TABLE 5.

Grouping of fruits and vegetables in food guides

	Number	% (of 78)1
Fruits and vegetables grouped together	33	42.3
Fruits and vegetables comprise 2 groups	45	57.7
Potatoes included with vegetables2	14	17.9
Inclusion of potatoes cannot be determined3	3	3.8
Legumes included with vegetables	9	11.5
Inclusion of legumes cannot be determined3	6	7.7
Juice included	18	23.1
Inclusion of juice cannot be determined3	30	38.5

¹Denominator is the 78 countries that use a food guide and provided it to the FAO.

²In most cases, Irish potatoes are the only pale root/tuber depicted with vegetables; in the very few cases where other starchy pale roots/tubers (e.g., yams) are included with vegetables, Irish potato is also included. Other colored root vegetables (beetroot, carrot, etc.) are consistently included with vegetables, as are turnips, radishes, etc.

³Groupings could not be determined when: 1) the food item was not clearly pictured, or when the food guide was scanned and quality was poor; and 2) when other available documents either could not be translated or did not mention the food items in group descriptions or portion size examples.