How do you think about a dessert portion?
The guideline gives desserts in its table of optional choices as multiples of a standard 75 kilocalorie amount. Baklava is 4-7 and kadayıf 6-7 times that amount.
TÜBER, Türkiye's national dietary guideline, gives desserts and pastry shop products in a separate table, under the heading of optional choices. The measure is not a portion but a multiple: one standard amount is taken as 75 kilocalories and each product is listed by how many times that amount it is. Three pieces of baklava are written as 4-7 multiples, one slice of kadayıf, the shredded pastry dessert, as 6-7, and one slice of künefe as 4.
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- TÜBER 2022 — Türkiye Beslenme Rehberi Ek 2.1.11, s. 272 İsteğe bağlı tercihler, 1 standart miktar = 75 kkal — baklava 3 adet 75-120 g = 4-7 kat; kuru baklava 3 adet 130-150 g = 8-9 kat; fıstıklı sarma 4 adet 75-130 g = 4-6 kat; şöbiyet 3 adet 130 g = 6 kat; tulumba tatlısı 3 adet 100 g = 4 kat; kadayıf 1 dilim 140-160 g = 6-7 kat; künefe 1 dilim 100 g = 4 kat; havuç dilimi 1 dilim 100 g = 5 kat; yaş pasta dilimi 1 adet 150 g = 6 kat; ay çöreği 1 adet 90-115 g = 4-7 kat; beze 4 adet 20 g = 1 kat; tahinli çörek 1 adet 300 g = 18-20 kat; kol böreği 1 adet 120 g = 6 kat; talaş böreği 1 adet 135 g = 8 kat; şeker 5 tatlı kaşığı silme 20 g = 1 kat, 1 tatlı kaşığı dolu 10 g = ½ kat; bal 1 yemek kaşığı 15 g = ⅔ kat; reçel 4 tatlı kaşığı 30 g = 1 kat; pekmez 3 tatlı kaşığı 27 g = 1 kat; çikolata 3 küçük parça 15 g = 1 kat accessed: 2026-08-15
- TÜBER 2022 — Türkiye Beslenme Rehberi Tablo 8.2, s. 170 Serbest şekerler — toplam enerjinin %10'unun altında, mümkün olduğunca az tüketilmeli accessed: 2026-08-15
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