Table 1 Categories of food used within the model, together with consumption and nutritional data for the UK.

Foodstuff	Items taxed in different models			Contribution to total dietary consumption
	1: Saturated fat	2: SSCg3d	3: Best outcome	Saturated fat (g)	Salt (mg)
Milk and cream
Whole milk	Yes	–	Yes	8.6	–
Skimmed milks	–	–	Yes	5.5	–
Yogurt and fromage frais	–	–	–	1.0	–
Others	–	Yes	Yes	3.1	5.4
Cheese	Yes	Yes	Yes	10.3	4.3
Carcase meat
Beef and veal	–	–	–	3.4	0.4
Mutton and lamb	–	–	–	1.7	–
Pork	–	–	–	1.7	0.4
Other meat and meat products
Bacon and ham	–	Yes	Yes	2.4	7.8
Poultry, uncooked	–	–	–	2.1	0.8
Others		Yes	Yes	10.7	11.6
Fresh fish	–	–	–	0.2	0.6
Processed and shell fish	–	–	–	0.1	0.3
Prepared fish	–	–	–	0.4	1.0
Frozen fish	–	–	–	0.3	0.8
Eggs	–	–	–	1.0	0.8
Fats
Butter	Yes	Yes	Yes	10.3	1.2
Margarine	–	Yes	Yes	2.1	0.8
Low fat and dairy spreads	–	Yes	Yes	4.5	2.3
Vegetable and salad spreads	–	Yes	Yes	2.1	–
Other	–	Yes	Yes	2.1	0.4
Sugar and preserves	–	Yes	Yes	–	–
Fresh potatoes	–	–	–	–	–
Other fresh vegetables	–	–	–	–	–
Processed vegetables
Processed potatoes, inc frozen	–	–	–	4.1	3.1
Others	–	–	–	0.7	5.4
Fresh fruit	–	–	–	0.3	–
Other fruit and fruit products	–	–	–	0.7	–
Bread	–	–	–	0.7	13.6
Cereals
Cakes, pastries and biscuits	Yes	Yes	Yes	11.4	5.0
Breakfast cereals	–	Yes	–	0.3	5.0
Others	–	Yes	Yes	4.5	27.9

Main categories are shown in bold type; subcategories are shown in plain type.

Data taken from the National Food Survey, 2000, for the UK¹⁷.