Here’s What One Portion of Your Five-A-Day Actually Looks Like

The healthy eating target, set by the World Health Organisation, is key for making sure you’ve got a balanced diet. So check you’ve been eating enough of your favourite healthy foods with these colour-coded charts…

Good news for avocado fans – just half of one counts as a portion, whereas you need a whole apple or a pear for it to be one of your 5 a day. And if you’re partial to a kiwi as an afternoon snack, you should have two to notch up a portion.

Meanwhile, when it comes to green veggies, you need three whole sticks of celery to reach one portion, whereas a single 5cm slice of cucumber will do the trick.

One of the surprises on the purple chart is the amount of passion fruit that counts as one of your 5 a day – you need to consume an impressive six to make up a portion. That’s a lot of seeds to be spooning out…

Go for an easier 10 blackberries to meet one of your 5-a-day goals, or only 1/2 an aubergine is enough.

Tomato puree has to be one of the most versatile ingredients and you only need one tablespoon of the stuff to make up a portion. Compared to seven cherry tomatoes, that’s quite significant…

Chopping up just half a pepper also counts as one of your 5 a day. And, yes, that’s even if you’re using it to scoop up hummus.

Next time you’re chopping up an onion, it’s worth bearing in mind you need to use a whole one for it to count as a portion. That’s a lot of trying not to cry…While they tend to be a bit less tear-inducing, you also need 8 spring onions to be eating one of your 5 a day.

When it comes to mushrooms, it varies quite a lot – you can either go for 14 button mushrooms or 2 tablespoons of dried mushrooms.

Satsumas, tangerines, and clementines must come as a pair for you to be on track with a serving of fruit, whereas just one glass of fruit juice will do it.

You need to have a whole sweet potato but three tablespoons of baked beans on your toast will swiftly get you to a portion.

One slice of pineapple is all you need but you’ll require a whole banana.

When it comes to sweetcorn, yellow lentils and chickpeas – it’s three tablespoons of each for one serving of veg.