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Fruits: balanced menu - the importance of variety for nutrients
Fruit: learn more about the importance of a daily and balanced consumption to enjoy all the healthy benefits of its nutrients and vitamins. Coming in different flavours, colours and sizes for all tastes and menus
Fruit – juiciness, flavour, perfume, nutrients… learn more!
The daily recommended fruit consumption is 5 portions or 400g. Hence the importance of including a rich variety of fruits in our daily healthy menu. Each fruit is unique in type and level of nutrients, vitamins and minerals, also antioxidants. And our bodies need a balanced consumption of them, not just concentrating on one or two types of fruit per day.
How do I start?
Well, fruits can be found in endless colours, shapes, sizes, flavours, perfume, etc and can be consumed fresh / in nature or be used as an ingredient for beverages, dishes and desserts. Frozen fruit pulp are an excellent choice to use fruit as an ingredient in any recipe. So, stop finding excuses and include them on your healthy diet.
If you are a restaurant / bar owner, start diversifying and include fruit-based recipes on your menu. There is no doubt that this is a market that grows above 6% per year.
Fruit – variety and quantity? Categories to pick from
If you want to include this ingredient in your Aussie healthy menu (fresh/in natura or frozen; home or restaurant/ bar) the easiest way to include “variety” is to always pick your daily options from different fruit categories:
- Pome: fruits with a core of seeds and surrounded by edible flesh. Example: apples, pears
- Citrus: fruits with leathery rind with juicy segments. Example: oranges, lemons, grapefruit
- Stone (drupe): fruits with a “stone” inside. Example: apricots, peaches, avocado, plums
- Tropical: fruits with short shelf life. Example: banana, mango, pineapple, melons
- Berries and Others
https://www.eatforhealth.gov.au/food-essentials/five-food-groups/fruit
The amount of fruit ingestion depends on your age and other elements. Please click on the links below for more information:
- Children – https://www.eatforhealth.gov.au/food-essentials/how-much-do-we-need-each-day/recommended-number-serves-children-adolescents-and
- Adults – https://www.eatforhealth.gov.au/food-essentials/how-much-do-we-need-each-day/recommended-number-serves-adults
To include fruit in your restaurant / bar / gym / foodtruck healthy menu, click the button below.
TIP: if you are going for fresh / in nature options, prefer seasonally fruits!!!
