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Let's start with fruit. It is usually the first section you see as you enter a grocery store. Fruit is important for many reasons-vitamins, minerals, fiber, and other plant chemicals called phytonutrients. The most popular are apples, oranges, bananas and grapes. QUEST 1: Find a fruit to represent each color of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green. blue, indigo, violet.

QUEST 2: Look for an orange colored fruit (not citrus oranges) such as cantaloupe, apricots, mangoes, or peaches that are high in beta carotene, which converts to Vitamin A. If possible, choose one to buy that you have never tried before.

QUEST 2: Look for an orange colored fruit (not oranges) such as cantaloupe, apricots, mangoes, or peaches that are high in beta carotene, which converts to Vitamin A. If possible, choose one to buy that you have never tried before.

Most developed countries of the world offer nutrition guidelines to their citizens based on the latest food and biological science updates. Read the latest 5 major USA guidelines at the link below. Then complete the grocery store scavenger hunt in your local store to find foods to try that meet the DG standards. Fun for kids & adults.

OK, now find the vegetable aisle.