A single serving of fruit contains 15 grams of carbohydrate and 60 calories. Here are some choices for your single daily serving of fruit: 1 Apple (small size), banana, nectarine ½ Grapefruit (refrigerate the remaining 1/2 to enjoy with breakfast, lunch or dinner at later time) 1 Fresh peach (medium size) 1 Kiwi fruit 1 cup of fresh berries (raspberries, strawberries, blackberries or blueberries) If fresh berries aren't in-season consider frozen berries from your local grocery store. 1⁄8th of Honeydew melon 1 cup of fresh cut melon cubes (watermelon, muskmelon or winter melon) 4 oz Unsweetened fruit juice (when choosing unsweetened fruit juices read to label for ingredients. Although the label may read cherry juice or grape, some juices have other ingredients mixed into them. One way to ensure 100% is the enjoy 100% pure concentrates that you reconstitute at home. For example, our Fruit Advantage tart cherry juice concentrate makes 100% pure cherry juice so you don't have to worry about any additional juices in the final healthy product) Below in the information from CMI on the individual serving of tart cherries: One serving of tart cherries is:
1/2 cup (or 125 mL) dried cherries
1 cup (250 mL) tart cherry juice
1 ounce (or 2 Tbsp) juice concentrate
1 cup (8 oz.) frozen
4 tsp jelly or jam (The juice sweetened preserves are an excellent choice for those looking to watch their cane sugar intake. Our juice-sweetened preserves include blackberry spread, red raspberry, strawberry spread and juice-sweetened apple butter)
