5 a day

Eat five portions of fruit and vegetables each day to help stay healthy

All about 5-a-day

Our aim is to be the number one retailer in educating, raising awareness of and promoting diet and health issues to the wider community. We do this in a number of ways, including the web, instore leaflets and honest food messages displayed on our shelves, in our advertising and other publications and on our own brand packaging -  where we believe we provide more information than anyone else.

What does it mean?

The Department of Health also recommend eating at least 5 portions a day as part of a healthy balanced diet. Children should also try and eat 5 portions of different fruit and vegetables a day but in smaller quantities than adults.  

Introducing children to a wide variety of different fruit and vegetables can help set up good eating habits early on, which will help protect health in later life.

For more information on why fruit and vegetables are important as part of a balanced
diet, take a look at the pages listed below:

• What doesn't count?
• Why eat fruit & veg?

White
	1 medium onion High in fibre & a source of protein	8 florets of cauliflower High in vitamin C	3 tbsp of chopped swede
Yellow
	1 medium banana A source of vitamin B12	Half a pepper High in vitamin C	Half a grapefruit
Orange
	150ml of orange juice High in vitamin C	3 tbsp of sliced carrot High in vitamin A
Red
	1 medium tomato High in vitamin C	7 slices of beetroot High in folic acid	2 handfuls of raspberries High in vitamin C
Blue/Purple
	2 medium plums High in fibre & vitamin A	1 handful of grapes
Green
	1 medium apple High in fibre	2 florets of broccoli A source of folic acid & high in protein