Eat More Vegetables and Fruit

Dive into the first Healthy Habits challenge: add at least 3 servings of vegetables and fruit to your daily diet. Find recipes, nutrition tips, and coaching advice to help reach your goals.

Where's the Fruit in Fruit Products?

Fruit is so tasty and has such a nutrition halo that it ends up in a lot of processed foods. But those foods may not contain a lot of fruit.

Chocolate-Covered Fruit
Photo: Randy Mayor

Chocolate-Covered Fruit

The 190 calories in a 1/4-cup portion of chocolate-covered raisins is nearly double the amount in a 1/4 cup of regular raisins. Plus, the milk chocolate coating adds 5g saturated fat. Other dried fruits, like cherries or cranberries, get a dusting of sugar (adding more calories) before their chocolate bath.


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