Table 2.

Mean, standard deviation and median package size, and number and percentages within package size categories, according to beverage category, of drinks (non-alcoholic sweet beverages) for sale in mark-leading supermarkets of four high-income countries in 2012/2013

					<250 ml†		250 to <312·5 ml†		312·5 to <375 ml†		375 to <600 ml†		>600 ml†
	n	Mean*	sd *	Median*	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Individual pack size drinks
Soft drinks	193	403a	131	355	14	7	21	11	77	40	74	38	7	4
Fruit & vegetable juices	320	328b	117	300	50	16	120	37	67	21	76	24	7	2
Fruit-flavoured & iced-tea drinks	135	466c	121	500	–		13	10	27	20	82	60	13	10
Energy drinks	121	389a	130	350	–		43	36	25	21	52	43	1	–
Sport drinks	71	602d	164	600	2	3	2	3	1	1	43	61	23	32
Flavoured waters	51	612d	153	600	–		–		4	8	22	43	25	49
					≤1000 ml†		>1000 to ≤1500 ml†		>1500 to ≤2000 ml†		>2000 to ≤2500 ml†		>2500 ml†
	n	Mean†	sd	Median†	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Bulk pack size drinks
Soft drinks	517	1483a	365	1500	56	11	343	65	108	21	9	2	1	–
Fruit & vegetable juices	1156	1497a	583	1500	491	43	173	15	393	34	37	3	62	5
Fruit-flavoured & iced-tea drinks	185	1425a	309	1500	28	15	129	70	28	15	–		–
Energy drinks	20	1485a	672	1000	11	55	2	10	5	25	–		2	10
Sport drinks		–		–	–		–		–		–		–
Flavoured waters	26	1096b	275	1000	14	54	12	46	–		–		–

^a,b,c,dMean values within a column with unlike superscript letters were significant different (P<0·05): results of ANOVA tests with mean package size as dependent variable and beverage category as independent variable.

^*In millilitres.

^†Number and percentage of individual pack size drinks and bulk pack size drinks within the package size categories.