# Huel and MyPlate.gov food groups

**URL:** <https://discourse.huel.com/t/huel-and-myplate-gov-food-groups/11461>\
**Category:** Nutrition\
**Created:** [December 23, 2021, 3:13am UTC](https://discourse.huel.com/t/huel-and-myplate-gov-food-groups/11461 "2021-12-23T03:13:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![bittid88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/48db29/32.png) [@bittid88](https://discourse.huel.com/u/bittid88)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2021, 3:13am UTC](https://discourse.huel.com/t/huel-and-myplate-gov-food-groups/11461/1 "2021-12-23T03:13:40Z")

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Heyo Hueligans,

If you’re not familiar with the site [MyPlate.gov](http://MyPlate.gov), it’s basically a revamped food pyramid that gives advice on a balanced diet based on your height. My wife and I are trying to do a very loose diet based on the recommendations there and I’m wondering how many of each “portion” a serving of Huel Black makes up.

I’m currently logging my daily Huel lunch as 4oz of protein and 2oz of grains per serving,which is a pretty good representation of what they are in terms of the caloric distribution of macronutrients (1 serving of Huel Black has the same amount of protein as 4 ounces of chicken and the same amount of carbs as 2 ounces of white rice) , but I’m wondering if anyone else has looked at this issue before.

Please let me know your thoughts!

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**Author:** ![Charlotte\_Huel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.huel.com/charlotte_huel/32/3672_2.png) [@Charlotte\_Huel](https://discourse.huel.com/u/Charlotte_Huel)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 3:35pm UTC](https://discourse.huel.com/t/huel-and-myplate-gov-food-groups/11461/2 "2021-12-28T15:35:13Z")

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Hey @bittid88 ! Great to see you back on the US Forum and great question 🙂

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> I’m currently logging my daily Huel lunch as 4oz of protein and 2oz of grains per serving

Generally speaking, 1 ounce of protein (say steak, fish, or chicken) would be approximately 7 grams of protein. I would say Huel Black Edition is actually more than 4 ounces as 4 ounces (7 grams per ounce x 4 ounces) would be approximately 28 grams of protein.

Huel Black Edition at approximately 40 grams of protein per serving would equal a little over 5.5 ounces if you were equating it to a piece of protein, hope that makes sense!

When it comes to grains - 1 ounce or 1 exchange for those who have Diabetes and follow the exchange system, would be approximately 15 grams of carbohydrate so Huel Black Edition would be just over 1.5 ounces.

I hope this helps!