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Table 2.

Nutritional information per manufacturer-declared serving size of the children’s breakfast cereals (n 636) sampled from supermarkets in five different Western countries, 2013–2018

					Nutrient content (per manufacturer-declared serving size)																Products with NPSC^‖ ≥4 (%)
	Number of products^†	Serving size (g)		Products with added sugar^‡ (%)	Energy (kJ)		Fat (g)		Saturated fat (g)		Protein (g)		Carbohydrate (g)		Sugar (g)		Na (mg)		Fibre (g)§
	Number of products^†	Median	IQR	Products with added sugar^‡ (%)	Median	IQR	Median	IQR	Median	IQR	Median	IQR	Median	IQR	Median	IQR	Median	IQR	Median	IQR
Australia	69	30	30–35	97·1	489	477–590	0·5^a	0·2–1·0	0·1^a	0·1–0·3	2·5^a	2·1–3·3	24·9	23·0–27·5	8·4^a	4·8–10·3	93·8^a	41·9–128·8	2·2^a	0·9–3·3	43·5^a
New Zealand	41	30	30–35	100·0	488	477–555	0·5^a	0·2–0·9	0·1^a	0·1–0·2	2·3^a	1·9–2·7	25·0	24·6–27·1	9·1^a	2·9–10·4	126·8^a,b	78·4–160·0	1·6^a,b	0·7–2·3	68·3^b
UK	102	30	30–30	99·0	493	482–496	0·8^b	0·5–1·2	0·0^b	0·1–1·9	2·1^a	2·0–2·6	23·7	22·2–25·9	7·7^a	6·4–9·0	72·8^a	49·8–94·0	2·0	0·9–2·3	54·4^a
USA	195	30	28–31	100·0	504	462–588	1·0^b	1·0–1·5	0·0^b	0·0–0·5	2·0^b	1·0–2·0	26·0	24·0–28·0	10·0^b	9·0–12·0	150·0^b	120·0–170·0	1·0^b	1·0–2·0	88·1^c
Canada	84	30	29–32	98·8	504	462–546	1·0^b	0·9–1·5	0·2^a	0·0–0·3	2·1^a	2·0–3·0	25·0	24·0–27·3	9·0^a	6·0–10·0	160·0^b	105·0–182·5	2·0^a	1·0–3·0	66·7^b

IQR, interquartile range.

^a,b,cValues within a column with unlike superscript letters were significantly different (P ≤ 0·01).

^†

Excluded multiple products of different package sizes within each country.

^‡

Includes sugar, cane sugar/juice, glucose–fructose syrup, dextrose, fructose, corn syrup, honey, golden syrup, glucose syrup and/or sucrose.

^§

n 59 for Australia and n 33 for New Zealand due to missing data on Nutrition Information Panels.

^‖

NPSC = Nutrient Profile Scoring Criterion as calculated using the Food Standards Australia New Zealand online calculator⁽²⁵⁾.