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. 2012 Sep 25;16(7):1159–1167. doi: 10.1017/S1368980012004284

Table 5.

Food items contributing ≥10 % to macronutrients for all stores, by order of importance: six stores in remote Aboriginal Australia, Remote Indigenous Stores and Takeaway (RIST) project, July–September 2006

Macronutrient Store 1 Store 2 Store 3 Store 4 Store 5 Store 6
Energy Grains & starches 11·7 (rice), fruit drink/cordial/soft drink 10·0 Sugars 10·8 Bread 15·9, milk 10·4 (liquid 8·0) Sugar 14·9, bread 13·2, fruit drink/cordial/soft drink 10·1 Bread 19·8 Bread 16·4
Protein Beef 18·5, milk 10·8, bread 11·1 Beef 19·4, milk 16·2 (fluid 10·6) Bread 20·1, milk 14·9, other processed meat 14·7 Bread 17·6, beef 15·0, milk 13·8 Beef 26·7, bread 21·7 Bread 18·7, milk 10·3
Total fat Vegetable oil 15·2, margarines 12·3, milk 10·1 Vegetable oils 18·5, milk 13·6, margarines 11·1 Margarines 20·3, milk 12·4, vegetable oils 10·0 Milk 14·6, margarines 13·1 Margarines 20·4 Margarines 13·3
Saturated fat Milk 16·4, savoury pastry product 10·5 (pie) Milk 22·7 Milk 20·6, margarines 11·8 Milk 24·4 Margarines 15·3, milk 13·5, savoury pastry product (pie) 12·1 Milk 15·6
Carbohydrate Fruit drink/cordial/soft drink 18·3, grains & starches 18·3 (rice), flours 10·8, bread 10·9 Sugar 20·9, fruit drink/cordial/soft drink 18·2, flours 12·9 Bread 22·8, fruit drink/cordial/soft drink 14·5, sugar 12·7 Sugar 26·5, fruit drink/cordial/soft drink 17·6, bread 14·5 Bread 26·2, sugars 17·4, fruit drink/cordial/soft drink 12·6 Bread 22·0, sugars 17·6, fruit drink/cordial/soft drink 13·9
Total sugar (refined sugar) Fruit drink/cordial/soft drink 38·5, sugar 15·6 Sugar 34·6, fruit drink/cordial/soft drink 30·2, milk 10·8 Sugar 23·9, fruit drinks/cordial/soft drink 27·1, milk 14·7 Sugars 43·3, fruit drink/cordial/soft drink 28·7 Sugar 36·0 fruit drink/cordial/soft drink 26·2 Sugars 36·9, fruit drink/cordial/soft drink 29·2
Fibre Vegetables 22·3, bread 15·9, flour 12·0 Vegetables 25·7, flours 14·6, bread 11·2 Bread 28·3, vegetables 24·6 Bread 25·0, vegetables 17·3, flour 11·9 Bread 34·2, other fruit 16·6 Bread 37·0, vegetables 11·6