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Korean food exchange lists
The Korean “Food Exchange System” is a table made up of six different food groups. Food groups were divided based on similar nutritional compositions of each food.
The six food groups include: grains, fish, vegetables, fat and lipid, dairy, and fruits.
To be able to exchange the nutritional value of a certain amount of food within the same group, a standard unit of measure was implemented. Replacing one food with another is measured in units known as “1 unit of exchange”.
The six food groups include: grains, fish, vegetables, fat and lipid, dairy, and fruits.
To be able to exchange the nutritional value of a certain amount of food within the same group, a standard unit of measure was implemented. Replacing one food with another is measured in units known as “1 unit of exchange”.
Korean food exchange lists
[3rd edition, 2010]
The amount of Nutrients in 1 exchange from each food group
[3rd edition, 2010]
The amount of Nutrients in 1 exchange from each food group
| Energy (kcal) |
Carbohydrate (g) |
Protein (g) |
Fat (g) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grains | 100 | 23 | 2 | - | |
| Meat | Low fat | 50 | - | 8 | 2 |
| Medium fat | 75 | - | 8 | 5 | |
| High fat | 100 | - | 8 | 8 | |
| Vegetables | 20 | 3 | 2 | - | |
| Fats and oils | 45 | - | - | 5 | |
| Milk | Whole milk | 125 | 10 | 6 | 7 |
| Low fat milk | 80 | 10 | 6 | 2 | |
| Fruits | 50 | 12 | - | - | |
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