Bread Exchanges
(each exchange contains approximately 80 calories) Includes bread, cereal and starchy vegetables.
Bread Cereal
White (incl. French and Italian) 1 slice Grits (cooked) 1/2 cup
Whole wheat 1 slice Rice or barley (cooked) 1/3 cup
Rye or pumpernickel 1 slice Pasta (cooked) (Spaghetti, noodles, macaroni) 1/2 cup
Raisin 1 slice Popcorn (popped, no fat added) 3 cups
Bagel, small 1/2 Cornmeal (dry) 2 Tbsp
English muffin, small 1/2 Flour 2 1/2 Tbsp
Plain roll, bread 1 Wheat germ 1/4 cup
Frankfurter roll 1/2 Starchy vegetables
Hamburger bun 1/2 Corn 1/2 cup
Dried bread crumbs 3 Tsp Corn on the cob 1 small
Tortilla (6 inch) 1 Lima beans 1/2 cup
Crackers Parsnips 2/3 cup
Arrowroot 3 Peas, green (canned or frozen) 1/2 cup
Graham, 2 1/2 sq. 3 Potato, white 1 small
Matzoth, 4" x 6" 1/2 Potato, mashed 1/2 cup
Oyster 24 Pumpkin 3/4 cup
Pretzels, 3 1/8" long x 1/8" dia. 25 Winter squash, Acorn or butternut 1 cup
Rye wafers, 2" x 3 1/2" 4 Yam or sweet potato 1/3 cup
Saltines 6 Prepared foods
Soda, 2 1/2" sq. 4 Biscuit, 2" dia. (omit 1 fat exch.) 1
Dried beans, peas & lentils Corn bread, 2x2x1" (omit 1 fat exch.) 1
Beans, peas, lentils (dried and cooked) 1/3 cup Corn muffin, 2" dia. (omit 1 fat exch.) 1
Baked beans, no pork (canned) 1/4 cup Crackers, round butter type (omit 1 fat exch.) 6
Cereal Muffin, plain small (omit 1 fat exch.) 1
Bran flakes 1/2 cup Potatoes, French fried, length 2" to 3 1/2" (omit 1 fat exch.) 10
Other ready-to-eat unsweetened cereal 3/4 cup Potato or corn chips (omit 2 fat exch.) 15
Puffed cereal 1 1/2 cup Pancake, 5" x 1/2" (omit 1 fat exch.) 1
Cereal (cooked) 1/2 cup Waffle, 4" x 1/2" (omit 1 fat exch.) 1


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