United States Department of Agriculture The Five Food Groups The following is an at-a-glance chart of foods that belong to each food group. It is not a complete list. For more information on each food group, visit: http://www.choosemyplate.gov/food-groups/

FOOD GROUP FOODS IN THE FOOD GROUP

FRUITS Apples BERRIES Apricots Blackberries Any fruit or 100% fruit juice Bananas Blueberries counts as part of the Fruit Cherries Raspberries Group. Fruits may be fresh, Grapefruit Strawberries canned, frozen, or dried; and Grapes may be whole, cut-up, or Kiwi fruit MELONS puréed. Mangoes Cantaloupe Oranges Honeydew Papaya Watermelon Peaches Pears Pineapple Plums Raisins

VEGETABLES BEANS AND PEAS STARCHY VEGETABLES Black beans Corn Any vegetable or 100% Black-eyed peas Green peas vegetable juice counts as a Chickpeas (garbanzo beans) Plantains member of the Vegetable Lentils Potatoes Group. Vegetables may be Red beans Taro raw or cooked; fresh, frozen, Soy beans canned, or dried/dehydrated; Split peas OTHER VEGETABLES and may be whole, cut-up, White beans Asparagus or mashed. There are five Avocado DARK-GREEN VEGETABLES Beets Vegetable Subgroups: Beans Bok choy Cauliflower and Peas, Dark Green, Red Broccoli Celery and Orange, Starchy, and Collard greens Cucumber Other Vegetables. Dark-green leaf lettuce Eggplant Kale Green beans Romaine lettuce Iceberg lettuce Spinach Mushrooms Radicchio RED AND ORANGE VEGETABLES Sugar snap peas Butternut squash Yellow bell pepper Carrots Zucchini  Red/orange bell peppers Pumpkin Sweet potatoes Tomatoes

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GRAINS WHOLE GRAINS REFINED GRAINS* Amaranth  Bread products made with Any food made from wheat,  Bread products made primarily refined “white” flour rice, oats, cornmeal, barley, from 100% whole grains (such as white rolls, or another cereal grain is a (such as whole-wheat breads, buns, pitas, etc.) grain product. Bread, pasta, buns, rolls, and pitas) Cornbread oatmeal, breakfast cereals, Brown rice Corn tortillas tortillas, and grits are Buckwheat Couscous examples of grain products. Bulgur Flour tortillas Grains are divided into two Millet Grits Muesli Noodles subgroups: Oatmeal  Pastas (spaghetti, macaroni) • Whole Grains contain the Popcorn Pretzels entire grain kernel — the Quinoa  Some ready-to-eat bran, germ, and endosperm. Rolled oats breakfast cereals Whole-grain barley White rice • Refined Grains have Whole rye been milled, a process that Whole-wheat crackers removes the bran and germ. Whole-wheat pasta Whole-wheat tortilla * Most of these products are made from This is done to give grains refined grains. Some are made from a finer texture and improve Wild rice whole grains. Check the ingredients list their shelf life, but it also for the words "whole grain" or "whole wheat" to decide if they are made from a removes dietary fiber, iron, whole grain. Some foods are made from and many B vitamins. a mixture of whole and refined grains.

DAIRY Fluid milks (flavored or Yogurts unflavored) All fluid milk products and MILK-BASED DESSERTS many foods made from milk Lactose-reduced milks Puddings are considered part of this Lactose-free milks Ice cream food group. Most Dairy Group Frozen yogurt choices should be fat-free or Calcium-fortified soy Ice milks low-fat. Foods made from beverages (soymilk) milk that retain their calcium content are part of the group. CHEESE Cheddar Foods made from milk that Mozzarella have little to no calcium, such American as cream cheese, cream, and Cottage cheese butter, are not considered to be in the Dairy Group. Calcium-fortified soymilk (soy beverage) is also part of the Dairy Group.

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PROTEIN FOODS BEANS AND PEAS PROCESSED SOY PRODUCTS Black beans Tofu All foods made from meat, Black-eyed peas Tempeh poultry, seafood, beans and  Chickpeas (garbanzo beans)  Texturized Vegetable peas, eggs, processed soy Lentils Protein (TVP) products, nuts, and seeds Red beans “Veggie Burgers” are considered part of the Soy beans Protein Foods Group. Split peas POULTRY White beans Chicken Beans and peas are also part Duck of the Vegetable Group. SEAFOOD Turkey Anchovies Catfish EGGS Clams Cod MEATS Crab (LEAN CUTS AND Crawfish GROUND MEATS) Flounder Beef Lobster Ham Oysters Lamb Salmon Pork Sardines Veal Shrimp Squid (Calamari) Tilapia Tuna

NUTS AND SEEDS (AND BUTTERS) Almonds Peanuts Pumpkin seeds Sunflower seeds Walnuts

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