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Five Portions/Fruit Juice
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.This is true, however, juice is only counted as a single portion no matter how much you drink due to it not having the fibre etc found in the whole fruit. For example:1 glass orange juice=1portion but 1 glass orange juice plus 1 glass apple juice plus one glass grape juice still only counts as a single portion.
You could try blending banana and berries or other soft fruit and a splash of juice or milk for your daughter as this could give you up to 3 portions. For example: 1 glass juice (1 portion) plus 1 medium banana (blended/mashed) (1 portion) plus 7 strawberries (blended) (1 portion). Thus giving you a total of 3 servings.
It's all a bit complicated but explained well by the FSA on their website www.food.gov.uk
http://www.eatwell.gov.uk/asksam/healthydiet/fruitandvegq/#A218497
This site is very interesting about 5 portions of fruit and veg a day.