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. 2026 Jan 20;10:72. doi: 10.1038/s41538-026-00721-x

Table 2.

Expenditure, nutrient contents, and environmental impacts of total food purchases per 2500 kcal among 22,901 loyalty-card holders by cluster

Red meat (N = 6554) Red meat mixed (N = 9580) Red meat & Poultry (N = 1980) Mixed (N = 3265) Fish (N = 464) Plant-based (N = 1058)
Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
Expenditure per 2500 kcal, € 7.4 (1.9) 8.1 (2.1) 8.5 (2.1) 8.1 (2.4) 9.8 (2.8) 9.0 (2.4)
Nutrient content per 2500 kcal
 Protein, g 97 (14) 97 (16) 104 (19) 94 (18) 97 (19) 83 (17)
 Sucrose, g 67 (23) 68 (24) 65 (23) 69 (28) 64 (24) 69 (22)
 Fiber, g 20 (5) 22 (6) 24 (7) 26 (8) 30 (9) 34 (10)
 SFA, g 45 (8) 44 (9) 42 (9) 42 (10) 40 (10) 36 (10)
 Vitamin B12, µg 6.6 (2.4) 6.6 (2.6) 6.5 (2.3) 6.5 (3.3) 8.0 (3.5) 3.7 (2.1)
 Vitamin D, µg 10.1 (3.6) 9.4 (3.7) 8.7 (3.6) 9.0 (4.3) 11.7 (5.3) 6.3 (3.3)
 Folate, mg 244 (59) 265 (83) 287 (88) 296 (94) 326 (85) 347 (99)
 Calcium, mg 1330 (346) 1330 (347) 1310 (349) 1350 (393) 1460 (419) 1230 (451)
 Iron, mg 11.4 (2.22) 11.9 (2.34) 12.6 (2.59) 12.8 (2.91) 13.6 (2.85) 15.0 (3.37)
 Salt, g 7.2 (1.3) 6.8 (1.2) 6.5 (1.2) 6.3 (1.4) 6.3 (1.5) 5.8 (1.3)
Environmental impact per 2500kcal
 GHGE, kg CO2-eq. 4.9 (0.9) 4.9 (1.0) 5.0 (1.0) 4.5 (1.0) 4.1 (0.9) 3.6 (0.9)
 Marine eutrophication, g N-eq. 6.1 (1.0) 5.9 (0.9) 6.0 (1.0) 5.5 (1.0) 5.3 (1.1) 4.7 (1.0)
 Freshwater eutrophication, g P-eq. 2.0 (3.8) 2.0 (0.4) 2.0 (0.4) 2.0 (0.6) 2.5 (0.9) 1.5 (0.4)
 Land use, m2a crop-eq. 6.0 (1.0) 5.6 (0.9) 5.4 (1.0) 4.8 (1.0) 4.3 (0.8) 3.6 (0.8)
 Water use, m3 0.23 (0.05) 0.24 (0.06) 0.26 (0.06) 0.26 (0.08) 0.30 (0.10) 0.24 (0.07)

GHGE greenhouse gas emission, N-eq. nitrogen equivalent, P-eq. phosphorus equivalent, crop-eq. arable cropland equivalent.