Table 2. Change in intake of selected food groups and energy intake.

	Current average intake, g/d	Change in intake*, g/day
		Energy intake constrained		No energy intake constraint
		Old recommendations	Eatwell Guide	Old recommendations	Eatwell Guide
Fruit and vegetables	342	↑ 58	↑ 184	↑ 57	↑ 100
Fruit	102	↑ 13	↑ 103	↑ 17	↑ 27
Fruit juice	63	↑ 1	↓ -31	↑ 2	↓ -8
Dried fruit	4.6	↑ 1	↑ 3.3	↑ 1.3	↑ 1
Vegetables	171	↑ 41	↑ 113	↑ 37	↑ 78
Potatoes, bread, rice, pasta and other starchy carbohydrates	281	↑ 54	↑ 192	↑ 56	↑ 156
Brown/wholemeal bread	33	↑ 15	↑ 50	↑ 11	↑ 37
White bread	49	↑ 2	↑ 19	↑ 10	↑ 24
Rice	27	↑ 1	↑ 1	↑ 3	↑ 7
Pasta	25	↑ 2	↑ 10	↑ 3	↑ 11
Potatoes	91	↑ 14	↑ 82	↑ 15	↑ 43
Cereals	8.3	↑ 2.7	↑ 2.7	↑ 3.7	↑ 13.7
Breakfast cereals, high fibre	20	↑ 8	↑ 32	↑ 7	↑ 18
Breakfast cereals, not high fibre	5.6	↑ 2.5	↓ -0.5	↑ 4.4	↑ 0.4
Dairy and alternatives	221	↓ -24	↓ -48	↓ -15	↓ -27
Milk	170	↓ -7	↓ -15	↓ -3	↓ -8
Cheese	17	↓ -12.8	↓ -14.4	↓ -10	↓ -16
Yoghurt	27	↓ -1	↓ -15	↔ 0	↓ -3
Beans, pulses, fish, eggs, meat and other proteins	212	↓ -28	↓ -52	↑ 3	↑ 7
Red meat**	35	↓ -22	↓ -27.3	↓ -10	↓ -16
Processed meat	33	↓ -16	↓ -25.8	↓ -12	↓ -22
White meat***	35	↓ -11	↓ -30	↓ -4	↓ -8
Oily fish	8.7	↑ 11.3	↑ 29.3	↑ 11.3	↑ 11.3
Whitefish	16	↑ 4	↑ 7	↑ 4	↑ 4
Beans, pulses and other legumes	14	↑ 11	↑ 12	↑ 9	↑ 19
Nuts	2.7	↑ 3.4	↓ -0.1	↑ 5.3	↑ 12.3
Foods high in fat and sugar	216	↓ -3	↓ -113	↑ 23	↓ -58
Sugar sweetened beverages	120	↓ -1	↓ -61	↔ 0	↓ -21
Low calorie beverages	85	↔ 0	↓ -2	↔ 0	↓ -1
Cakes, confectionary and biscuits	71	↑ 5	↓ -40	↑ 18	↓ -49
Crisps and savoury snacks	6.1	↑ 3.9	↓ -0.1	↑ 5.9	↑ 12.9
Oils and spreads	14	↓ -9.6	↓ -8.5	↓ -4	↓ -7
Energy (kcal)	1711	1711	1711	1926	1984

*Change in comparison to the current average intake.

**Beef, lamb and pork,

***Chicken and other poultry