Table 3.
Distribution of NOVA Groups among Food Subcategories of the sustainable MD Pyramid tiers.
| Food Tiers of the Sustainable MD Pyramid |
Food Subcategory | NOVA Classification System | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOVA1 | NOVA2 | NOVA3 | NOVA4 | ||
| Sweets (n = 1104) | Fine Bakery Ware (n = 278) | - | - | - | 278 (100.0) |
| Sugar, Honey or Syrup (n = 35) | - | 34 (97.1) | 1 (2.9) | - | |
| Jam or Marmalade (n = 69) | - | - | - | 69 (100.0) | |
| Non-chocolate confectionary or other sugar product (n = 64) | - | - | - | 64 (100.0) | |
| Prepared Food Product (n = 40) | - | - | - | 40 (100.0) | |
| Frozen dairy dessert (n = 38) | - | - | - | 38 (100.0) | |
| Cereal or cereal milling product (n = 2) | - | - | - | 2 (100.0) | |
| Chocolate (n = 208) | - | - | - | 208 (100.0) | |
| Juice or Nectar (n = 163) | 48 (29.4) | - | 1 (0.6) | 114 (69.9) | |
| Non-alcoholic beverages (n = 207) | - | - | - | 207 (100.0) | |
| Red and processed Meat (n = 53) | Preserved Meat (n = 31) | - | - | - | 31 (100.0) |
| Sausage or similar meat product (n = 21) | - | - | - | 21 (100.0) | |
| Meat dish (n = 1) | 1 (100.0) | ||||
| White meat, fish, eggs (n = 81) | Fresh or Processed Egg (n = 32) | 31 (96.9) | - | - | 1 (3.1) |
| Seafood Product (n = 46) | - | - | 33 (71.7) | 13 (28.3) | |
| Prepared Food Product (n = 3) | - | - | - | 3 (100.0) | |
| Dairy (n = 341) | Milk (n = 122) | 68 (55.7) | - | 6 (4.9) | 48 (39.3) |
| Yogurt (n = 84) | 24 (28.6) | - | - | 60 (71.4) | |
| Cheese (n = 135) | - | - | 80 (59.3) | 55 (40.7) | |
| Olives, Pulses, Nuts (n = 511) | Pulses (n = 422) | 422 (100.0) | - | - | - |
| Nut or Seed Product (n = 12) | 5 (41.7) | - | - | 7 (58.3) | |
| Seeds or Kernel (n = 31) | - | - | 16 (51.6) | 15 (48.4) | |
| Nuts (n = 38) | 12 (31.6) | - | 6 (15.8) | 20 (52.6) | |
| Vegetable (n = 7) | 2 (28.6) | - | 1 (14.3) | 4 (57.1) | |
| Prepared Food Product (n = 1) | - | - | - | 1 (100.0) | |
| Fruits, Vegetables, Cereals (n = 577) | Processed fruit (n = 23) | 1 (4.3) | 2 (8.7) | 20 (87.0) | |
| Vegetable (n = 153) | 58 (37.9) | - | 26 (17.0) | 69 (45.1) | |
| Starchy Root or Potato (n = 11) | 1 (9.1) | - | 1 (9.1) | 9 (81.8) | |
| Rice or Similar Product (n = 62) | 50 (80.6) | - | - | 12 (19.4) | |
| Pasta or Similar product (n = 162) | 139 (85.8) | - | 4 (2.5) | 19 (11.7) | |
| Bread or similar product (n = 166) | - | - | - | 166 (100.0) | |