Table 1.
Foods sold by informal vendors (n 92), inside or immediately outside the school premises (n 36), to learners in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, February–March 2016
| Schools (n 36) | Weight (g) | Average cost (South African Rands) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | Range | Per 100 g | Per 418 kJ (100 kcal) | |||
| Mean | sd | Mean | sd | ||||
| Animal-source foods* | 6 | 17 | 5·46 | 1·98 | 2·95 | 1·16 | |
| Chicken liver | 1 | 3 | 38 | ||||
| Gizzard | 1 | 3 | 17 | ||||
| Fish, fried | 3 | 8 | 34–123 | ||||
| Egg, boiled | 1 | 3 | 55 | ||||
| Chicken head and feet* | 17 | 47 | 3·39 | 0·61 | 2·12 | 0·57 | |
| Chicken head | 17 | 47 | 18–35 | ||||
| Chicken feet | 17 | 47 | 22–39 | ||||
| Processed meat† | 16 | 44 | 4·05 | 1·11 | 1·38 | 0·41 | |
| Polony | 15 | 42 | 22–49 | ||||
| Russian | 8 | 22 | 57–106 | ||||
| Vienna | 3 | 8 | 42 | ||||
| Fruit* | 10 | 28 | 1·54 | 0·35 | 2·28 | 0·86 | |
| Apple | 5 | 14 | 89–153 | ||||
| Banana | 5 | 14 | 84–197 | ||||
| Pear | 4 | 11 | 121–182 | ||||
| Peach | 1 | 3 | 130 | ||||
| Pineapple‡ | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Plum | 1 | 3 | 90 | ||||
| Bread & vetkoek with/without a filling§ | 24 | 67 | 2·00 | 0·55 | 0·76 | 0·21 | |
| Polony sandwich | 6 | 17 | 97–98 | ||||
| Bread | 1 | 3 | 75 | ||||
| Bread fried in fish batter | 2 | 6 | 21–67 | ||||
| Quarter║ | 3 | 8 | 195–225 | ||||
| Vetkoek¶ | 17 | 47 | 51–247 | ||||
| Vetkoek with filling** | 12 | 33 | 67–267 | ||||
| Confectionery products† | 3·22 | 1·19 | 0·70 | 0·28 | |||
| Muffin | 2 | 6 | 26–60 | ||||
| Doughnut | 1 | 3 | 24 | ||||
| Biscuits | 22 | 62 | 4–150 | ||||
| Biscuit crumbs | 10 | 28 | 14–48 | ||||
| Snacks†† | 34 | 94 | 4·19 | 1·62 | 0·76 | 0·30 | |
| Corn-based snacks‡‡ | 34 | 94 | 11–175 | ||||
| Popcorn§§ | 17 | 47 | 9–100 | ||||
| Sweets and chocolate† | 33 | 92 | 7·03 | 4·99‡‡‡ | 1·73 | 1·23‡‡‡ | |
| Sweets║║ | 32 | 89 | 3–42 | ||||
| Lollipops | 26 | 72 | 13–28 | ||||
| Chocolate¶¶ | 10 | 28 | 7–38 | ||||
| Sherbet | 6 | 17 | 5–18 | ||||
| Bubble gum | 16 | 44 | 3–14 | ||||
| Ice and ice lollies† | 22 | 62 | 0·89 | 0·39 | 2·18 | 0·97 | |
| Ice *** | 20 | 56 | 34–250 | ||||
| Ice lolly | 5 | 14 | 34–200 | ||||
| Drinks† | 5 | 14 | 1·78 | 0·35§§§ | 2·37 | 0·65§§§ | |
| Sweetened fruit juice (20–50 % fruit) | 4 | 11 | 250 | ||||
| Cold drink | 3 | 8 | 330 | ||||
| Drink powder††† | 15 | 42 | 5 | 17·86 | 5·98 | ||
Nutrient profile: all food items in this group were classified as healthy options.
Nutrient profile: none of the food items in this group were classified as healthy options.
Weight not recorded.
Nutrient profile: some of the food items in this group were classified as healthy options, depending on the type of filling.
Hollowed-out quarter loaf of white bread, filled with polony, or polony and cheese.
Deep-fried dough.
Filled with either chicken livers, polony, minced meat or potato.
Nutrient profile: none of the food items in this group were classified as healthy options, except plain, unsalted popcorn which was classified as a healthy option.
Non-branded, 39 %; brand-name, 61 %.
Plain, salted, sugar-coated or caramel-coated.
Hard boiled, soft, toffees and fudge; some vendors sold cigarette-sweets.
Some vendors sold melted chocolate that was repacked.
Homemade using sweetened cordial.
Sugar-free tartrazine-free powder; commercially packaged in 5 g single sachets, to be mixed with 2 litres of water.
Excludes sherbet as it was often sold in a plastic toy, and bubble gum.
Some vendors sold cold drink in a toy gun; excluded from calculation.