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.