Table 2.
A typical food basket and a healthy and sustainable (H&S) food basket
| Typical basket | H&S basket | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Basket item | Total weekly amount | Basket item | Total weekly amount |
| Vegetables | |||
| Carrots (pre-packed) | 225 g | Carrots (loose) | 1377 g |
| Cauliflower (pre-packed) | 487·5 g | Cauliflower (loose) | 300 g |
| Potatoes (pre-packed) | 352 g | Potatoes (loose) | 740 g |
| Tomatoes (pre-packed) | 720 g | Tomatoes (loose) | 1980 g |
| Lettuce (pre-packed) | 1800 g | Lettuce (loose) | 900 g |
| Mushrooms (pre-packed) | 296 g | Mushroom (loose) | 444 g |
| Onion (pre-packed) | 315 g | Onion (loose) | 525 g |
| Frozen mixed veg | 1160 g | Cabbage (loose) | 425 g |
| Pumpkin | 70 g | Fresh basil | 54 g |
| Sweet potatoes (pre-packed) | 560 g | Fresh parsley | 60 g |
| Tinned green beans | 1980 g | Celery (loose) | 200 g |
| Zucchini (pre-packed) | 1179 g | ||
| Fruit | |||
| Green apples (pre-packed) | 624 g | Avocado (loose) | 450 g |
| Peaches (pre-packed) | 1240 g | Bananas | 900 g |
| Red apples (pre-packed) | 1480 g | Kiwi (loose) | 624 g |
| Tinned fruit salad | 1020 g | Mandarin (loose) | 320 g |
| Dried sultanas | 340 g | Oranges (loose) | 1920 g |
| 100 % orange juice | 3668 ml | ||
| Grain (cereal) foods | |||
| Cornflakes | 594 g | Weetbix | 2250 g |
| Muesli | 2880 g | Whole rolled oats | 2280 g |
| White bread (pre-packed) | 6080 g | Wholemeal bread, fresh | 7474 g |
| Turkish bread (pre-packed) | 340 g | Fresh Turkish bread | 1020 g |
| White rice | 8200 g | Brown rice | 5970 g |
| White flour | 33·6 g | Wheat flour | 44·8 g |
| White pasta | 520 g | Couscous | 1850 g |
| Wholemeal pasta | 5760 g | ||
| Meats and poultry, fish, eggs, tofu, nuts and seeds, and legumes/beans | |||
| Chicken breast | 680 g | Chicken breast | 1360 g |
| Beef steak | 400 g | Kangaroo | 400 g |
| Lamb chops | 368 g | Australian salmon | 560 g |
| Minced beef | 400 g | Dry lentils | 400 g |
| Sliced ham | 210 g | Unsalted almonds | 320 g |
| Eggs | 472 g | Eggs (free range) | 826 g |
| Milk, yoghurt, cheese and/or their alternatives | |||
| Cheddar cheese | 630 g | Reduced-fat cheese | 1188 g |
| Milk, whole | 8250 ml | Reduced-fat milk | 8750 ml |
| Yoghurt | 3200 g | Reduced-fat yoghurt | 3600 g |
| Allowance for unsaturated spreads and oils | |||
| Margarine | 144 g | Canola oil | 120 ml |
| Olive oil | 80 ml | ||
| Peanut butter | 56 g | ||
| Discretionary food choices | |||
| Butter | 320 g | ||
| Chicken stock | 5 g | ||
| Coca Cola | 2400 ml | ||
| Frozen fish sticks | 320 g | ||
| Frozen meat pie | 1520 g | ||
| Frozen pizza | 1040 g | ||
| Ice cream | 899 ml | ||
| Lamington biscuit | 300 g | ||
| Mayonnaise | 240 g | ||
| Orange juice drink | 3626 ml | ||
| Potato chips | 88 g | ||
| Sugar, white | 28 g | ||
| Tinned spaghetti | 1590 g | ||
| Tomato soup | 880 g | ||
| Chicken stock | 10 g | ||
| Jam | 104 g | ||
| Popcorn | 135 g | ||
| Worcester sauce | 20 g | ||
Based on the average weekly intake of a household of four: an adult male (aged 19–60 years), an adult female (aged 19–60 years), a boy aged 15 years and a girl aged 4 years.
Recommended daily servings based on the Australian Dietary Guidelines and the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating.