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. 2013 Aug 16;17(9):2115–2121. doi: 10.1017/S136898001300219X

Snack foods presented on the shelf

Product SSAg/1 value Energy (kcal/100 g)* Fat (g/100 g) Saturated fat (g/100 g) Sugar (g/100 g) Salt (g/100 g) Health mark†
Sonko rice cakes natural 1 374 2·9 G 0·7 G 1·2 G 0·03 G Yes
Party snack salted sticks 1 374 4·5 A 2·1 A 3·4 G 3·28 R Yes
Bakalland shelled sunflower seeds 3 560 43·5 R 4·5 A 2·5 G 0·03 G Yes
Felix crispers paprika – crunchy coated peanuts 5 522 35·1 R 9·8 R 4·3 G 2·83 R Yes
Tesco peanuts 6 620 50·4 R 11·2 R 3·6 G 0·40 A No
Country barn strawberry muesli bar with yoghurt coating 7 350 11·3 A 7·8 R 29·0 R 0·50 A No
Nestlé Nesquik cereal bar 8 416 13·6 A 8·0 R 29·2 R 1·00 A No
Oatland wafers cacao 10 520 27·2 R 12·4 R 27·9 R 0·10 G No
Krakuski biscuits maltese 11 487 23·7 R 11·0 R 35·7 R 0·83 A No
Handy candy fruit flavoured drops 12 385 0·2 G 0·1 G 75·1 R 0·20 G No
Party snack sesame crackers 12 504 23·3 R 3·5 A 58·5 R 1·30 A No
Tesco plain chocolate 15 500 33·1 R 21·3 R 33·8 R 0·63 A No
M&M's milk chocolate 16 477 20·0 A 12·1 R 66·5 R 0·16 G No
Milka milk chocolate 17 528 29·6 R 17·2 R 58·0 R 0·40 A No
Bakalland banana chips 18 520 34·0 R 29·0 R 35·0 R 0·01 G No

R, red; G, green; A, amber (only relevant in the traffic light colour-coding condition).

*Presented on the study labels as ‘Calories’; to convert to kJ, multiply kcal by 4·184.

†Only relevant in the health mark condition.