Meeting food group needs with nutrient-dense foods and beverages while staying within calorie limits is one of the four core components of the 2020–2025Dietary Guidelines for Americans. According to the Guidelines, “Nutrient-dense foods and beverages provide vitamins, minerals, and other health-promoting components and have little added sugars, saturated fat, and sodium.”
Fruits and whole grains are nutrient-dense, but people often don’t consume enough of them, resulting in inadequate intakes of …