What's the difference between Portion and Serving

The Difference Between Portions and Servings

A portion is the amount of food you choose to eat. There is no standard portion size and no single right or wrong portion size.

A serving is a standard size used to help give advice about how much to eat or to identify how many calories and nutrients are in different foods. Guides, such as the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating, recommend the number of servings that should be consumed from each food group for a healthy diet, to ensure you have the right nutrient requirements and nutritional balance between fat, carbohydrate and protein.