| | Food groups | Items making up food groups |
| | Dairy group | Flavoured milk, milk as a drink, milk added to cereal, milk added to hot beverage, that is, tea, yoghurt, cottage cheese, cheddar cheese | | Fruit group—includes fresh, frozen, canned, dried fruits, and juices | Mixed fruit, apple, orange, peach, banana, mango, pineapple, berries, other fruits, that is, frozen, canned fruits, dried fruit, fruit juice | | | | Bread and cereal group | White bread and wholemeal breads, muesli, porridge, cold breakfast cereals, rice, pasta, and noodles | | | | Meat group and meat substitute group (excludes processed meats) | Mince, mixed beef/veal/lamb/pork dishes, liver, offal, chicken, canned fish, steamed fish, fried fish, seafood, eggs, pulses, and soybean | | | | Vegetable group —includes potatoes | Green vegetables, stir-fry vegetables, potatoes, carrots, sweet potato, peas, beans, silver beet, salad greens, celery, broccoli, cauliflower, sprouts, pumpkin, zucchini, capsicum, tomatoes, tomato paste, avocado, onion, corn, mushroom | | Energy dense foods and beverages —all foods that do not fit into the above 5 groups | cream, ice cream, muffin, biscuits, sausages, bacon, ham, luncheon, meat pie, pizza, hamburger, cakes, sweet pies, sweet puddings, plain biscuits, fancy biscuits, chocolate, other confectioneries, chips/crisps, sugar, jam, peanut butter, butter, mayonnaise, cordial, soft drinks, electrolyte, energy drinks, beer, wine, sherry, spirits, other alcohols, bread spreads | | Water | Water including tea and coffee |
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