Healthy eating - fruit

Summer fruit in season

June to August

• Apricots
• Blackcurrants
• Cherries
• Gooseberries
• Loganberries (a cross between a raspberry and a blackberry)
• Plums
• Raspberries
• Redcurrants
• Strawberries

Autumn fruit in season

September to November

These fruits come into season gradually over the summer months. The softer fruits, like raspberries, plums and blackberries, will gradually disappear again as the autumn wears on, so buy them when you see them.

• Apples
• Blackberries
• Blueberries - these are in season in September
• Damsons (small, black plums)
• Fresh figs
• Grapes
• Pears
• Plums
• Raspberries

Winter fruit in season

November to February

• Citrus fruit - oranges, lemons and limes are available all year round, but with winter come the soft citrus fruits, satsumas, mandarins, tangerines, clementines, and many other varieties
• Cranberries - the Christmas fruit

It is good to have a variety of different fruit and vegetables in your diet. Each fruit and vegetable contains different vitamins, minerals and nutrients - the more variety we have in our diets the better. Also if there are lots of attractive colours on the plate, it is also a good way of encouraging children to eat fruit and vegetables.

Ways to encourage children to eat fruits

• Making fruit smoothies
• Freeze fruit purees as ice lollies
• Adding fruits to jellies
• Serving fruit cut up as a snack
• Try to eat meals as a family with your children, it's a great way to spend more time together as a family and if they see you eating fruit and vegetables, they are more likely to eat it too

See our resources page for posters, leaflets and activity sheets.

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