Table 2.

Mean energy intake (kJ/d) and percentage of the total energy intake from complementary food by NOVA groups according to children’s age. Federal District, Brazil

Food groups	Children between 6 and 12 months of age			Children between 12 and 24 months of age
	n 178			n 360
	kJ/d	% of total energy intake	CI 95 %	kJ/d	% of total energy intake	CI 95 %
Total	2393	100		4054	100
Group 1: unprocessed, minimally processed foods and processed culinary ingredients	1669	69·6	65·8, 73·3	2644	65·2	62·1, 68·1
Fruits and natural juices	389	16·2	13·4, 19·5	552	13·6	11·6, 15·9
Rice and other cereals	280	11·8	9·3, 14·6	552	13·6	11·6, 15·9
Meats and eggs	255	10·7	8·3, 13·4	448	11·1	9·2, 13·1
Roots and other tubers	184	7·6	5·7, 10·1	113	2·7	1·9, 4·0
Beans and other pulses	180	7·5	5·6, 9·9	259	6·4	5·0, 8·1
Milk	92	6·8	5·0, 9·1	418	10·3	8·5, 12·3
Vegetables	92	3·8	2·5, 5·7	67	1·7	1·0, 2·6
Group 2: processed and ultra-processed foods	728	30·4	26·7, 34·3	1410	34·8	31·8, 37·8
Infant and child food products*	280	11·8	9·3, 14·6	297	7·4	5·8, 9·1
Milk-sweetened beverages†	130	5·3	3·8, 7·5	234	5·8	4·4, 7·4
Bakery products‡	84	3·5	2·2, 5·3	192	4·7	3·5, 6·2
Sweetened beverages§	75	3·1	2·0, 4·9	172	4·3	3·1, 5·6
Ultra-processed yogurts||	75	3·1	2·0, 4·9	113	2·8	1·9, 4·0
Processed foods¶	46	1·9	1·0, 3·4	205	5·0	3·8, 6·6
Packaged snacks	33	1·4	0·7, 2·7	84	2·1	1·3, 3·1

^*Flour for porridge, breakfast cereals and industrialised baby foods.

^†Powdered and flavoured ready-to-eat dairy beverages.

^‡Crackers, biscuits, cakes and other sweet bakery goods.

^§Soft drinks and artificial fruit drinks.

^||Artificial and flavoured fruit yogurts.

^¶Canned fish, cheese and breads.