CNPP - The Food Guide Pyramid

The Food Guide Pyramid

The Food Guide Pyramid, a widely recognized nutrition education tool, translates nutritional recommendations into the kinds and amounts of food to eat each day. The Pyramid is being revised by USDA. Click the link below for the latest information:

Proposed revisions for the Food Guide Pyramid

Click above link for the current and previous Federal Register notices that describe proposed revisions, and for additional information

Consumer

USDA's Food Guide Pyramid Booklet, 1992 (revised 1996).
This is a Portable Document Format (pdf) version of the booklet. It looks and prints like the original paper copy. To view or print this pdf file, download and install the free Adobe Acrobat Reader software on your own computer.

Pyramid Booklet in Spanish (PDF 2.2 MB)

How to Order the Food Guide Pyramid Booklet

Food Guide Pyramid: A Guide to Daily Food Choices

Learn the basics about the Food Guide Pyramid from 2-sided Pyramid fact sheets. These are available in English and Spanish. (See links under the Professionals heading below.)

Professional

Using the Food Guide Pyramid: A Resource for Nutrition Educators
CAUTION! This is a large file in PDF format - 818 kilobytes. To view or print this PDF file, you must first download and install the free Adobe Acrobat Reader software on your own computer. This publication is only available on the Web.

Two-sided Pyramid fact sheets are available in English and Spanish. These are good tools for educational purposes.

Pyramid -- English (line drawing) (PDF 98 KB)

Pyramid -- English (solid drawing) (PDF 98 KB)

Pyramid -- Spanish (line drawing) (PDF 96 KB)

Pyramid -- Spanish (solid drawing) (PDF 96 KB)

USDA’s Food Guide: Background and Development (PDF 2 MB)

Food Guide Pyramid Images

A Scalable Image of the Food Guide Pyramid with Labels (High resolution EPS format)
A Large Image of the Food Guide Pyramid with Labels (gif format)
A Large Image of the Food Guide Pyramid with Labels (High resolution tiff format)
A Small Image of the Food Guide Pyramid (one page) (gif format)

More Pyramids at Food and Nutrition Information Center

Permission To Use The Food Guide Pyramid Graphic

The Food Guide Pyramid is in the public domain, and as such is not subject to copyright or trademark restrictions. Written permission to use the Food Guide Pyramid graphic is not required. We request that the Pyramid graphic be used as originally designed and that the image not be altered. If used as originally designed, we request that it be credited to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services or USDA and DHHS. If you have questions about the use of the Food Guide Pyramid graphic, please contact John Webster, Director of Public Information and Governmental Affairs, at (703) 305-7600 or by e-mail at john.webster@cnpp.usda.gov.