are in the fruit group

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What foods are in the fruit group?

• Credit Pictures have been adapted from the
  Fruits Food Gallery accessible from
• http//www.mypyramid.gov/pyramid/fruits.html
• Additional pictures from Microsoft Clipart

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Banana 1 large (8 long) Fruit Group counts
as 1 cup fruit
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Fruit Cocktail 1/2 cup Fruit Group counts
as ½ cup fruit
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Gala Apple 1 small Fruit Group counts as 1
cup fruit
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Grapefruit 1/2 medium (4 diameter) Fruit
Group counts as ½ cup fruit
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Grapes 1 medium bunch (about 50 grapes)
Fruit Group counts as 1 ½ cups fruit
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Mango 1 medium Fruit Group counts as 1 cup
fruit
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Orange 1 small Fruit Group counts as ½ cup
fruit
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Orange juice ½ cup Fruit Group counts as ½
cup fruit
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Peach ½ large Fruit Group counts as ½ cup
fruit
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Plums 2 large Fruit Group counts as 1 cup
fruit
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Raisins 1/4 cup Fruit Group counts as ½ cup
fruit
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Strawberries ½ cup Fruit Group counts as ½
cup fruit
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Fruit

• FRESH
• CANNED
• FROZEN
• DRIED
• All are good choices!

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What counts as 1 cup from the fruit group?

• 1 cup of fruit
• 1 cup of 100 fruit juice
• ½ cup of dried fruit

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Fruit1 cup 1 cup from the Fruit Group

• Apples
• Apricots
• Avocado
• BananasGrapefruit
• Grapes
• Kiwi fruitLemons
• Limes

• Mangoes
• Nectarines
• Oranges
• Peaches
• Pears
• Papaya
• Pineapple
• Plums
• Tangerines

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Berries

• 1 cup 1 cup from the Fruit Group
• Strawberries
• BlueberriesRaspberries
• Cherries

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Melons

• 1 cup 1 cup from the Fruit Group
• CantaloupeHoneydewWatermelon

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Mixed Fruit1 cup 1 cup from the Fruit Group

• Fruit Cocktail
• Packed in Juice or Light Syrup

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100 Fruit Juice

• 1 cup 8 fluid ounces 1 cup from the Fruit
  Group
• 100 orange juice
• 100 apple juice
• 100 grape juice
• 100 grapefruit juice

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Dried Fruit

• 1/2 cup 1 cup from the Fruit Group
• Raisins
• Prunes
• And Others