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. 2024 Oct 12;10(21):e39317. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e39317

Table 2.

Medians [25th −75th percentiles] of energy, nutrients intakes and sustainability variables of the choices in C1 (n = 798), C2 (n = 228) and C3 (n = 201).

Variables C1
C2
C3
p value∗
Median [25th −75th percentiles]
Energy (kcal/tray) 854 [687–1017] 900 [712–1076] 646 [506–856] 0.0001
Protein (g) 45.7 [34.8–56.4] 37.5 [29.7–48.0] 32.4 [24.0–40.8] 0.0001
Protein (%E) 21 [18–25] 17 [13–21] 19 [16–24] 0.0001
Lipids (g) 29.9 [22.1–41.3] 37.7 [27.9–49.9] 25.4 [17.2–35.5] 0.0001
Lipids (%E) 32 [26–40] 40 [32–47] 34 [28–40] 0.0001
Carbohydrates (g) 103.0 [79.5–125.6] 93.1 [69.7–121.6] 78.0 [57.6–102.5] 0.0001
Carbohydrates (%E) 44 [38–52] 39 [32–47] 44 [38–50] 0.0001
Sugars (g) 26.7 [20.2–36.4] 25.1 [18.3–34.9] 22.3 [15.2–29.9] 0.0001
Sugars (%E) 12 [9–16] 11 [8–13] 12 [8–17] 0.0001
Fibre (g) 9.9 [7.3–13.1] 10.1 [7.9–13.4] 8.5 [6.8–11.3] 0.0002
Fibre (%E) 2 [2-3] 2 [2-3] 3 [2–4] 0.0001
SFA (g) 7.5 [5.2–12.2] 8.3 [6.2–14.0] 6.6 [4.6–8.8] 0.0001
SFA (%E) 8 [6–11] 9 [7–12] 10 [7–11] 0.0001
MUFA (g) 13.7 [10.1–17.6] 17.9 [13.4–23.3] 13.4 [6.8–17.8] 0.0001
MUFA (%E) 15 [11–18] 19 [16–24] 17 [12–21] 0.0001
PUFA (g) 4.7 [2.9–7.1] 6.3 [3.9–8.9] 3.3 [2.2–4.9] 0.0001
PUFA (%E) 5 [3–7] 6 [4–8] 4 [3–6] 0.0001
EPA + DHA (mg) 102 [20–246] 13 [0–116] 9 [0–16] 0.0001
CF (g CO2 eq./tray) 1338 [958–2270] 1094 [744–2139] 773 [604–1075] 0.0001
WF (L H2O/tray) 1229 [923–1792] 1220 [925–1773] 847 [633–1143] 0.0001

Notes: C1, canteen 1; C2, canteen 2; C3, canteen 3; SFA, saturated fatty acids; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acids; EPA, eicosapentaenoic acid; DHA, docosahexaenoic acid; CF, carbon footprint; WF, water footprint. ∗ The Kruskal-Wallis test was used to determine whether the median values of the individual nutritional and environmental variables differed depending on the canteen. p < 0.05 was considered significant.