Food Portion Sizes

Food Portion Sizes

Baby foods Variety of meat based productsBakery items Cheese and eggs

Food portion sizes / Food portion sizes / Food portion sizes / Food portion sizes
Infant savouries
(4m+) / 125g / Beefburger, 100% beef 56g raw, grilled / 34g / Digestive biscuit, plain / 15g / Macaroni cheese, small can / 210g
Infant dessert / 125g / Beef casserole or curry, medium / 260g / Ginger nut biscuit / 10g / Processed cheese, 1 slice / 20g
Junior dessert / 190g / Canneloni, frozen ready meal / 260g / Bagel, plain / 70g / Welsh rarebit, topping only / 40g
Junior savouries (7m+) / 190g / Chicken fingers, fried / 15g / Nann bread, plain / 160g / Cheese and onion pasty / 125g
Ready to drink baby juice (250ml) / 260g / Chicken pie, individual / 130g / Bakewell tart, individual / 43g / Cauliflower cheese, meal for one / 235g
Large jar savoury dishes / 200g / Chinese, pancake roll, large / 140g / Doughnut, ring / 60g / Egg custard, average portion / 140g
Baby yogurts / 90 – 150g / Cornish pasty, medium / 155g / Scone, plain, fruit, cheese / 48g / Quiche, medium slice / 140g
Spaghetti Bolognese, sauce only / 240g / Welsh cakes / 28g / Scotch egg, average size / 120g
Pork pie, individual / 140g / Baklava / 100g / Pizza, deep pan 7” diameter, cheese and tomato / 230g
Kebab, average portion meat on skewer / 90g / Hot cross bun / 50g / Pizza, frozen, fun size / 40g

Source – Food Standard Agency. Food Portion Sizes. 3rd Edition. London: HMSO, 2002.
Food Portion Sizes

Fish based productsVegetables Pasta and riceMiscellaneous

Food portion sizes / Food portion sizes / Food portion sizes / Food portion sizes
Fish and pasta bake, ready meal / 275g / Bubble and squeak, fried / 200g / Cous-cous, average / 150g / Stuffing, one portion / 50g
Fish cake, 1 froze, fried / 50g / Okra, curry / 250g / Pasta, cooked, small portion / 150g / Fruit salad, fresh, one portion / 140g
Fish pie, fish and potato (not pastry) / 250g / Ratatouille, average serving / 180g / Pasta, cooked, medium portion / 230g / Apple crumble / 170g
Kedgeree / 300g / Vegeburger, average fried / 56g / Pasta, cooked, large portion / 350g / Cheesecake, individual / 90g
Paella, frozen / 284g / Vegetable pasty / 155g / Ravioli, small can / 215g / Pavlova, average / 100g
Cod, in batter or crumb, oven crispy / 100g / Vegetable samosa, average / 75g / Rice, cooked, small portion / 100g / Yogurt pots / 125g/150g
Seafood tagliatelle, ready meal / 235g / Sweet potatoes, 2 medium, boiled / 130g / Rice, cooked, medium portion / 180g / Split yogurts, plain / 115 – 150g
Taramasalata, average portion / 45g / Potato waffle, 1 grilled / 45g / Rice, cooked, large portion / 290g / Split yogurts, fruit / 25 – 40g
Prawn cocktail / 88g / Mixed vegetables, average / 90g / Noodles, instant, made up, 1 packet / 280g / Ready to drink, still in carton / 206g
Fish finger, fried or grilled / 28g / Baked beans, small can / 150/205g / Dumpling, suet / 70g / Fruit juice, individual carton / 200g

Source – Food Standard Agency.Food Portion Sizes. 3rd Edition. London: HMSO, 2002.