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. 2023 Oct 31;26(12):3331–3342. doi: 10.1017/S136898002300229X

Table 3.

Mean share (%) of energy acquired and expenditure of funds for each of the NOVA food groups, according to quartiles of energy share from ultra-processed foods. Brazil, 2016

Food groups Mean share (%) of the total energy from food groups Mean share (%) of the total expenditure of federal funds from food groups
Quartiles of % energy from ultra-processed foods* Quartiles of % energy from ultra-processed foods*
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
% 95 % CI % 95 % CI % 95 % CI % 95 % CI % 95 % CI % 95 % CI % 95 % CI % 95 % CI
Unprocessed or minimally processed foods 51·65 50·97, 52·34 44·58 44·22, 44·93 41·97 41·65,42·30 38·08 37·68, 38·48 75·03 74·17, 75·89 70·82 70·06, 71·58 67·53 66·74, 68·31 63·90 62·98, 64·82
Processed culinary ingredients 22·53 22·02, 23·04 21·42 21·09, 21·76 19·68 19·38, 19·98 16·72 16·37, 17·07 5·14 4·90, 5·38 5·14 4·95, 5·32 5·09 4·90, 5·29 4·29 4·09, 4·48
Processed foods 6·02 5·77, 6·27 6·09 5·87, 6·30 5·92 5·72, 6·11 5·81 5·60, 6·01 4·90 4·53, 5·27 5·15 4·80, 5·49 5·39 5·00, 5·78 4·69 4·36, 5·03
Ultra-processed foods 19·80 19·43, 20·17 27·91 27·83, 28·00 32·43 32·34, 32·51 39·39 39·03, 39·75 14·93 14·29, 15·57 18·90 18·31, 19·49 21·99 21·38, 22·60 27·12 26·26, 27·98
Processed foods and ultra-processed foods 25·82 25·36, 26·28 34·00 33·77, 34·23 38·34 38·13, 38·56 45·20 44·81,45·59 19·83 19·04, 20·63 24·05 23·34, 24·75 27·38 26·63, 28·12 31·81 30·91, 32·72
*

Minimum and maximum values of energy share from ultra-processed foods, according to quartile percentages: Q1: 0–25·49; Q2: 25·50–30·12; Q3: 30·13–34·90; Q4: 34·90–100·00.