Table 1.
Suggested serving size and nutritional information of breakfast cereals collected from New Zealand supermarkets. All values are given as 2017 data/2013 data( 9 )
| Children’s cereals (n 31/n 36) | Biscuits and bites (n 15/n 20) | Brans (n 9/n 14) | Bubbles, flakes and puffs (n 72/n 65) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | |
| Serving size (g) | 31·0/30·1 | 2·4/1·5 | 38·2/36·4 | 7·1/7·5 | 42·2/43·6 | 5·1/4·1 | 42·5/40·3 | 6·9/8·8 |
| Energy (kJ/100 g) | 1601·6/1608·6 | 37·7/37·3 | 1517·1/1500 | 58·4/68·9 | 1435·6/1445·0 | 46·7/79·3 | 1668·9***/1562·3 | 241·8/215·3 |
| Protein (g/100 g) | 7·0/8·5 | 1·2/4·4 | 10·6/11·5 | 1·9/1·2 | 10·2/11·0 | 1·8/2·5 | 10·3/9·2 | 3·7/3·2 |
| Total fat (g/100 g) | 1·9/2·1 | 2·1/1·9 | 2·4/2·3 | 1·3/1·9 | 2·4/2·9 | 1·3/1·6 | 6·1**/3·4 | 6·2/3·6 |
| Saturated fat (g/100 g) | 0·5/0·6 | 0·4/0·7 | 0·9/0·9 | 1·0/1·2 | 0·4/0·6 | 0·1/0·3 | 1·3**/0·7 | 1·4/0·8 |
| Carbohydrate (g/ g) | 81·8/79·6 | 4·7/6·4 | 68·7/67·6 | 2·8/3·5 | 61·3/60·8 | 5·9/10·9 | 68·5/74·4 | 9·4/7·3 |
| Sugar (g/100 g) | 22·7/26·3 | 12·1/10·8 | 9·7/8·0 | 8·5/8·1 | 22·5/21·5 | 5·3/6·2 | 19·8/17·9 | 7·5/8·1 |
| Fibre (g/100 g)† | 3·9/4·9 | 2·5/2·9 | 9·6/10·6 | 1·2/2·0 | 16·8/17·2 | 5·1/8·3 | 7·9/6·6 | 3·6/3·9 |
| Na (mg/100 g) | 359·4/298·4 | 188·7/249·9 | 292·3/294·6 | 28·6/81·5 | 277·3/294·3 | 69·8/105·2 | 229·7*/293·3 | 122·3/180·6 |
| % Products with NPSC score ≥4 | 64·2/58 | 8·7/10 | 11·0/14 | 28·4/35 | ||||
| Muesli (n 80/n 67) | Oats (n 36/n 45) | All cereals (n 243/n (247) | ||||||
| Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | |||
| Serving size (g) | 47·9/48·8 | 5·2/10·2 | 40·4/39·7 | 5·8/6·3 | 42·0/40·9 | 8·6/9·8 | ||
| Energy (kJ/100 g) | 1786·3***/1682·3 | 205·5/109·6 | 1608·8***/1520·8 | 122·9/109·8 | 1665·2***/1582·1 | 194·2/153·4 | ||
| Protein (g/100 g) | 11·2/10·2 | 2·5/2·0 | 11·9/11·6 | 1·6/2·3 | 10·3/10·1 | 3·1/3·0 | ||
| Total fat (g/100 g) | 16·5***/11·4 | 9·8/5·0 | 8·0**/6·1 | 4·3/2·1 | 9·2***/5·7 | 9·8/5·0 | ||
| Saturated fat (g/100 g) | 3·7**/2·7 | 2·6/1·7 | 1·6**/1·2 | 1·3/0·4 | 2·0***/1·3 | 2·3/1·4 | ||
| Carbohydrate (g/100 g) | 56·2/60·1 | 9·7/7·7 | 62·2/62·7 | 7·6/7·0 | 64·3/67·8 | 13·4/10·3 | ||
| Sugar (g/100 g) | 16·7/18·8 | 6·2/6·1 | 11·4/10·9 | 12·5/10·6 | 17·0/17·5 | 9·7/10·0 | ||
| Fibre (g/100 g)† | 8·9/9·0 | 2·1/2·8 | 9·6/9·5 | 2·1/3·2 | 8·5/8·5 | 3·6/4·6 | ||
| Na (mg/100 g) | 70·8/94·0 | 83·5/110·9 | 57·8/39·2 | 95·8/69·8 | 171·6*/193·3 | 161·3/187·9 | ||
| % Products with NPSC score ≥4 | 27·5/25 | 5·7/0 | 27·2/26 | |||||
NPSC, Nutrient Profile Scoring Criterion.
*
P<0·05, **P≤0·01, ***P≤0·001 v. 2013 data. All other comparisons are P>0·05.
†
Fibre is not a compulsory Nutrition Information Panel requirement; hence n 24, 15, 9, 72, 80 and 36 for the above categories, respectively.