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. 2019 Sep 2;23(2):193–201. doi: 10.1017/S1368980019002374
Food group Food items consumed
Alcoholic beverages Cachaça, fruit cocktails, caipirinha, beer (with or without alcohol), champagne, distillates, wine
Beans Beans, lentils, chickpeas, soya, feijoada, tofu
Breads Bread and butter/margarine, hamburger bun, sliced loaf, French bread roll, bisnaguinha (subtly sweet small roll), whole-wheat bread, bread (non-specified), toast
Broth/soups Broth (meat, mocotó, fish, tomato, green and beans), cream (onion, cheese and vegetables), soup (vegetables, meat, etc.), tacacá, tucupi in broth
Coffee/tea Traditional maté, yerba maté, chimarrão (a traditional South American caffeine-rich infused drink made from fresh yerba maté leaves), tea, organic maté, tea with flour, instant coffee, cappuccino, coffee, coffee with milk
Fast foods Calzone, pizza, hot dogs, hamburger (sandwich), assorted sandwiches, misto-quente or frio (hot or cold ham and cheese sandwich), French fries
Fish & seafood Fish, shellfish, seafood, shrimp dumpling, cod cake, pasta with fish
Fruits Avocado, pineapple, açaí, acerola, plum, banana (lady’s finger banana, Burro or Chunky banana, yellow Cavendish or Dwarf Cavendish banana, plantain or cooking banana, etc.), cajá-manga, cajarana, cashew, persimmon, cherry, fruit (non-specified), guava, soursop, ingá, jabuticaba, jackfruit, orange, lemon and lime, apple, papaya, mango, mangaba, watermelon, cantaloupe or honeydew, tangerine, strawberry, pear, peach, sugar apple, fruit salad, tamarind, tanja, grape, raisin
Meat & meat preparations Beef meat, goat, capybara, lamb, alligator, pork, meat, viscera burger
Milk Whole cow’s milk, goat’s milk, milk powder, fermented milk, flavoured milk, yoghurt, fruit vitamin, curdled milk
Other drinks Soya drink, sugarcane juice, fruit juice
Pastas Spaghetti, lasagne, capeletti, cannelloni, gnocchi, ravioli, yakissoba, pancake
Poultry & poultry preparations Chicken, chester, quail, chicken gizzard, chicken liver, chicken burger, duck, turkey
Rice Rice (polished, parboiled, needle, etc.), rice preparations (risotto, etc.)
Roots & tubers Cassava, potato, sweet potato, carrot, yam, arracacha, corn, tapioca
Sugar-sweetened beverages Soft drinks, isotonics, energy drinks, powdered juice, industrialized refreshments
Sweets & desserts Candies, lollipops, bubble gum, cereal bars, sweet biscuits, cakes, bonbons, pies, chocolate, cocada (coconut candy or confectionery), fruit preserves, gelatine, jams, pudding, ice cream
Vegetables Pumpkin, courgette, leafy vegetables and leafy greens, chard, garlic, leeks, asparagus, olive, aubergine, beetroot, onion, carrot, mushroom, chayote, cauliflower, pea pod, cucumber, peppers, okra, radish, cabbage, tomato, pod