I want to encourage my 6 year old to eat more fruit. Do fruit-based products like fruit winder, fruit flakes and dried fruit count towards 5 a day?

Dried fruit can be counted as 1 of the recommended 5 portions a day, but it contains concentrated fruit sugar, which can cause tooth decay, so it should be eaten at meal times when the sugars don't cause as much damage to teeth.

Products such as fruit winders and fruit flakes cannot count towards 5 a day. These are processed products and have a high sugar content that can contribute to tooth decay.