Beverages and foods favourable or unfavourable for a healthy diet provided in vending machines and at the child-care service *
| Beverages and foods favourable for a healthy diet | Beverages and foods unfavourable for a healthy diet |
|---|---|
| Beverages | Beverages |
| Tomato or vegetable juice | Flavoured milk (30 g or more of sugar per 250 ml) |
| 100 % pure fruit juice (or beverages based on same) | Soft drinks (regular or diet) |
| Plain or carbonated water; herbal tea | Other sugar-free beverages without sweetener |
| Plain milk | Other beverages with sugar (e.g. punch) |
| Flavoured milk (less than 30 g of sugar per 250 ml) | Coffee, tea (hot) |
| Yoghurt drinks | Hot chocolate |
| Enriched soya beverages | Energy drink |
| Foods | Foods |
| Dried, fresh or canned fruit | Fried or pre-fried foods |
| Fruit-based desserts without cereal products (e.g. baked apple) | Stuffed pastry |
| Cooked vegetables (including potatoes) | Deli meats |
| Raw vegetables | Croissants (with or without deli meats) |
| Vegetable salad (including potatoes) | Regular dehydrated noodles |
| Bean salad/tofu | Vegetable- or grain-based snack foods high in fat (e.g. chips) |
| Whole-grain salad | Cream-based supplements |
| Sandwich on whole-grain bread/with protein | Sweets (frozen, candy, hard candy, gum, chocolate with less than 70 % cocoa, nuts or dried fruit with sugary coating) |
| Whole-grain breakfast cereals | Sweet spreads |
| Whole-grain crackers | Desserts with sugar or sweetener, without cereal products (e.g. JELL-O® with sugar or sweetener) |
| Whole-grain bread | |
| Whole-grain cereal products (e.g. rice) | |
| Yoghurt/fresh cheese | Red or white packaged products† |
| Ice milk, frozen yoghurt | |
| Other milk-based desserts | |
| Cheese | |
| Meat and substitutes (except deli meats) | |
| Chocolate with 70 % or more cocoa | |
| Nuts (with or without dried fruit) | |
| Legume-based snack foods | |
| Other dishes with protein but without cold cuts |
*
Bouillon-based soups, cream soups, refined grain products, grain-based desserts/snacks, as well as chips, snack foods, and oven-baked dehydrated noodles were not considered given the ambiguity associated with their nutritional quality.
†
Products to be eaten only occasionally or to avoid according to the Quebec government’s framework policy on a healthy diet and physically active lifestyle.