Table 1.

Healthy foods checklist applied during the urban food availability assessment across four US cities, 2008

Category	Food/beverage items included
Fresh fruit & vegetables (including ready-to-eat products)	Fresh fruit
	Fresh vegetables
	Pre-packaged salads
Processed fruit & vegetables	Frozen (or canned) vegetables
	Canned fruit (in light syrup or juice only)
	No-added-sugar apple sauce
Healthy beverages & low-fat dairy	Bottled/flavoured water
	100% fruit juice
	1% or skimmed milk
	Low- or reduced-fat cheese (<10% DV for fat)
	Low-fat or non-fat yoghurt (<10% DV for fat)
Healthy snacks	Low-fat crackers (<10% DV for fat)
	Nuts
	Low-fat popcorn (<10% DV for fat)
	Low-fat trail mix and/or dried fruit (<10% DV for fat)
	Low-sugar/low-fat granola bars (10 g sugar, ≥10% DV for fibre)
	Baked or low-fat potato chips
	Pretzels
	Graham crackers or Animal crackers
Other healthy staple foods	Peanut butter
	High-fibre bread (≥10% DV for fibre)
	Brown rice
	Beans or chickpeas
	Lentils
	High-fibre cereal (≥10% DV for fibre)
	Low-sugar cereal (<10 g sugar)
	Low-sugar pudding packs
	Jello
	Pre-made sandwiches

DV, daily value.