Table 3.
Weight and nutritional composition of the daily diets (as served) for each of the four study conditions (Nutritional composition per meal and snack can be found in Supplement 2)
| Unprocessed | (Ultra-)processed | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hard | Soft | Hard | Soft | |
| Weight, g | 4276 | 4286 | 4440 | 4315 |
| Energy, MJ (kcal) | 18.7 (4437) | 18.7 (4467) | 18.9 (4505) | 18.5 (4435) |
| Energy density, kcal/g | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Fat, gram (en%) | 120 (24) | 204(40) | 136 (27) | 216 (43) |
| Saturated fat, g | 22 | 46 | 51 | 74 |
| Total carbohydrate (g(en%)) | 605 (55) | 467(42) | 602 (54) | 463 (42) |
| Mono- and disaccharides, g | 450 | 323 | 336 | 238 |
| Protein, g (en%) | 185 (17) | 153 (14) | 149 (13) | 131 (12) |
| Fibre, g | 96 | 68 | 110 | 43 |
| Sodium, mg | 440 | 640 | 6184 | 4681 |
Note: all main meals and desserts were offered in surplus (ad libitum), which meant 200–300% of the normal portion size