. 2023 Mar 13;18(3):e0280028. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0280028

Table 1. Step-by-step method for determining which FID food profile was most appropriate to match with each FLIP product and the number and percent (%) of foods matched at each step (n = 16,136) ^a.

Step	Description	n (%)
1 –Exact Matches	FLIP product was matched to the one and only FID food profile name that accurately describes the FLIP product.	11,292 (70.0%)
2 –Default Matches	FLIP product was matched to the FID food profile suggested in Health Canada’s Default List.	709 (4.4%)
3 –Closest Matches	FLIP product was matched to the one and only FID food profile that is almost an exact match to the FLIP product.	1332 (8.3%)
3 –Closest Matches	e.g. a FLIP product that is a hard candy sweetened with maltitol, matches to the FID food profile for “Candies, hard, sorbitol sweetened”.	1332 (8.3%)
4 –Ingredient Match	FLIP product was matched to one of several potential FID food profiles based on the order of the FLIP product Ingredients List or the FLIP product description.	333 (2.1%)
4 –Ingredient Match	e.g. a FLIP product that is a blend olive and canola oils, with olive oil as the primary ingredient, matches to the FID food profile for “vegetable oil, olive”.	333 (2.1%)
5 –Judgement Match	FLIP product was matched to one of several potential FID food profiles based on the researchers’ determination of which would be the most similar in terms of nutrient profile and consumer use of the product.	1476 (9.1%)
6 –No match	FLIP product was not matched to an FID food profile if the researchers determined there was no appropriate match (e.g. FLIP product that is chia pudding) or if there was a difference in preparation methods (e.g. FLIP product that is unprepared noodle soup and the closest FID food profile is for the prepared version).	994 (6.2%)

^a In total, there were 20,625 FLIP products (in both prepared and unprepared forms) available to be matched, 4,429 were better matched to items in the CCHS Food Recipe Level file and 60 were identified as combination foods that would likely be reported separately, leaving 16,136 available to be matched to FID food profiles.

Abbreviations: FID = Food and Ingredients Details; FLIP = Food Label Information Program.

Table 1. Step-by-step method for determining which FID food profile was most appropriate to match with each FLIP product and the number and percent (%) of foods matched at each step (n = 16,136) a.

Table 1. Step-by-step method for determining which FID food profile was most appropriate to match with each FLIP product and the number and percent (%) of foods matched at each step (n = 16,136) ^a.