Table 1.

Daily recommendations of the Flemish active food triangle in 2011, by age

		Age groups (years)
Food group	Foods included in analyses	3-5	6-11	12-18	19-59	60+
Water and sugar-free drinks	Water=Water or aromatised water 0 kcal, Sugar-free drinks: tea and coffee without sugar, aromatised water or soft drinks if >0 and < 5 kcal/100g	500-1000 ml	1500 ml	1500 ml	1500 ml	1500 ml
Bread and cereals	Bread, breakfast cereals, oatmeal, rusks	90-175 g	150-315 g	210-420 g	210-420 g	150-315 g
Potatoes, rice and pasta	Potatoes, rice, pasta, quinoa, couscous, boulgour	50-200 g	210-280 g	240-350 g	240-350 g	210-280 g
Vegetables	Vegetables, tubers (excluding potatoes), vegetables in soup (>40% of the soup volume) and vegetable juice.	100-150 g	250-300 g	300 g	300 g	300 g
Fruit (including fruit juice and olives)	Fresh, dried, canned, compote, frozen fruit, fruit juice and olives.	100-200 g	250 g	375 g	250 g	250-375 g
Dairy products and calcium enriched soya products	(aromatised) milk, yoghurt, curd cheese, milk based desserts, calcium enriched drinks and desserts	500 ml	450 ml	600 ml	450 ml	600 ml
Cheese	All cheeses (except curd cheese)	20 g	20 g	40 g	20 g	40 g
Meat, fish, eggs and substitutes	Meat, fish and seafood: all, except fried. Eggs: all Substitutes: legumes, substitutes with >5 g protein/100 g Nuts and seeds	60 g	100 g	100 g	100 g	100 g
Spreadable* and cooking fat	All vegetable oils, animal fats, margarines and butter, including frying oil	Spreadable: 25 g Cooking: 15 g	Spreadable: 45 g Cooking: 15 g	Spreadable: 60 g Cooking: 15 g	Spreadable: 60 g Cooking: 15 g	Spreadable: 45 g Cooking: 15 g
Nutrient-poor foods (including alcohol)	Sugared soft drinks (> 5 kcal/ 100 g), sports drinks, energy drinks, cappuccino; alcoholic drinks (except if used in warm preparations); biscuits and pastries; confectionary and chocolates; ice cream; salt snacks, fried snacks; sauces	Less then 10% of total energy intake (110 kcal/day)	Less then 10% of total energy intake (145 kcal/day)	Less then 10% of total energy intake (230 kcal/day )	Less then 10% of total energy intake (250 kcal/day)	Less then 10% of total energy intake (250 kcal/day)

*The recommendation of spreadable fat is 5 g per slice of bread, the total recommended amount is calculated using the number of recommended slices of bread (e.g., for children between 3 and 5 years 3-5 slices of bread: 5*5 g = 25 g of spreadable fat)

Source: [2].