Portion: A “portion” is how much food you choose to eat at one time (breakfast, lunch, dinner, or snack), whether in a restaurant, from a package, or in your own kitchen. Portions can be bigger or smaller than the recommended food servings. There is no standard portion size and no single right or wrong portion size.
Serving: A “serving” size is the amount of food listed (and recommended) on a product’s Nutrition Facts (panel of packaged food) or the amount of food recommended in the Food Guide Pyramid and the Dietary Guidelines* for Americans. Sometimes, the portion size and serving size match; sometimes they do not. A serving is a standard amount used to help give advice about how much to eat, or to identify how many calories and nutrients are in a food.
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