Table 2.

Danish Dietary Guidelines 2005 and food intake patterns for women, by food types, quantities, and specifications

		Food intake pattern used to create dietary scenarios
Food types	DDG 2005 recommended intake	Amounts	Specifications
Vegetables	600 g per day	300 g per day	Half of the vegetables are coarse*
Fruits		250 g per day	Fresh fruit
Juice		50 g per day	A glass of juice counts as one of the recommended
			Six units of fruit and vegetables
Bread and cereals	500 g per day	250 g per day	Half of the bread and cereals are fiber-rich§
			Predominantly bread and moderate amount of cereals
Potatoes, pasta, rice		250 g per day	Predominantly potatoes
Fish	200–300 g per week	300 g per week/42 g per day	Half oily fish and half lean fish
Meat and meat products	Not specified	100 g per day	Including beef, pork and chicken
		Maximum 10 g fat per 100 g
Fats	Not specified	30 g per day	Half margarine and half oils
Eggs	Not specified	25 g per day	Whole eggs
Milk and milk products	Not specified	Various amounts	Low fat milk and milk products (≤0.5 g fat per 100 g), predominantly milk
Cheese products	Not specified	Various amounts	Low fat cheese products (≤18 g fat per 100 g)
Marmalade	Not specified	Various amounts	Strawberry jam
Water, tea and coffee	1–1.5 L per day	1 L per day	Predominantly water and moderate amount of coffee and tea
Alcoholic drinks	Not specified	Various amounts	Beer and wine
Soy drink	Not specified	Various amounts	Unfortified
Soft drinks	Not specified	Various amounts	Soft drinks and lemonade with added sugar and unsweetened
Leeway	Not specified	9 E%	Soft drinks, candy, cake, ice cream, fast food
Beans	Not specified	Various amounts	Brown, white and soy beans

DDG 2005: Danish Dietary Guidelines 2005; E%. Percentage of energy.

^*Coarse vegetables are vegetables with a dietary fiber content over 2 g per 100 g.

^§High fiber-rich bread and cereals contains over 6 g per 100 g.