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MyPyramid Nutritional Information - Balancing Nutrition Made Easier

This handy reference tool is easy to follow and color coded to show how each product contributes to the USDA's MyPyramid. You can use it to help identify how your favorite foods satisfy your daily food group needs.

For example, the MyPyramid label on the left shows that this meal provides 25% of the daily grains, 30% of the daily vegetables, and 30% of the daily meat and beans groups.

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Interactive Food Pyramid

Your food choices impact how you feel today, and how you’ll feel far into the future. This interactive food pyramid, based on the USDA’s MyPyramid Plan, helps you explore what foods to enjoy, and why they’re important to good nutrition.


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