Table 2.
Percentage of pupils taking specific food and drink items, weight as taken, weight as eaten and wastage, by food group, secondary schools, England, 2011
| Weight as taken | Weight as eaten | Plate wastage* | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils taking | g | g | g | g | |||
| Food group | % | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | g | % |
| Meat & meat main dishes | 16·6 | 153·2 | 73·3 | 139·4 | 74·0 | 14·1 | 9·4 |
| Vegetable products & vegetable main dishes | 6·3 | 165·8 | 71·4 | 150·9 | 70·6 | 15·4 | 8·9 |
| Meat alternatives & other meat alternative main dishes | 1·1 | 182·0 | 122·2 | 172·5 | 122·0 | 9·6 | 5·2 |
| Fish & fish main dishes | 5·4 | 133·8 | 64·4 | 123·4 | 63·4 | 10·4 | 7·3 |
| Eggs & egg dishes | 0·4 | 138·2 | 46·1 | 132·4 | 46·3 | 5·8 | 5·5 |
| Pizza | 7·7 | 117·5 | 34·3 | 111·5 | 36·6 | 6·2 | 5·3 |
| Protein other | 15·8 | 67·3 | 59·8 | 63·3 | 56·1 | 4·1 | 6·3 |
| Meat products | 10·0 | 149·1 | 67·7 | 141·6 | 66·9 | 7·6 | 5·3 |
| Starchy foods not cooked in oil | 26·7 | 180·9 | 67·5 | 161·3 | 73·8 | 20·1 | 12·2 |
| Starchy foods cooked in oil | 17·1 | 127·6 | 60·2 | 118·2 | 60·3 | 9·5 | 7·7 |
| Vegetables & vegetable side dishes | 7·4 | 91·4 | 50·3 | 80·0 | 49·5 | 11·8 | 13·5 |
| Baked beans | 10·0 | 120·1 | 33·7 | 109·6 | 38·2 | 10·5 | 8·7 |
| Salad & raw vegetables | 4·0 | 61·6 | 40·3 | 55·8 | 39·6 | 6·0 | 10·4 |
| Soup | 0·6 | 173·9 | 49·7 | 142·4 | 60·8 | 36·9 | 18·4 |
| Hot sandwiches & wraps | 9·2 | 154·9 | 46·9 | 149·7 | 48·8 | 5·2 | 3·4 |
| Cold sandwiches & wraps with salad | 7·6 | 177·3 | 41·6 | 165·9 | 49·9 | 11·7 | 6·9 |
| Cold sandwiches & wraps without salad | 8·1 | 159·0 | 40·7 | 151·1 | 47·1 | 8·0 | 5·3 |
| Other cold sandwiches & wraps without salad | 0·1 | 113·8 | 7·5 | 113·8 | 7·5 | 0·0 | 0·0 |
| Condiments | 8·5 | 45·0 | 48·0 | 40·6 | 43·7 | 4·5 | 7·8 |
| Fruit | 3·1 | 130·8 | 56·7 | 114·2 | 57·7 | 17·1 | 21·0 |
| Yoghurt | 0·3 | 116·2 | 32·5 | 109·9 | 31·8 | 6·2 | 4·9 |
| Fruit-based desserts/puddings | 1·6 | 146·9 | 82·2 | 129·4 | 86·4 | 19·5 | 16·0 |
| Other desserts/puddings | 5·1 | 113·5 | 62·3 | 106·5 | 61·5 | 7·4 | 6·2 |
| Other desserts/puddings containing confectionery | 0·3 | 134·1 | 47·6 | 127·6 | 46·1 | 6·5 | 3·9 |
| Dessert/pudding accompaniment | 5·7 | 119·3 | 45·2 | 114·0 | 46·8 | 5·3 | 4·5 |
| Cakes | 13·6 | 77·2 | 30·9 | 74·1 | 31·2 | 3·2 | 4·3 |
| Cakes containing confectionery | 2·2 | 81·5 | 33·9 | 78·6 | 35·2 | 3·0 | 3·9 |
| Sweet & savoury biscuits | 10·8 | 64·6 | 26·3 | 63·2 | 26·8 | 1·4 | 2·1 |
| Biscuits containing confectionery | 1·1 | 69·2 | 34·1 | 68·0 | 33·8 | 1·2 | 1·5 |
| Confectionery | 0·3 | 37·5 | 22·1 | 37·5 | 22·1 | 0·0 | 0·0 |
| Permitted snacks | 0·0 | 60·0 | – | 60·0 | – | 0·0 | 0·0 |
| Non-permitted snacks | 0·6 | 29·4 | 14·8 | 29·1 | 15·0 | 0·3 | 1·1 |
| Bread-based items | 7·5 | 79·8 | 39·5 | 75·8 | 39·2 | 4·1 | 5·0 |
| Water | 5·9 | 342·5 | 149·9 | 332·4 | 155·5 | 10·1 | 2·8 |
| Fruit juice | 14·6 | 224·4 | 93·3 | 217·1 | 95·8 | 7·3 | 2·8 |
| Plain milk & plain milk alternatives | 0·4 | 318·9 | 169·3 | 317·2 | 169·1 | 1·7 | 0·6 |
| Milky & milky alternative drinks | 6·3 | 256·1 | 111·6 | 251·0 | 112·8 | 5·1 | 1·9 |
| Other drinks | 11·3 | 275·4 | 105·3 | 266·9 | 106·7 | 8·5 | 2·7 |
| Non-permitted drinks | 5·0 | 401·1 | 149·4 | 390·6 | 155·1 | 10·5 | 2·8 |
| Permitted breakfast cereals | 0·0 | 29·5 | 7·8 | 29·5 | 7·8 | 0·0 | 0·0 |
| Non-permitted breakfast cereals | 0·0 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Base (pupils): n 5969.
*The differences between the weight as taken and the weight as eaten were computed by item within each food group, so the values are not equal to the differences between the averages as given in the table.