Table 4.
Nutritional composition of commercially available foods for children aged between 0 and 36 months by processing classification, Natal-RN, Brazil (November 2018–April 2019)
| Nutritional information | Minimally processed median/100 g | Processed median/100 g | Ultra-processed median/100 g | P * | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fruit or vegetable purees (n 4) | Meat or fish meals (n 15) | Cereals (n 25) | Fruit or vegetable purees (n 8) | Others† (n 1) | ||
| Energy (kJ) | 188 | 314 | 1540 | 230 | 1979 | <0·001 |
| Total fat (g) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | <0·001 |
| Saturated fat (g) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | <0·001 |
| Trans-fat (g) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Carbohydrates (g) | 10 | 8 | 82 | 13 | 68 | <0·001 |
| Protein (g) | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 | <0·001 |
| Na (mg) | 3 | 92 | 28 | 0 | 162 | 0·249 |
| Fibre (g) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | <0·001 |
*
Kruskal–Wallis test for processing classification, except for trans-fat.
†
sD was not calculated because there was only one product.