Healthy Info
There are lots of ways you can use different varieties of lettuce in a healthy
diet – as the basis of a salad, to dress up a sandwich, as a wrap or as a
garnish, to name but a few.
It’s good for you too – just a cup of salad greens equals one serving of the five daily portions of fruit and vegetables recommended by the Food Standards Agency.
Eat a rainbow
Pigments contained in different fruits and vegetables help to keep us healthy. The easiest way to make sure you are eating enough of each, is to choose a range of different coloured fruits and vegetables – in fact try to eat at least one serving, or more, of fruit or vegetables from each colour band each day. Think of it as eating a rainbow!
Nutritional info
Lettuce is a healthy option, very low in calories (15 calories per 100g) and contains no fat, sodium or cholesterol.
However it does provide Vitamins A and C, some iodine and potassium, thiamin, riboflavin, calcium, iron and folic acid. It also contains beta-carotene which our bodies convert to Vitamin A - essential for growth and cell development, vision and looking after our immune system.