Table 2.

Convenience food groups used in the food pattern analysis

Convenience level I		Convenience level II		Convenience level III
Cereals
CIa	Grain kernel, corn	CIIc	Chilled pasta, instant rice	CIIIf	Chilled pasta and rice dishes
CIb	Flour	CIId	Cake baking mixes	CIIIg	Cake, cookies, muesli bars
		CIIe	Frozen bread for baking, frozen dumplings	CIIIh	Bread, rolls
Potatoes
CIa	Raw potatoes	CIId	Dried mashed potatoes	CIIIf	Canned potato soup
		CIIe	Frozen French fries, frozen stuffed potatoes	CIIIg	Potato chips
				CIIIh	Potato salad
Sugar & Sweets
CIb	Sugar, chocolate coating	CIId	Dessert powder, custard powder	CIIIg	Chocolate bars, tiramisu
				CIIIh	Jam, honey
Vegetables
CIa	Fresh vegetables	CIIc	Frozen, canned or dried vegetables	CIIIf	Canned vegetable soup
		CIIe	Frozen vegetables, seasoned	CIIIh	Stuffed olives, stuffed peppers
Fruits
CIa	Fresh fruits	CIIc	Frozen, canned or dried fruits	CIIIh	Ready-to-eat fruits
Meat
CIa	Raw meat	CIIc	Chilled or frozen meat, not seasoned	CIIIf	Chilled, canned or frozen meat dishes
		CIIe	Hamburger patties, meat loafs	CIIIh	Sausage, ham
Fish
CIa	Fresh fish	CIIc	Frozen fish or fish fillets, not seasoned	CIIIf	Canned fish soup, frozen fish dinner
		CIIe	Fish fingers, floured or breaded frozen fish	CIIIh	Fish salad, smoked salmon, tinned fish
Dairy
CIb	Crème fraîche, sour cream			CIIIf	Canned cheese soup
				CIIIg	Fruit yoghurt, plain and flavoured yoghurt
				CIIIh	Cheese, tzatziki, herb curd
Eggs
CIa	Eggs			CIIIh	Egg salad
Fats & Oils
CIb	Cooking fats, vegetable oils			CIIIh	Butter, margarine, lard
Other
CIb	Salt, herbs, baking powder	CIId	Dehydrated sauce mixes	CIIIh	Ketchup, custard, spiced sauces